Latest "training jet" stories

A graduate of the 49th Flying Training Squadron's Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals course walks in front of a T-38C Talon Nov. 11, 2020, on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. The T-38 is a two-seat trainer jet used by student pilots selected for the fighter track in pilot training. (Airman 1st Class Davis Donaldson/Air Force)

Pilot safe after landing gear fails in T-38C training jet mishap

Officials are investigating what caused the landing gear to fail.

By Rachel S. Cohen

2 weeks ago

T-38 Talons from the 14th Flying Training Wing sit under a hangar on January 7, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. (Senior Airman Davis Donaldson/Air Force)

Pilot safe after Air Force T-38C training jet crashes in Mississippi

This is the eighth major T-38C mishap in the past five years.

By Rachel S. Cohen

4 weeks ago

Laughlin Air Force Base identifies student pilot killed in T-38C mishap Friday

Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas has identified the pilot killed in the mishap involving two T-38 Talons Friday as a student aviator.

By Kent Miller

13 months ago

One dead, two injured in T-38C mishap at Laughlin Air Force Base

Seven people have died in T-38 Talon accidents since October 2017.

By Rachel S. Cohen

13 months ago

Training base evacuates T-38s to Florida amid severe weather threat

Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi evacuated some of its T-38 training jets to Florida’s Space Coast as severe weather threatens to batter parts of the South.

By Rachel S. Cohen

21 months ago

This is the name of the Air Force’s new training jet

The new designation of the jet formerly known as T-X pays tribute to aviation legends.

By Valerie Insinna

3 years ago

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