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12th Flying Training Wing T-38 Talon conducts basic surface attack simulation
July 21, 2022 — U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Jason Mandizvidza, training pilot, and Brazilian Air Force Capt. Felipe Pereira, 435th Fighter Training Squadron instructor pilot, flew a 12th Flying Training Wing T-38 Talon July 6 to conduct a basic surface attack simulation at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph... MORE

Future specialized undergraduate pilot training instructors undergo extensive training
July 2, 2020 — Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training instructor pilots from every base across the U.S. learn from the most experienced instructors at Pilot Instructor Training, or PIT, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas... MORE

Col. Seth Graham, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, inspects at T-38 Talon before takeoff at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. Col. Graham attended Pilot Instructor Training with the 560th Flying Training Squadron at JBSA-Randolph. (U.S. Air Force photo by Benjamin Faske)

T-38 endures as stellar training aircraft 60 years after maiden flight
April 5, 2019 — The T-38 Talon prototype embarked on its maiden flight as the Air Force’s first supersonic trainer on April 10, 1959. Sixty years later, the sleek aircraft developed by the Northrop Corp. continues to meet the service’s training needs... MORE

A scanned image from the Wingspread published in 1961 with a photo of the first T-38 to arrive at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.