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Perhaps, but let's also keep in mind that not all military pilot training is the same. You're also trained for a far different regime of flight ops than will my buddy headed for T-44s, who will likely never fly a jet of any type in his career. Formation in T-38s doing 400 kts is a far cry from formation in T-6s doing 140 kts, wouldn't you agree? When all is said and done, his UPT experience will likely bear little resemblance to yours. So who's the better pilot?
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BTW, formation in a T-37 is in the airspeed range of 120 - 250 KIAS. It is up to 90 degrees of bank with 3-7 foot wingtip clearance. We also fly an exercise called extended trail, where we fly at 800-1000' in a 45 degree cone off the tail, but fully maneuvering up to 120 degrees of bank. Don't even think about slighting the non-T-38 guys.
