Air Education and Training Command’s Laughlin Air Force Base, has received its first of 15 T-38s from Moody AFB, Ga., starting the undergraduate pilot training base in west Texas on its new mission of providing Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals training. Laughlin also will gain about 180 airmen and civilian personnel and expand its instruction facilities to accommodate the eight-week IFF course mission.
Air Force Chief of Staff nominee Gen. Henneth Wilsbach said he'll give special attention to coordinating with the Navy on buys of new weapons like the Joint Advanced Tactical Missile.