The roar of the Thunderbirds filled the sky Saturday over Beale Air Force Base, long known for the more clandestine ...

The Thunderbirds thereafter replaced the T-38 Talon with the F-16A Fighting Falcon. Despite this incident, the T-38 is still used as a trainer jet by the U.S. Air Force, Germany, and Turkey.

Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City is hosting the Thunderbirds and a number of other aerial performers. Top speed is almost 900 miles per hours for the T-38s ... for the Talon-drivers of ...

Thunderbirds McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II number 7 at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ. (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons) Northrup’s T-38 Talon two-seat trainer aircraft was ...

These days, the Blue Angels operate the F/A-18 Super Hornet. In 1974, the Thunderbirds switched over to the T-38 Talon, which would be the last fighter jet flown by the unit before moving onto the ...

the Thunderbirds have a rich, decades-long history dating to 1953. The team has flown various aircraft, including the F-84G Thunderjet, F-100C Super Sabre, F-4E Phantom II and the T-38A Talon.

T-38 Talon (1974-1981) The Thunderbirds flew T-38 Talons from 1974-1981, the only period during which the team flew training aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tristin English ...

The demonstration squadron flew the T-38 Talon trainer during the 1970s oil ... the combat warfighter with that airplane before the Thunderbirds think about changing to … that aircraft." ...

1969-73: The Thunderbirds flew the Air Force’s front-line fighter, the F-4E Phantom. 1974: The Thunderbirds converted to the T-38 Talon, the world’s first supersonic trainer. The T-38 was more ...