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

On April 10, 1959, the Northrop T-38 Talon took to the skies for the first time, ushering in a new era of supersonic jet training. Developed to replace the aging T-33, the T-38 became the world's ...

Under the contract, Yulista will support the Air Force Sustainment Center’s T-38 Talon Repair, Inspection and Maintenance, or TRIM, program and more rapidly return the supersonic jet trainer to ...

The Thunderbirds thereafter replaced the T-38 Talon with the F-16A Fighting Falcon. Despite this incident, the T-38 is still used as a trainer jet by the U.S. Air Force, Germany, and Turkey.

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.

A Talon can fly for as much as 1,100 miles (1,770 km) at altitudes as high as 55,000 feet (16,800 meters). We are not told what unit the ones (just three are visible) seen in the main pics of this ...

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 ...

The T-38 has the ability to reach speeds greater than 800 mph. The 72nd annual EAA fly-in convention is set for July 21-27 at Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. More ...

T-38 Talon: Decades of Service. My eagerness to fly the T-38, and my disappointment at never getting the chance, come from two primary sources: the jet’s performance and its lineage.

The University of Kansas announced that a group of four T-38 Talon jets will fly over David Booth Memorial Stadium on Sept. 1 about 6:50 p.m. The Jayhawks take on Missouri State at 7 p.m.