Keith Barnes (right), 571st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron contractor and Lt. Col. Ripley Woodard, 415th Flight Test Flight commander, perform checks on a T-38 Talon prior to takeoff May 17 from Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. 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)