T-38 Taxiing to the Ramp

by Don Mercer

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T-38 Taxiing to the Ramp

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Don Mercer

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Photograph - Photograph

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On June 11, 2016, I had a real treat, as the outgoing squadron commander, Zeus, of my former Virginia Air National Guard unit, the 149th Fighter Squadron, arranged for me to obtain a pass onto Langley AFB, Virginia. This allowed me to shoot from near the end of runway 08, the departure end based on the winds that morning, the F-22 "Raptor" fighter and T-38 adversarial air trainer that the squadron now flies. The aircraft that I once flew in 1974-81, when I was a fighter pilot in the 149th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS), as it was then known, was the venerable F-105 "Thunderchief." That aircraft was affectionately known as the "Thud" and may now be found in museums, on pedestals at bases and other places around the country, or in the "boneyard" in Arizona, if they have not been scrapped. Now, if I could only trade in a couple flight hours in the Thud from my logbook for a ride in the Raptor!

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June 25th, 2016

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