tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post7911837828190316053..comments2024-03-25T07:51:04.186-05:00Comments on Durango Texas: On Circle Trail With Flowers Going Wild While Jet Fighters RoarDurangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10231271044296466883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post-35422050967113176722017-04-07T20:25:41.237-05:002017-04-07T20:25:41.237-05:00Steve A---- Thanks for the aircraft info. Sure wer...Steve A---- Thanks for the aircraft info. Sure were a lot of them making noise today. Only rarely can I find them when I hear them. I am airplane ignorant, so figured I could not see the noisemakers because they must be those newfangled invisible Stealth type planes.Durangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10231271044296466883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post-28381371276946916262017-04-07T19:54:52.597-05:002017-04-07T19:54:52.597-05:00The aircraft you see flying out of Sheppard are no...The aircraft you see flying out of Sheppard are not usually fighters. Mostly, they are T-38 trainers that were built by Northrop back when JFK was President. They carry no guns or missiles. The T-38 was the first aircraft I worked on when I went to work for Northrop. For many years, they formed the USAF Thunderbird Aerobatic team until the F-16s, built in Fort Worth, took over. I was always happy to see T-38s from Sheppard come to Fort Worth Alliance Airport. It somehow seemed more like home there when planes from Northrop arrived. In my post at http://dfwptp.blogspot.com/2010/08/hh100-report-sheppard-afb.html a T-38 based at Sheppard is featured in the third photo down.Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.com