How the T-38 Talon became America's first supersonic trainer, shaping USAF pilot training and NASA astronaut missions for six decades.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Even as the United States Air Force expects the T-7A Red Hawk to ...

Air Force veteran recalls past T-38 experience with emergency during solo flight.

T-7A-trained pilots should leave training better prepared for the realities of fifth-generation fighter operations. For generations, the US Air Force has relied upon the Northrop T-38 Talon to train ...

DENTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--M1 Support Services (“M1”) announced today it was awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for T-38 Aircraft Maintenance Program (“AMP”) Operations, Maintenance ...

In 1961, the average American earned $5,300 a year, could buy a house for $12,500, a car for less than $3,000 and gas for 27 cents a gallon. In 1961, the U.S. Air Force bought a plane for $756,000 -a ...

If you joined the U.S. Air Force to become a fighter pilot today, odds are you'd spend a lot of time in the Northrop T-38 Talon. The two-seat supersonic trainer has been in use by various agencies ...

The U.S. Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command received its first T-7 Red Hawk trainer at Joint Base San Antonio – Randolph, marking a milestone in the replacement of the T-38 Talon. The ...