The impetus for AETC’s work was the age of the T-38 fleet, most of which was over ... An armed version of the T-7 would likely be used as an aggressor, or light attack/fighter role.

The T-38 is temporarily assigned to the 1st Fighter ... a new "Red Air" companion trainer to fill the US Air Force's aggressor requirement — although top service officials stress that no ...

A Navy “aggressor” jet that plays the role of an ... First flown in 1963, the F-5 was developed in tandem with the similar T-38 supersonic trainer, the two-seat aircraft that nearly all ...

Airmen conduct pre-flight operations with the T-38 Talon training jet as part of undergraduate pilot training at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Dec. 9, 2021. (Airman 1st Class Christian Soto/Air ...

showing some of the aerobatic abilities of the T-38. Image released April 20, 2011. A T-38 banks over Launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as the crew arrives for the Terminal ...

There have been other crashes involving the T-38 in recent years, too. Last year, on Feb. 19, two pilots in a T-38 from the base died during a training mission outside of Montgomery, Alabama ...