T-38 Talon
GENERAL INFORMATION
MANUFACTURER: Northrop Aircraft Corporation
PRODUCTION PERIOD: 1960 to 1972
NUMBER PRODUCED: 1,189
PRODUCTION SERIES: T-38A, T-38C and AT-38B
ROLES: Advanced jet trainer, AT-38B, lead-in trainer for weapons
delivery; dissimilar air combat trainer at the USN Top Gun Fighter School;
USAF aggressor aircraft
PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS
(Figures given are for the T-38A model)
MAXIMUM SPEED: 800 mph (Mach 1.3)
SERVICE CEILING: 50,000 feet above sea level
RANGE: 1,000 miles
WEAPONS: T-38A/B is not cleared for weapons carriage. The AT-38B
has a single stores station capable of carrying the practice bomb/rocket
dispenser or a gun pod
CREW: Two pilots (instructor and trainee)
LENGTH: 46 feet, 5 inches
WINGSPAN: 25 feet, 3 inches
HEIGHT: 12 feet, 11 inches
MAXIMUM TAKEOFF WEIGHT: 11,820 lbs.
POWERPLANT: Two General Electric J85-GE-5 turbojet engines with
afterburner, providing 3,850 lbs. of thrust each
ACHIEVEMENTS: First supersonic jet trainer built for the USAF;
established four time-to-climb records in the early 1960s; operated by the
USAF Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team
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