?Flagship Jet? is a portrait of the 49th Fighter Training Squadron Commander?s T-38C maneuvering in the vertical on a training sortie near Columbus AFB, MS. To round out five decades of T-38 experience the artist flew in the T-38 in October 2009 at age 80 with 49th Fighter Training Squadron Commander Lt Col Tor Dietrichs at Columbus AFB. The Commanders? Flagship Jets fly with the wing or squadron designator (in this case, ?49 FTS?) replacing the aircraft tail number normally seen in this position on the vertical stabilizer.
