Category: Flying

*First appeared in Air Force Times, fall 2000

This week* we celebrate the 46^th anniversary of the Cessna T-37, which first flew on 12 October, 1954. Nearly 1300 “Tweets” were manufactured before the production line closed in 1977: this number includes the trainer, attack (A-37) and Forward Air Control, or FAC (OA-37) versions.

First appeared in Air Force Times, summer 2000

The airman who strapped me into the airplane at MAPLE FLAG XXXIII wore a huge grin on his face. And the reason for his high spirits? The day before he’d gotten an incentive flight in an F-16D.