A Randolph AFB, Tex., T-38 Talon trainer crashed Feb. 22 at around 12:45 p.m. about 12 miles south of Hondo, Tex. The pilot of the 12th Flying Training Wing aircraft ejected safely. The Air Force has launched an accident investigation. According to KENS 5 TV, the trainer crashed in the “middle of a large private ranch.”
Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Davis, the Department of the Air Force’s top internal watchdog, has been nominated to lead Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the service’s bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.