T-38 training flight

[Gladioter1903]

It's aaaa talonnnnnn babyyyy

[neilrec]

I don't think there will ever be a better lookin' bird! Beautiful!!!



[Ellie2009ish]

One of the best training aircraft ever build next to A-4 skyhawk

[akfirepup]

My first assignment after Sheppard was Randolph AFB and Talon 1. Crewed them from 82-83 and at Reese in 86. Such a simple plane to work. Thank you LtColUSAF for the kind words.

[ltcolusaf]

@akfirepup Your service was greatly appreciated! Thanks for viewing and commenting.

[OldFlyingDog]

Great memories...."Gator"....Webb AFB Class 70-05

[silverbird58]

these are great birds , and if i do say so sorta easy to fly. verry snappy......

[Tammicat21]

My favorite uncle flew one. I have a pic he gave me of him standing in front of it. I was 18 yrs old at the time. He was 27. The caption on the back simply says:

"Cool Breeze 1970". And man I really thought he was!! Thanks for the memories.

[Piddlepack]

Nice old vid.

[ltcolusaf]

Your years of dedication working to keep the T-38s flying were appreciated by those who flew them. I flew more than a few incentive flights for Crew Chiefs of the quarter, and always thought I was re-paying a debt. Thanks.

[JabbaTheSlut]

Man do i miss working on this aircraft. I was a crew chief on the T-38A for 13 years @ Williams AFB. AZ. Loved starting these up and doing ops checks after certain maint procedures.( Boat tail install. gearbox etc...) Great vid. !!!

[granthemenway]

Was an AO in VFA-81 and always liked the look and function onf the T-38

[ltcolusaf]

I sure agree. Thanks for viewing, and commenting.

[t38ip2003]

Great video and it does seem like yesterday. I logged 1,700 hours in the "white rocket" at Vance December 1974 to August 1980. Had a weather divert into Webb either January or February, 1977. T38IP and college buddy Bill Ulm bunked us up for the night. After Webb closed, we got 5 of their junked T38s and the last Iranian students, that flew tweets at Webb, to train in the USAF. I taught two of those "darlings", LMAO!

[ltcolusaf]

Always great to hear from other T-38 Instructors. I myself trained foreign nationals for over 2000 hours; challenging.

Webb's T-38s were the earliest production, but I always thought, well maintained mechanically. Never once had a maintenance abort.

Thanks for watching.

[kingair81r]

Did you know R Boulais by any chance hes my good friend's father and was a t38 ip in the 70's?

[ltcolusaf]

No, the name is not familiar, sorry.

[scottr1951]

what year was this taken. Looks a lot like video I took 34 years ago!! Seems like yesterday and 5 fighters later.

[ltcolusaf]

This was filmed in late 1976 or early 1977. Webb AFB closed in September 1977.

[scottr1951]

I thought I recognized West Texas. I took similar film in first half of 1974 at Reese

[scottr1951]

I thought I recognized west Texas.  I took similar film in first half of 74 at Reese

[artagus21]

After 15 years I still get a hard on watching the White Rocket. I have 900 flight hours on that thing.

[charlar28]

WOW-great footage- my father flew this plane for the air natl. gaurd 7 years in scotsdale Az, and the Detroit area. I cant wait to tell him about this.

[BentWingFlyer]

Hey Lt Col, Is it possible to get this emailed? It really brought back memories.

[LOCKHEED2011]

cool, i live 15 miles from beale afb and they use t-38s to train u-2 pilots.

[cabritorsss]

I always said that the wings wouldn't stay on. Now, it been flying 40 + years. I stand corrected. (Still looks like the wings shouldn't stay on though.)

[ltcolusaf]

All T-38 aircraft currently in service are receiving new wings. With avionics upgrades, the life of the '38 will extend beyond 2020. Some estimates set the retirement year as late as 2040. Incredible.

[blkbishop112]

That's awesome footage.

[kirrevargashotmailco]

No sound?

[ltcolusaf]

No, sorry. The original was shot on Super 8 movie film without sound. I thought about adding a music track, but decided the viewer could just turn up their iPod and listen to whatever they like.

[BeLLeRPhoNeMX]

Awesome video of insight view of a pilot, perferctly captured the motion of the aircarft. Keep this sort of video coming thanks.