The Mig-23s were twenty years old, the pilots young or ill trained in night intercepts.
Having no accidents means that pilots aren't training rigorously enough.
The pilots trained to hit a small target at an angled dive of thirty degrees.
Many airforce and civilian pilots trained at least in part on the aircraft.
Our pilots trained in them and then worked up to the F-94, the hopped-up version of the P-80.
Over the next several months, pilots trained, equipment was adapted, and intelligence collected.
The pilot of the charter plane had trained as a combat pilot in Texas.
Since its introduction, it is estimated that some 50,000 military pilots have trained on this aircraft.
German, Italian and Belgian pilots have been training together for more than 20 years.
The aircraft had taken off so the pilot could train on a system known as Serrate.