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T-38 Talon



T-38 Talon

T-38 Talon

T-38 Talon
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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