Navigator Training Platform Retires From Air Force
September 21 2010
The U.S. Air Force has officially retired its T-43 combat systems officer training aircraft after 37 years of service, reports the Air Force News Service.
The last of the aircraft, a version of the Boeing 737, was decommissioned in a ceremony at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, on Sept. 17.
The T-43 was designed for undergraduate navigator training, including celestial navigation, which has been phased out by the service.
The aircraft was used also by aviators from the...
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