Ahead of April's Gulf Coast Salute, Anchor-Reporter Jennifer Holton was invited to hop in the back seat of the super-sonic T-38 Talon. The jet was the world's first supersonic trainer when it was ...

This sleek two-seater first flew in 1959 and went on to train over 50,000 pilots—including famed fliers like Navy Captain ...

On this day in aviation history-April 10, 1959-we celebrate the 66th anniversary of the first flight of the Northrop T-38 Talon ... the Follow button at the top of this page.

The T-38 has a top speed of Mach 1.3 and utilizing afterburners can climb at speeds around Mach .92. The T-38 Talon has 2 General Electric J85-GE-5 turbojet engines that incorporate afterburners.

For this purpose, since around 1960, the T-38 Talon has served as the primary trainer jet for the Air Force while also coming into use by several other countries. In that time, it has become a ...

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.

The latest such stunt to be recently publicized by the military branch involves four T-38 Talons, a Sacramento ... First used in action in 1961, the Talon quickly grew in status to become a ...

Airmen conduct pre-flight operations with the T-38 Talon training jet as part of undergraduate pilot training at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Dec. 9, 2021. (Airman 1st Class Christian Soto/Air ...

One was the lost opportunity to fly the Northrop T-38 Talon, a two-seat supersonic jet that has been used to train generations of Air Force fighter and bomber pilots. All USAF pilots attend ...