The T-38 People From Beale

I work adjacent a commercial runway which, at one time, was a large and active US Air Force Base and also a SAC B-52 location with the 320th Bomb Wing.

Now, the runway is home to smaller private aviation concerns, and is a freight hub for such businesses as UPS, FedEx and DHL.

As such, I have occasion to see some very interesting planes now and then. I last posted about the appearance of a very rare aircraft called the CT-2 -- the training variant of the U-2.

Last week I documented the appearance of the T-38 People from Beale AFB (9th Reconnaissance Wing). These are TR-1 pilots (what people commonly call the U-2) keeping their flight hours up, shooting landings in the tandem-cockpit T-38 trainer. These pilots appear regularly in their all-black Northrop Talons in order to line up and shoot landings, performing "touch-and-go's".

Beauty in motion.

BZ

P.S.

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