A new Air Force policy may require recent T-38 Talon pilot training graduates to fly aircraft other than fighters or bombers, even if those are their preferred options, in an attempt to fill the ...
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 ...
The US Air Force has been training its pilots with aircraft from the 60's. Now, it's getting ready to upgrade to the T-7 ...
For the US Air Force, the T-38 prepares students for high-performance combat aviation in wide-open airspace. Meanwhile, the T-45 emphasizes the challenges of carrier operations. The US Air Force, Navy ...
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 ...
Three area mayors were given a ride in T-38 jets at Sheppard Air Force Base. The event was meant to showcase the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program and its impact on the community. The mayors ...
The U-2 is a single-place aircraft that requires a team effort to land because of its limited forward visibility and bicycle-type landing gear. [Courtesy: EAA AirVenture] One of the most popular ...
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - The Air Force is laying the groundwork to start incorporating the T-7A Red Hawk into its pilot training operations. But the service is still about two years away from the first ...
M1 Support Services has won a $193.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the operations and maintenance of the Northrop Grumman-built (NYSE: NOC) T-38 Talon trainer aircraft. The Defense ...
It might come as a surprise to some that F-22 Raptor pilots don't go through flight school training in the Raptor. The same is true with the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Falcon. When you learn to swim, you don ...
The Northrop T-38 Talon is a two-seat, twinjet supersonic aircraft and has been the principal supersonic jet trainer used by the U.S. Air Force for more than 60 years. Over 1,200 were produced and ...