A T-38 Talon crash in November in Mississippi that caused a pilot to eject from the training jet was caused by a bird shattering the cockpit canopy, Air Force investigators detailed in an accident ...

A T-38C Talon training jet crashed in eastern Mississippi last November after a bird collided with its windshield — shattering the canopy, breaking its engines and prompting the lone pilot to eject, ...

Pilots in the 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base use a variety of aircraft to prepare them for their next stop, including the T-38, T-6, and DA-20, to learn the basics of flying, ...

The T-38 Talon is the world’s first supersonic trainer, first flown in 1959. Tens of thousands of pilots learned to fly in T-38s. The US Air Force is the primary user of the T-38, but Talons are also ...

Being medically discharged from a pilot slot in the U.S. Air Force left me with several disappointments. One was the lost opportunity to fly the Northrop T-38 Talon, a two-seat supersonic jet that has ...

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 ...

A Lockheed U-2 "Dragon Lady" aircraft will be displayed at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, celebrating its 70th anniversary. The U-2, known for high-altitude surveillance missions, requires a ...