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A T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots assigned

A T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots assigned

A T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots assigned to the 434th Flying Training Squadron at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, flies a tactical formation Dec. 11, 2020. The 434 FTS, also known as the “Red Dev... More

A view of the burial place of Judge Roy Bean, the legendary "Law West of the Pecos," near Laughlin Air Force Base

A view of the burial place of Judge Roy Bean, the legendary "Law West ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Del Rio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public C... More

An employee displays several of the products available at the Val Verde Winery, located near Laughlin Air Force Base. The winery is open for public tours

An employee displays several of the products available at the Val Verd...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Del Rio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public C... More

An exterior view of an old Spanish style building that has been restored near Laughlin Air Force Base

An exterior view of an old Spanish style building that has been restor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Del Rio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Thomas Qualia, operator of the Val Verde Winery, located near Laughlin Air Force Base, inspects his grape vines. The winery is open for public tours

Thomas Qualia, operator of the Val Verde Winery, located near Laughlin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Del Rio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A US Air Force T-38 Talon from the 87th Flying Training Squadron, Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas, sits on the ramp at sunrise during the annual air defense exercise

A US Air Force T-38 Talon from the 87th Flying Training Squadron, Laug...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA And... More

US Air Force CAPT. Karen Brown, a T-38 Talon Instructor Pilot with the 87th Flying Training Squadron, Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas, zips up her G-suit prior to climbing into the aircraft during the annual air defense exercise

US Air Force CAPT. Karen Brown, a T-38 Talon Instructor Pilot with the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA And... More

US Air Force CAPT. Karen Brown, a T-38 Talon Instructor Pilot with the 87th Flying Training Squadron, Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas, performs a preflight check of the aircraft prior to take off for another mission during the annual air defense exercise

US Air Force CAPT. Karen Brown, a T-38 Talon Instructor Pilot with the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA And... More

US Air Force CAPT. Karen Brown, a T-38 Talon Instructor Pilot with the 87th Flying Training Squadron, Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas, watches the ground crew from the cockpit of her aircraft prior to take off for another mission during the annual air defense exercise

US Air Force CAPT. Karen Brown, a T-38 Talon Instructor Pilot with the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA And... More

US Air Force CAPT. Karen Brown, a T-38 Talon Instructor Pilot with the 87th Flying Training Squadron, Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas, performs a preflight check of the aircraft prior to take off for another mission during the annual air defense exercise

US Air Force CAPT. Karen Brown, a T-38 Talon Instructor Pilot with the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA And... More

The main gate of Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, in

The main gate of Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, in

The main gate of Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, in 1957. (Courtesy photo)

Retired Capt. Jerry Yellin, a former U.S. Army Air

Retired Capt. Jerry Yellin, a former U.S. Army Air

Retired Capt. Jerry Yellin, a former U.S. Army Air Corps fighter pilot, dangles in the parachute trainer during pre-flight orientation training Dec. 16, 2016, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. Now 92, he enli... More

A T-38 Talon from the 87th Flying Training Squadron

A T-38 Talon from the 87th Flying Training Squadron

A T-38 Talon from the 87th Flying Training Squadron assigned to Laughlin Air Force Base fly low levels over Big Bend National Park, Texas during a training sortie Nov. 20, 2020. The 87th FTS, known as the Red B... More

Christian Rodriguez, a senior class student at Del Rio High School (HS), in Del Rio, Texas (TX), inspects a US Air Force (USAF) T-38 Talon training aircraft, 87th Flying Training Squadron (FTS), 47th Flight Training Wing (FTW), Laughlin Air Force Base (AFB), TX, as part of his participation in a joint Laughlin AFB and San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated School District program known as Grow Your Own

Christian Rodriguez, a senior class student at Del Rio High School (HS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Laughlin Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cheryl Gonzales, CIV, USAF Release Stat... More

US Air Force (USAF) Civilian Employee Al Urbina, T-6 / T-37 Maintenance Division, conducts an operations check on a T-6 trainer aircraft, parked on the flight line at Del Rio, Texas (TX), prior to its use by both USAF Instructor Pilots (IP) and students, assigned to Laughlin Air Force Base (AFB), TX

US Air Force (USAF) Civilian Employee Al Urbina, T-6 / T-37 Maintenanc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Del Rio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cheryl Gonzales, CIV, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

Four T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots from

Four T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots from

Four T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots from the 434th Flying Training Squadron "Red Devils" and 85th Flying Training Squadron "Tigers" from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, fly a four-ship formation o... More

A Del Rio city firefighter, left, attempts to suppress

A Del Rio city firefighter, left, attempts to suppress

A Del Rio city firefighter, left, attempts to suppress the flames, while a Laughlin firefighter provides assistance during an aircraft live-fire training exercise on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 19, 201... More

Aaliyah Negley, 47th Flying Training Wing community

Aaliyah Negley, 47th Flying Training Wing community

Aaliyah Negley, 47th Flying Training Wing community support coordinator, instructs a class on suicide prevention at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Del Rio Border Patrol Sector in Del Rio, Texas, Sept. 2... More

Col Thomas Shank, 47th Flying Training Wing commander,

Col Thomas Shank, 47th Flying Training Wing commander,

Col Thomas Shank, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, and Mexican Brig. Gen. Javier Aguayo Y Camargo embrace at Brown Plaza during the Abrazo Ceremony in Del Rio, Texas, Oct. 23, 2015. The Abrazo, which means ... More

Flu shot - A hand holding up a small badge with the words get your flu shot

Flu shot - A hand holding up a small badge with the words get your flu...

Military members, their families and retirees can visit the Immunization Clinic to receive free flu vaccines from 8:30 until 11:45 a.m. and 1 until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Additionally, these beneficiarie... More

Members of the Del Rio community speak at the H-E-B

Members of the Del Rio community speak at the H-E-B

Members of the Del Rio community speak at the H-E-B Feast of Sharing at the Del Rio Civic Center in Del Rio, Texas, Nov. 14, 2015. The Feast of Sharing is the culmination of a year round commitment H E B makes ... More

'Wall to Wall' power couple

'Wall to Wall' power couple

Maj. Regina Wall, 86th Flying Training Squadron assistant director of operations and Maj. Jared Wall, 47th Operations Group T-6A Texan II standardization and evaluation branch chief, pose for a photo on Laughli... More

A competitor smiles as he bikes during the Adventure

A competitor smiles as he bikes during the Adventure

A competitor smiles as he bikes during the Adventure Race XII in Del Rio, Texas, April 23, 2016. The biking portion of the Adventure Race stretches 23 miles from Laughlin Air Force Base to the Laughlin Southwin... More

Seatbelt Safety Awareness Month

Seatbelt Safety Awareness Month

Colonel Thomas Shank (front), 47th Flying Training Wing commander, checks a driver’s seatbelt on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 22, 2016. Wing leadership participated in a seatbelt checkpoint to help ens... More

Local feds help feed local hungry

Local feds help feed local hungry

Col. Thatcher Cardon, 47th Medical Group commander, and Chief Master Sgt. George Richey, 47th Flying Training Wing command chief, pose with community leaders, volunteers and Val Verde Loaves and Fishes food pan... More

Senior Airman Daniel Clouse (front center), 47th

Senior Airman Daniel Clouse (front center), 47th

Senior Airman Daniel Clouse (front center), 47th Communications Squadron cyber transport technician, accepts the “XLer of the Week” award from Col. Thomas Shank (front left), 47th Flying Training Wing commander... More

A 47th Civil Engineering Squadron contractor counts

A 47th Civil Engineering Squadron contractor counts

A 47th Civil Engineering Squadron contractor counts down to the lighting of the Laughlin tower, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 3, 2016. In honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness month, Laughlin Air... More

A medical technician administers an influenza vaccination

A medical technician administers an influenza vaccination

A medical technician administers an influenza vaccination to an Airman on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 4, 2016. Flu vaccines are available at the Laughlin Immunization Clinic to all military members, th... More

The 47th Student Squadron gains a new commander

The 47th Student Squadron gains a new commander

Lt. Col. Cory Christoffer, right, 47th Student Squadron commander, poses for a photo with Col. Bryan Runkle, 47th Operations Group commander, during a change of command at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 7... More

Sexual assault response agreement enables better care for victims

Sexual assault response agreement enables better care for victims

Col. Thomas Shank, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, speaks to a crowd at the Val Verde County Courthouse in Del Rio, Texas, Oct. 13, 2016. This event launched the Val Verde County Sexual Assault Response Te... More

Participants in Laughlin’s Wingman Challenge make their

Participants in Laughlin’s Wingman Challenge make their

Participants in Laughlin’s Wingman Challenge make their way around a corner on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 15, 2016. The Wingman Challenge exercises competitors’ minds, bodies and wingmanship. (U.S. Ai... More

XLer A1C Garret Parker - A man in a military uniform standing in front of a texas flag

XLer A1C Garret Parker - A man in a military uniform standing in front...

Airman 1st Class Garret Parker, 47th Contracting Squadron contract specialist, is a proud Texas native and XLer of the week recipient on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 18, 2016. Clouse was chosen by wing ... More

Puerto Rican Airmen overcomes all odds

Puerto Rican Airmen overcomes all odds

Staff Sgt. Omar Rivera Rivera, 47th Force Support Squadron management analyst, was recently accepted into Commissioned Officer Training for the Medical Service Corps. Through research and advice from his mentor... More

Distinguished guests from the United States and Mexico

Distinguished guests from the United States and Mexico

Distinguished guests from the United States and Mexico pose for a group photo at the Convention Center in Del Rio, Texas, Oct. 21, 2016. Representatives embraced; showing a symbolic gesture of friendship referr... More

F-86 Sabre - A group of fighter jets flying in formation

F-86 Sabre - A group of fighter jets flying in formation

F-86 Sabre Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Air Force T-38 Talons from Laughlin Air Force

U.S. Air Force T-38 Talons from Laughlin Air Force

U.S. Air Force T-38 Talons from Laughlin Air Force Base’s 87th Flying Training Squadron perform an aerial formation flight over the greater Del Rio area, Aug. 18, 2017. The flight was performed in recognition o... More

To ensure flying safety remains paramount in the airspace

To ensure flying safety remains paramount in the airspace

To ensure flying safety remains paramount in the airspace around Del Rio, Laughlin, and Laughlin Auxiliary Field, located near Spofford, Texas, Laughlin officials are asking all UAS, also called drones, operato... More

A T-38 Talon takes off from Laughlin Air Force Base

A T-38 Talon takes off from Laughlin Air Force Base

A T-38 Talon takes off from Laughlin Air Force Base on 16 May, 2018. The T-38 is one of three aircraft flown by pilots during Undergraduate Pilot Training.

Maj. Owen-John Williams, 47th Medical Group Mental

Maj. Owen-John Williams, 47th Medical Group Mental

Maj. Owen-John Williams, 47th Medical Group Mental Health Flight commander and Amistad Eagles assistant cheerleading coach, and his 13-year-old daughter, Avery, demonstrates a cheerleading move at the Amistad E... More

A severe thunderstorm rolled through Laughlin Air Force

A severe thunderstorm rolled through Laughlin Air Force

A severe thunderstorm rolled through Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 9, 2018, leaving several facilities on base damaged and the flightline temporarily flooded. The 47th Operations Support Squadron weather... More

Harnesses hang from a fence to preserve the moving

Harnesses hang from a fence to preserve the moving

Harnesses hang from a fence to preserve the moving parts from getting dirt in them on Jan. 17, 2019, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. “Aerospace physiology gave me the baseline knowledge necessary to operate ... More

Roberto (Bobby) Barrera, Vietnam veteran and educator,

Roberto (Bobby) Barrera, Vietnam veteran and educator,

Roberto (Bobby) Barrera, Vietnam veteran and educator, meets children from the elementary school at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas on Jan. 18, 2019. Community and base members joined to celebrate the dedication... More

David Mercer, a 47th Maintenance Directorate fabrication

David Mercer, a 47th Maintenance Directorate fabrication

David Mercer, a 47th Maintenance Directorate fabrication work lead, was chosen by wing leadership to be the “XLer of the Week”, for the week of Jan. 21, 2019, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. The “XLer” award... More

Airman's Spotlight: Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thompson

Airman's Spotlight: Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thompson

Chief Master Sgt. Eric Thompson, 19th Air Force command chief master sergeant, speaks at the 2018 Annual Awards Banquet held at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, on January 26, 2018. Thompson told the story of 2n... More

Laughlin to host 2020 Fiesta of Flight Air and Space Expo

Laughlin to host 2020 Fiesta of Flight Air and Space Expo

As a thank you for the outstanding support from Del Rio and the surrounding community, Laughlin Air Force Base will host an open house and air show, Saturday, March 14, 2020. The one day event will be headlined... More

Jonathan Merscham, 47th Maintenance Directorate aircraft

Jonathan Merscham, 47th Maintenance Directorate aircraft

Jonathan Merscham, 47th Maintenance Directorate aircraft attendant, opens a compartment to inspect the inside a T-6A Texan II upon recovery, on April 15, 2019 at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. Grow Your Own is... More

Sid Cauthorn, 47th Flying Training Wing honorary wing

Sid Cauthorn, 47th Flying Training Wing honorary wing

Sid Cauthorn, 47th Flying Training Wing honorary wing commander, receives an award from Col. Lee Gentile, 47th FTW commander, in Del Rio, Texas, Oct. 15, 2019. The honorary wing commander program enables the ba... More

Three T-6A Texan II aircraft practice advanced aerial

Three T-6A Texan II aircraft practice advanced aerial

Three T-6A Texan II aircraft practice advanced aerial maneuvers in Del Rio, Texas, June 25, 2020. The purpose of the training was to further develop flying capabilities and skills of experienced instructor pilo... More

A T-6A Texan II aircraft from the 434th Flying Training

A T-6A Texan II aircraft from the 434th Flying Training

A T-6A Texan II aircraft from the 434th Flying Training Squadron assigned to Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, fly a training mission June 25, 2020. The 434th FTS along with the 85th Flying Training Squadron, con... More

Members of the American Legion Honor Guard salute as

Members of the American Legion Honor Guard salute as

Members of the American Legion Honor Guard salute as the hearses of Air Force retired Master Sgt. Jose Martinez arrives at San Felipe Cemetery in Del Rio, Texas, July 23, 2020. Martinez passed away July 9, 2020... More

Col. Craig D. Prather, 47th Flying Training Wing commander,

Col. Craig D. Prather, 47th Flying Training Wing commander,

Col. Craig D. Prather, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Lewis, 47th Operations Group superintendent, present a certificate of appointment as a contracting officer to 2nd Lt. Cand... More

Four T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots from

Four T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots from

Four T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots from the 434th Flying Training Squadron "Red Devils" and 85th Flying Training Squadron "Tigers" from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, fly a four-ship formation o... More

Mrs. Alexandra Davis holds up a COVID-19 Vaccination

Mrs. Alexandra Davis holds up a COVID-19 Vaccination

Mrs. Alexandra Davis holds up a COVID-19 Vaccination sticker after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines arrived at the 47th Medical Group at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Ja... More

Texas Air National Guardsmen work to unload pallets

Texas Air National Guardsmen work to unload pallets

Texas Air National Guardsmen work to unload pallets of water from a C-130H Hercules February 20, 2021, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. The aircraft delivered emergency bottled water to Del Rio, Texas in resp... More

A T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots assigned

A T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots assigned

A T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots assigned to the 434th Flying Training Squadron at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, flies a tactical formation Dec. 11, 2020. The 434 FTS, also known as the “Red Dev... More

Pilot training graduates Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas,

Pilot training graduates Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas,

Pilot training graduates Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, in 1943. (Courtesy photo)

Capt. Steven Parsons, 47th Student Squadron T-6A Texan

Capt. Steven Parsons, 47th Student Squadron T-6A Texan

Capt. Steven Parsons, 47th Student Squadron T-6A Texan II instructor pilot, shows the T-6 trainer to retired Capt. Jerry Yellin, a former World War II U.S. Army Air Corps fighter pilot, during initial training ... More

A T-38 Talon from the 87th Flying Training Squadron

A T-38 Talon from the 87th Flying Training Squadron

A T-38 Talon from the 87th Flying Training Squadron assigned to Laughlin Air Force Base fly low levels over Big Bend National Park, Texas during a training sortie Nov. 20, 2020. The 87th FTS, known as the Red B... More

Dancers with the folkloric dance group of Ciudad Acuña

Dancers with the folkloric dance group of Ciudad Acuña

Dancers with the folkloric dance group of Ciudad Acuña entertain attendees at Brown Plaza in Del Rio, Texas on Oct. 23, 2015. The polkas, redovas, mazurkas, schottische, the waltz, and the corrido are still big... More

Volunteers offload a pallet of canned vegetables donated

Volunteers offload a pallet of canned vegetables donated

Volunteers offload a pallet of canned vegetables donated to the Val Verde Loaves and Fishes food pantry in Del Rio, Texas, Nov. 12, 2015. Laughlin Air Force Base personnel and their families donated more than 2... More

Volunteers assemble plates of food at the Del Rio Civic

Volunteers assemble plates of food at the Del Rio Civic

Volunteers assemble plates of food at the Del Rio Civic Center in Del Rio, Texas, Nov. 14, 2015. Volunteers at the H-E-B Feast of Sharing distributed 3,000 pounds of turkey, 2,500 pounds of cornbread dressing, ... More

Maj. Lindsay Andrew, 47th Flying Training Wing Inspector

Maj. Lindsay Andrew, 47th Flying Training Wing Inspector

Maj. Lindsay Andrew, 47th Flying Training Wing Inspector General inspections team member, poses for a photo on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 19, 2016. As of Feb. 5, maternity leave for active duty unifor... More

Senior Airman Daniel Clouse, 47th Communications Squadron

Senior Airman Daniel Clouse, 47th Communications Squadron

Senior Airman Daniel Clouse, 47th Communications Squadron cyber transport technician, sits on the 47th CS rock on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 28, 2016. Clouse was chosen by wing leadership as this wee... More

The Laughlin tower illuminated with the official domestic

The Laughlin tower illuminated with the official domestic

The Laughlin tower illuminated with the official domestic violence awareness color purple, and pink, the official breast cancer awareness color. October is National Domestic Violence Awareness month, and in rec... More

Senior Airman Sara Valeski (left), 47th Medical Operations

Senior Airman Sara Valeski (left), 47th Medical Operations

Senior Airman Sara Valeski (left), 47th Medical Operations Squadron Flight Medicine medical technitian, and Staff Sgt. Shon Nguyen (right), 47th MDOS Family Health flight chief, administer influenza vaccination... More

Capt. Brooke Organ, 47th Medical Operations Squadron

Capt. Brooke Organ, 47th Medical Operations Squadron

Capt. Brooke Organ, 47th Medical Operations Squadron flight surgeon, runs with her dogs Leo and Honcho during Laughlin’s Wingman Challenge on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 15, 2016. While Organ’s officia... More

Mariano Faz, Ciudad Acuña youth, observes the 56th

Mariano Faz, Ciudad Acuña youth, observes the 56th

Mariano Faz, Ciudad Acuña youth, observes the 56th annual Abrazo ceremony at the Convention Center in Del Rio, Texas, Oct. 21, 2016. The Abrazo, which means to embrace in Spanish, is an annual tradition that sy... More

T-38 Talons from Laughlin Air Force Base’s 87th Flying

T-38 Talons from Laughlin Air Force Base’s 87th Flying

T-38 Talons from Laughlin Air Force Base’s 87th Flying Training Squadron perform an aerial formation during the 87th FTS’ centennial celebration flight over the greater Del Rio area, Aug. 18, 2017. The 87th FTS... More

A T-38 Talon flies near Laughlin Air Force Base on

A T-38 Talon flies near Laughlin Air Force Base on

A T-38 Talon flies near Laughlin Air Force Base on 16 May, 2018. The T-38 is one of three aircraft flown by pilots during Undergraduate Pilot Training.

For Maj. Owen-John Williams, 47th Medical Group Mental

For Maj. Owen-John Williams, 47th Medical Group Mental

For Maj. Owen-John Williams, 47th Medical Group Mental Health Flight commander and Amistad Eagles assistant cheerleading coach, cheerleading was a way of life since he was 15-years-old. Williams and his family ... More

A severe thunderstorm rolled through Laughlin Air Force

A severe thunderstorm rolled through Laughlin Air Force

A severe thunderstorm rolled through Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas Oct. 9, 2018, leaving several facilities on base damaged and the flightline temporarily flooded. Crews at Laughlin went to work at 4:30 a.m. w... More

2nd Lt. Tyler Steele, from Specialized Undergraduate

2nd Lt. Tyler Steele, from Specialized Undergraduate

2nd Lt. Tyler Steele, from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training class 20-05, secures his swing landing gear on Jan. 17, 2019, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. Knowing how to land from a parachute assisted... More

Col. Lee Gentile, 47th Flying Training Wing commander,

Col. Lee Gentile, 47th Flying Training Wing commander,

Col. Lee Gentile, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, and Roberto Barrera, Vietnam veteran and former educator, hold the ribbon as the school board vice president, Linda Guanajuato-Webb cuts it for the renamin... More

David Mercer, a 47th Maintenance Directorate fabrication

David Mercer, a 47th Maintenance Directorate fabrication

David Mercer, a 47th Maintenance Directorate fabrication work lead, discusses shift assignments with his maintenance personnel staff at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 28, 2019. Mercer was selected for the... More

Jonathan Merscham, 47th Maintenance Directorate aircraft

Jonathan Merscham, 47th Maintenance Directorate aircraft

Jonathan Merscham, 47th Maintenance Directorate aircraft attendant, marks parts of the aircraft he’s inspected upon its recovery April 15, 2019 at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. He works a couple rows away fro... More

Bill Cauthorn, lifetime honorary commander, receives

Bill Cauthorn, lifetime honorary commander, receives

Bill Cauthorn, lifetime honorary commander, receives a custom Laughlin belt buckle from Col. Lee Gentile, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, in Del Rio, Texas, Oct. 15, 2019. Cauthorn is the CEO of The Bank a... More

Three T-6A Texan II aircraft practice advanced aerial

Three T-6A Texan II aircraft practice advanced aerial

Three T-6A Texan II aircraft practice advanced aerial maneuvers in Del Rio, Texas, June 25, 2020. The purpose of the training was to further develop flying capabilities and skills of experienced instructor pilo... More

Three T-6A Texan II aircraft from the 434th Flying

Three T-6A Texan II aircraft from the 434th Flying

Three T-6A Texan II aircraft from the 434th Flying Training Squadron assigned to Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, fly a training mission June 25, 2020. The 434th FTS along with the 85th Flying Training Squadron,... More

An American Legion Honor Guard Bugler salutes the coffin

An American Legion Honor Guard Bugler salutes the coffin

An American Legion Honor Guard Bugler salutes the coffin of Air Force retired Master Sgt. Jose Martinez at San Felipe Cemetery in Del Rio, Texas, July 23, 2020. As commander of the American GI Forum, Martinez t... More

Second Lt. Candice Arcuri, 47th Contracting Flight

Second Lt. Candice Arcuri, 47th Contracting Flight

Second Lt. Candice Arcuri, 47th Contracting Flight contracting officer, poses for a photo with her team at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 31, 2020. Because of Arcuri’s eight years of contracting experienc... More

Four T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots from

Four T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots from

Four T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots from the 434th Flying Training Squadron "Red Devils" and 85th Flying Training Squadron "Tigers" from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, fly a four-ship formation o... More

Four T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots from

Four T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots from

Four T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots from the 434th Flying Training Squadron "Red Devils" and 85th Flying Training Squadron "Tigers" from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, fly a four-ship formation o... More

U.S. Air Force (Retired) Tech. Sgt. Clyve writes why

U.S. Air Force (Retired) Tech. Sgt. Clyve writes why

U.S. Air Force (Retired) Tech. Sgt. Clyve writes why he got the COVID-19 vaccine at Laughlin Air Force Base, texas, Jan.15, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Second Lieutenant Rachael Parks)

A Texas Air National Guardsman works to unload pallets

A Texas Air National Guardsman works to unload pallets

A Texas Air National Guardsman works to unload pallets of water from a C-130H Hercules February 20, 2021, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. The aircraft delivered emergency bottled water to Del Rio, Texas in r... More

A T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots assigned

A T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots assigned

A T-6A Texan II aircraft and instructor pilots assigned to the 434th Flying Training Squadron at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, flies a tactical formation Dec. 11, 2020. The 434 FTS, also known as the “Red Dev... More

The main gate of Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, in

The main gate of Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, in

The main gate of Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, in 1980. (Courtesy photo)

A T-38 Talon from the 87th Flying Training Squadron

A T-38 Talon from the 87th Flying Training Squadron

A T-38 Talon from the 87th Flying Training Squadron assigned to Laughlin Air Force Base fly low levels over Big Bend National Park, Texas during a training sortie Nov. 20, 2020. The 87th FTS, known as the Red B... More

Capt. Jerry Yellin, a former U.S. Army Air Corps fighter

Capt. Jerry Yellin, a former U.S. Army Air Corps fighter

Capt. Jerry Yellin, a former U.S. Army Air Corps fighter pilot, shows a photo taken in 1944 toward the end of World War II, of the 78th Fighter Squadron "Bushmasters," during his visit to Laughlin Air Force Bas... More

Maj. Derek Flynn, 87th Flying Training Squadron assistant

Maj. Derek Flynn, 87th Flying Training Squadron assistant

Maj. Derek Flynn, 87th Flying Training Squadron assistant director of operations, moves a pallet of canned goods at the Val Verde Loaves and Fishes food pantry in Del Rio, Texas, Nov. 12, 2015. As part of the F... More

A volunteer serves food at the H-E-B Feast of Sharing

A volunteer serves food at the H-E-B Feast of Sharing

A volunteer serves food at the H-E-B Feast of Sharing at the Del Rio Civic Center in Del Rio, Texas, Nov. 14, 2015. Over 500 volunteers from Laughlin Air Force Base and the local community served more than 2,00... More

Influenza vaccinations lay in a bin on Laughlin Air

Influenza vaccinations lay in a bin on Laughlin Air

Influenza vaccinations lay in a bin on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 4, 2016. Influenza, the flu, is a world-wide contagious disease that spreads throughout the U.S. every winter, with peak season betwee... More

Second Lt. Isaac Lewis and 2nd Lt. Zachary Turek, 47th

Second Lt. Isaac Lewis and 2nd Lt. Zachary Turek, 47th

Second Lt. Isaac Lewis and 2nd Lt. Zachary Turek, 47th Student Squadron transition flight members, carry heavy packs to the next station in Laughlin’s Wingman Challenge on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 1... More

Col. Thomas Shank, 47th Flying Training Wing commander,

Col. Thomas Shank, 47th Flying Training Wing commander,

Col. Thomas Shank, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, and Mexican Col. Carlos Flores Pieso embrace at the Convention Center during the Abrazo Ceremony in Del Rio, Texas, on Oct. 21, 2016. The Abrazo, which me... More

P-40 - A black and white photo of three airplanes

P-40 - A black and white photo of three airplanes

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A T-38 Talon flies near Laughlin Air Force Base on

A T-38 Talon flies near Laughlin Air Force Base on

A T-38 Talon flies near Laughlin Air Force Base on 16 May, 2018. The T-38 is one of three aircraft flown by pilots during Undergraduate Pilot Training.

Maj. Owen-John Williams, 47th Medical Group Mental

Maj. Owen-John Williams, 47th Medical Group Mental

Maj. Owen-John Williams, 47th Medical Group Mental Health Flight commander and Amistad Eagles assistant cheerleading coach, was stationed at Laughlin in 2016, and by 2018, the renowned cheerleader helped make i... More

2nd Lt. Lavanson Coffee, from Specialized Undergraduate

2nd Lt. Lavanson Coffee, from Specialized Undergraduate

2nd Lt. Lavanson Coffee, from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training class 20-05, is attached to the swing and decent landing trainer, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, on Jan. 17, 2019, ready for the swing ... More

The Del Rio High School JROTC presents the colors at

The Del Rio High School JROTC presents the colors at

The Del Rio High School JROTC presents the colors at the playing of the National Anthem during the renaming ceremony of the elementary school at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas on Jan. 18, 2019. Community and ba... More

Michelle Merscham, 47th Maintenance Directorate aircraft

Michelle Merscham, 47th Maintenance Directorate aircraft

Michelle Merscham, 47th Maintenance Directorate aircraft attendant, cheers on a pilot who’s ready to fly at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, on April 18, 2019. Much of Michelle’s job consists of work consists of... More

Members gather to celebrate Bill Cauthorn’s, lifetime

Members gather to celebrate Bill Cauthorn’s, lifetime

Members gather to celebrate Bill Cauthorn’s, lifetime honorary commander and CEO of The Bank and Trust, recognition from Col. Lee Gentile, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, in Del Rio, Texas, Oct. 15, 2019. ... More

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