Posted on 02/07/2011 4:54:16 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Two T-38 Talons were delivered in December here with the help of NASA officials.
NASA officials used an Aero Spacelines Super Guppy to deliver the first two of an eventual 15 T-38s that will be regenerated here and flown to operating locations at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., and Tyndall AFB, Fla. The Super Guppy is a wide-bodied cargo aircraft used in many space programs to transport spacecraft components.
"This will keep the T-38 Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Program alive for a number of years, and it will allow us to provide these low-cost training assets to help offset the cost of some of these higher cost aircraft," said Miles Crowell, the M1 Support Services manager and director of maintenance for the T-38 Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Program.
Members of the M1 Support Services T-38 CAM program here currently maintain all of the T-38s on base -- the majority of which are used as aggressor forces against F-22 Raptors during training, Mr. Crowell said. This method of fifth generation fighter support has proven a highly efficient and cost-effective way to train.
He said the aircraft being delivered here were originally sent to South Korea in 1997 to be used for pilot training. In November 2009, the T-38s returned to the U.S. and were slated to be retired at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. Instead, Air Force leaders determined they should be put to use.
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Linkee no workee.
http://www.defpro.com/news/details/21117/?SID=34b9b5b6903a51fd4db3185e0364affb.
Link seems to be working to me
My son trained on T-38Cs. Is this the same jet? If so, it’s interesting because his first base after technical school was Holloman, repairing sensors on the Stealth Fighters.
Same plane.The T-38C is a T-38A with structural and avionics upgrades.
If you look inside the forward fairing on these Holloman AT-38B center pylon, you might see my initials. Assuming original equipment is still on them.
I was one of the Munitions dudes who helped install the center pylons on the first T-38’s in the 70s.
Amazed the White Rat is still flying. I did get an incentive ride in one... fun airplane, does great rolls!
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