The mighty Turbo Mentor blazed its last trail at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Thursday, April 19 with the last training flight at the air station. Cmdr. John Hensel and 1st Lt. Sarah Horn completed the final training flight at noon with a celebration waiting for them. A new fleet of the T-6B Texan II is replacing the Navy's classic trainer at Whiting.
Some T-34s will go to museums and others to Corpus Christi NAS to continue as trainers. Since 1977 an estimated 2.8 million flight hours were flown in the T-34C with an estimated 22,600 pilots who completed training at Whiting Field. -Staff Report, FMI: PNJ