One high-profile use of the T-38 Talon is NASA's fleet of 32 of them ... use of the T-38 was by the USAF's Thunderbirds precision flying exhibition team. It was their standard jet until the ...

How does the military prepare pilots for the extreme rigors of flying a cutting-edge fighter jet? Since 1959, the U.S. Air Force has relied on the capable performance of the T-38 Talon as a ...

Gabriel Martinez, 87th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, adjust their helmets as they prepare for a T-38 Talon flight at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, July 25, 2022. (Airman 1st Class ...

Along with flying training, students complete 400 hours ... Force pilots have trained in Northrop Grumman Corporation’s T-38 Talon, and many more aviators have flown in it.

This sleek two-seater first flew in 1959 and went on to train over 50,000 pilots—including famed fliers like Navy Captain Wally Schirra and record-setter Jacqueline Cochran. Known as the “Speed Queen, ...

One was the lost opportunity to fly the Northrop T-38 Talon, a two-seat supersonic jet ... is purely academic and ground training, devoid of flying. In the second phase, students fly for the ...

The image above shows something you don’t see every day: a T-38 Talon and a B-2 Spirit, both flying with the 509th Bomb Wing, during a training mission over their homebase at Whiteman Air Force ...

The U.S. Air Force uses the supersonic T-38 Talon for a variety of training missions. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force] According to EAA, the Air Force will also be bringing a T-38 Talon to the event.

Cockpit footage shows a US T-38 Talon fighter jet in action at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Weapons Instructor Course. The jet, assigned to the 80th Flying Training Wing, soared over Nellis ...

A potential defect in cartridge actuated devices (CAD) used in ejection seats has prompted the grounding of hundreds of military aircraft including Air Force T-38 Talons and T-6 Texan IIs.