Training Wing 6 students spend six weeks learning the basics of air navigation, T-34 aircraft systems, meteorology, flight regulations and emergency procedures. After simulator training, trainees fill the front seat of T-34s for eight familiarization flights at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Since 1994, Air Force undergraduate navigator trainees have trained jointly with the Navy at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. Air Force trainees are bound for either fighters or bombers and receive airways and visual navigation training in the T-1A Jayhawk, like US Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Chris Hodgin, who checks an emergency oxygen mask as part of his preflight routine. This image was used in ...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: Training Wing 6 students spend six weeks learning the basics of air navigation, T-34 aircraft systems, meteorology, flight regulations and emergency procedures. After simulator training, trainees fill the front seat of T-34s for eight familiarization flights at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Since 1994, Air Force undergraduate navigator trainees have trained jointly with the Navy at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. Air Force trainees are bound for either fighters or bombers and receive airways and visual navigation training in the T-1A Jayhawk, like US Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Chris Hodgin, who checks an emergency oxygen mask as part of his preflight routine. This image was used in the May 2000 Airman Magazine article "Earning Wings of Silver & Gold".

Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola

State: Florida (FL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Dave Nolan, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files