The three crew members in the starboard cockpit are the only crew that accompany the aircraft up to space, since the Roc's most recent payload, the Talon-A2 prototype hypersonic aircraft, is uncrewed.

A T-38 Talon takes off with the Sutter Buttes in the background during at Beale Air Force Base earlier this month. The dual cockpit U-2S Dragon Lady training aircraft flies above the Sutter Buttes ...

The Air Force has been planning for several years to phase out the T-38 Talon. In September 2018, the service gave Boeing Co. a $9.2 billion contract to build a replacement aircraft, with a ...