NORTHERN SENTRY FRIDAY,FEBRUARY 1, 2019 1 FREE | VOL. 57 • ISSUE 05 | WWW.NORTHERNSENTRY.COM | MINOT AIR FORCE BASE | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2019 Airmen inside the Air Traffi c Control tower supervise the fl ight line at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 18, 2019. Controllers communicate with aircraft to monitor local airspace and allow them access onto the runway. U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO | AIRMAN JESSE JENNY 2 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2019 NORTHERN SENTRY US Air Force Thunderbirds set to perform Super Bowl LIII flyover NELLIS AIR FORCE sung. They will take off for BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- the Super Bowl LIII fl yover he United States from Dobbins Air Reserve Air Force Air Base, Marietta, Georgia. Demonstration The Thunderbirds last fl ew TSquadron over the Super Bowl in 2017 Thunderbirds are scheduled to at the NRG Stadium, Houston. conduct a fl yover during the The Thunderbirds’ team is Goldfein gets up national anthem performance composed of eight pilots, four at Super Bowl LIII, Feb. 3, support offi cers, 120 enlisted close view of new over Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Airmen and three civilians Atlanta. serving in 28 Air Force job T-X trainer “Supporting this event is specialties. In 2019, the a tremendous honor for the Thunderbirds are scheduled to CHARLES POPE | SENIOR WRITER | SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS team and the U.S. Air Force,” perform at 65 air shows in 33 ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) To be sure, Goldfein capacity is impressive,” he said, said Lt. Col. John Caldwell, diff erent locations all over the -- took note of the technical noting that the new trainer will Thunderbirds commander world. fter his fi rst up- sophistication of the plane and go into service in 2024 and and leader. “We look forward Since the unit’s inception in close view Jan. what that modern technology reach full operational capability to showcasing the pride, 1953, more than 300 million 15 of a ready-to- brings to the future of the by 2034. Having a fl eet of these precision and professionalism people in all 50 states and 60 Afl y T-X, the Air Air Force. During a briefi ng trainers, he said, will allow of our nation’s 660,000 Total countries have witnessed the Force’s training aircraft of the with Boeing executives and pilots to train for fourth and Force Airmen to football fans distinctive red, white and blue future, Air Force Chief of Staff engineers, for example, he fi fth-generation aircraft. around the world.” jets in thousands of offi cial Gen. David L. Goldfein could asked pointed questions Goldfein was careful to couch The Thunderbirds’ fl yover, aerial demonstrations. have been expected to marvel about not only the plane’s the change in a way that both its fi rst public event in 2019, For more information on at the technical sophistication performance but also how saluted the service of the trainer will feature six F-16 Fighting the Thunderbirds, please of a state-of-the-art plane reliable – and fast – software is he fl ew on his way to becoming Falcons, soaring over the check out afthunderbirds.com designed and manufactured upgraded. a fi ghter pilot – the T-38 – and Mercedes-Benz Stadium at or follow @afthunderbirds not only with future pilots in He asked about the way herald the arrival of a new tool the moment the fi nal notes of on Facebook, Twitter, and mind but with maintainers and maintainers are blended into that will teach generations of The Star Spangled Banner are Instagram. software specialists as well. the training program. The new pilots so that the interests He could have mentioned answer is that the plane is and security of the United that the new plane’s single designed with easy-to-reach States are preserved. engine generates nearly and open panels and that “The distance between the Win the trip threetimes more thrust than the virtual reality can be used to T-38 and an F-35 (Lightning dual engines of the plane it is train maintainers. II) is night and day,” he said, of a lifetime! replacing as the primary trainer Goldfein acknowledged the referring to the capabilities of Pebble Prize includes: for all future Air Force pilots – point. “We sink or swim on the two aircraft. “But with this Round trip to Monterey, California the legendary but aging T-38C sustainment,” he said. plane the distance is much, Beach and passes to watch Talon. Impressive and important as much smaller. And that’s January 25 the Pro-Am Tourney He could have noted that all of that is, Goldfein’s history important because it means the the T-X has twin tails, slats, as an instructor caused him to pilots trained on it will be that and big leading-edge root highlight something else. much better, that much faster at extensions that provide Unlike in the 57-year-old a time when we must be able to deft handling at low speeds T-38, the instructor’s position train to the speed of the threat.” allowing it fl y in a way that in the T-X is elevated, meaning The contract for the T-X was FEBRUARY 23 better approximates real he or she can see things that awarded in September after world demands and that were not easily possible before a vigorous competition. The WIN A 2018 CHEVROLET it is specifi cally designed – body position and hand $9.2 billion contract awarded COLORADO Z71 TRUCK to prepare pilots for fi fth- movements, which display to Boeing calls for 351 T-X generation aircraft. is activated and when, and aircraft, 46 simulators, and But after climbing out of the the kind of information that associated ground equipment to cockpit during the visit to the training pilot receives and be delivered and installed. Book now for onlyy St. Louis factory where Boeing requests during fl ight. The fi rst T-X aircraft and builds the T-X, Goldfein, a That diff erence, along simulators are scheduled $ ȟȟ $ ȟȟ former instructor-pilot, pointed with the updated technology to arrive at Joint Base San ȍȟ /night Ȱȟ/night to a seemingly mundane but and capabilities of the plane Antonio-Randolph in 2023. 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Gabriel Cushing by telephone at 701-723- Lt. Victoria Palandech 2020, or by email at robert. Superintendent Brinkerhoff @us.af.mil Master Sgt. Jeremy Larlee Civic Outreach Mr. Gregory Boster Staff Photojournalists MAFB EMERGENCY Tech. Sgt. Jarad Denton Staff Sgt. Benjamin Smith PHONE NUMBERS Staff Sgt. Michael Kantack Staff Sgt. Steven Adkins BASE EMERGENCY Senior Airman Jessica Weissman Senior Airman Jonathan McElderry 911 or Cell 727-1911 Senior Airman Ashley Boster Senior Airman Alyssa Akers BASE CRIME STOP Senior Airman Dillon Audit 723-7867 (STOP) The leaders of Airman 1st Class Heather Ley Airman Jesse Jenny LAW ENFORCEMENT tomorrow 723-3096 COMMANDERS 5th Bomb Wing Commander: AIRMAN 1ST CLASS HEATHER LEY | 5TH BOMB WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECURITY Col. Bradley Cochran 5th Bomb Wing Vice Commander: 723-3011 MINOT AIR FORCE Leadership School instructor, Staff Sgt. Symphony Leyk, Col. Sloan Hollis BASE, N.D. -- said her favorite part about 5th Force Support Squadron FIRE he room was being an instructor is that 91st Missile Wing Commander: Airman Leadership School Col. Glenn Harris 723-2461 silent until she has an infl uence on Instructor, hands out the instructor leadership development of envelopes to class leaders, 91st Missile Wing Vice Commander: started to speak, Airmen. at Minot Air Force Base, Col. Craig Ramsey ROAD CONDITIONS T N.D., Jan. 15, 2019. Airman her voice echoing off the “They inspire me,” said 723-1190 leadership school class size NEWSSUBMISSIONS auditorium walls, capturing Leyk. “They show just how Northern Sentry Offi ce her student’s attention. much they truly care about may vary, but typically have 64 students broken down into [email protected] | 701.839.0946 SAFE RIDE Staff Sgt.