Just two years later, in March 1961, the Talon officially ... training. The T-38 also played a unique role in the NASA Space Shuttle program, providing astronauts with a fast jet to maintain ...

Since 1959, the U.S. Air Force has relied on the capable performance of the T-38 Talon ... and NASA. However, after 65 years, the USAF has begun transitioning toward a new training aircraft ...

The U.S. Air Force owns and operates a wide variety of aircraft, so a jet specifically for training makes a lot of sense. A stripped-down jet with just the essentials is ideal for training pilots ...

Aircraft maintenance company Thornton Aviation put one up for sale for $800,000. The T-38 has also been used by NASA to train astronauts. The Northrop T-38 Talon is the world's first supersonic ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) collaborated with the U.S. Air Force to ensure fleet safety after a large crack was unexpectedly found near the cockpit of a T-38 Talon. A new study describes ...

An instructor pilot in Mississippi had to eject from a T-38 Talon training jet Monday after an unknown ... The Air Force — along with the Navy and NASA — uses the T-38 to train pilots across ...

One was the lost opportunity to fly the Northrop T-38 Talon, a two-seat supersonic ... 38 accidents killed members of the NASA astronaut corps who used the aircraft for transportation and testing.

The Air Force’s T-38 Talon training jet fleet is digging out of engine maintenance delays that could slow military pilot production for at least another six months. Service officials say the ...

A T-38 Talon taxis on a runway at Holloman Air ... broken bones and other injuries after the nose of a T-38A Talon training jet collapsed on him at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, in February ...

the Air Force will also be bringing a T-38 Talon to the event. The T-38 is a supersonic jet trainer that serves a variety of roles in the Air Force, among them training pilots for frontline ...