Keith Barnes, 571st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron contractor, performs final checks to the T-38 Talon prior to Lt. Col. Ripley Woodard, 415th Flight Test Flight commander, taking off from Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas May 17. The T-38 is being returned to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, after being modified by the 571st here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rich McFadden)