An instructor pilot with the Texas Air National GuardÕs 149th Fighter Wing returns to base after completing an Exercise Coronet Cactus training mission April 24, near Tucson, Arizona. The 149th Fighter Wing trains active duty F-16 pilots prior to assignment to their first duty station. Coronet Cactus is a Òfinal examÓ of sorts and provides student pilots an opportunity to apply everything they have learned during seven-and-a-half months of training.
An instructor pilot with the Texas Air National GuardÕs 149th Fighter Wing returns to base after completing an Exercise Coronet Cactus training mission April 24, near Tucson, Arizona. The 149th Fighter Wing trains active duty F-16 pilots prior to assignment to their first duty station. Coronet Cactus is a Òfinal examÓ of sorts and provides student pilots an opportunity to apply everything they have learned during seven-and-a-half months of training.
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