HomeNewsPhotos

Photos

WWII legendary ace’s aircraft lore alive and well in 12th FTW, 39th FTS
Lt. Col. Thomas Lessner, 39th Flying Training Squadron commander and Air Force Reserve Command T-1 instructor pilot, stands beside the squadron's T-6 flagship aircraft, which the host wing - 12th Flying Training Wing-Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas - painted in the heritage scheme used on the P-51 “Little Girl” flown by Capt. Leroy Grosshuesch, commander of the then-designated 39th Fighter Squadron, during the during WWII single-handed attack on a Japanese destroyer off Goto Retto near Kyushu, Japan in 1945. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Download Image: Full Size (1.78 MB)
Photo by:  |  VIRIN: 201027-F-ZZ999-002.JPG

340th FTG Mission, Vision, Priorities