Due to their jet's age, well beyond its expected service life, Talon crews are said to devote a good amount of their time to rehearsing emergency procedures. Brew 90 seemed to be finishing an uneventful training session though.

At the holding point of 33R, awaiting its turn to depart for an approximately one-hour training flight as Brew 90. This is one of many T-38s that was overhauled by the Lear-Siegler company already as an A model, and likely later as well. By January 2007, it had been rebuilt to C standard.