On a cloudless April afternoon a Grumman AA-1B Trainer lined up on Runway 16 at Dodge Center, Minnesota (KTOB), for takeoff. The wind, 27 knots gusting to 34, was coming from the right, 50 degrees off ...

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USAF T-38 trainer jets practice flying in formation -- circa 1970. Photo source: Flickr. Since 1959, American jet pilots have trained for war aboard T-38 Talon fighter jets built by Northrop Grumman.