T-38 Talon by Richardphotos
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the T-38 was on the tarmac at a Ft Worth airport and the pilots were in a airborne Super Cobra. the sky and farm field was separately taken in Oklahoma.I bet the pilots does not know they are qualified to fly a T-38, then again maybe they are
T-38C Talon Northrop a two-seater, high-altitude supersonic trainer
The Air Force has about 500 of the aircraft in its inventory.
First deployed in 1959, the jet has been linked to 138 fatalities and some 189 crashes, according to the Air Force Safety Center.
Of 16 fatalities related to crashes at Sheppard Air Force Base since 1967, all but six involved T-38s.
Pilots from 13 NATO countries train through Sheppard's Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program.
The T-38's crew normally consists of a student pilot and instructor seated in tandem. Student pilots learn aerobatics, formation flying, night and instrument flying, cross-country awareness, general maintenance awareness and supersonic techniques.
In response to the 1973 OPEC oil embargo, the Thunderbirds aerobatic display team of the U.S. Air Force adopted the T-38 Talon, which used far less fuel than the F-4 Phantom, in 1974. (The Blue Angels downsized to the A-4 Skyhawk at roughly the same time). After the infamous "Diamond Crash" incident that killed four of the team's six demonstration pilots, the Talon was replaced in this role by the front-line F-16A Fighting Falcon in 1983.
Two fatal crashes, one on 23 April 2008 at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi and the second on 1 May 2008 at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, resulted in four fatalities, causing the Air Force to temporarily ground the aircraft.
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Comments (82)
Excellent!
Excellent work!
Spectacular Richard!
Wow... great scene. wonderful work!!
Very nicely put together. Hey, are those beans? Is this a bean field? :-) Really stunning work, Richard. Stellar appeal.
Outstanding!
Richard, your imagination and skills in putting this together give us viewer a treat, and I would expect the "transplaned" pilots would really like seeingn this too!!!
Great shot and post work! Very nice information also. Well done! Mery Christmas!
Nice work!
Great work and history spec!
Fabulous work! :)
Fantastic photo cropping Richard. Thanks for the info!
Very nice composition ... well done.
WOW ! What a bad series of fatalities !!! SPLENDID picture! Great thanks for your comments!
stunning capture richard u did great job...
Fantastic work!!! You created an outstanding image! Hugs Ute
Great work all around as the image and what you did with it is amazing Richard. On top of that your detailed history completed it well
Under RADAR RIDE :) Awesome Manipulation here! JUST***PERFECT
Excellent shot, Richard! He's really flying low.
Not a very good safety rating. Excellent capture and info.
Amazing shot here!!!!! XCellent work my friend!!!! and Merry X-Mas to you !!!
Without a doubt this is an very unique image. Great work Richard, as always!!!!!
This looks realy cool, sad about a crashes thou.
Great composite! I like the elements you've chosen~ =) As for flying low.... we get it all the time here (this area is the highest point between Nashville and Memphis) as we are on the military's North/South flypath, don't know if they are practicing or what but much of the time both helicopters and fighter jets fly just above the tree tops.... perhaps practicing eluding radar... Actually saw the pilot in a stealthbomber once as he cruised over our house, I waved and he waved back.
A very good work! Superb scene! 5/5
Awesome Thanks for the info as well Hugs Susan~
Nice work and info.... Aloha
Awesome captures and work. Splendid. Bunny
Great shot of the plane and great postwork. Such a sleek plane.
WOW!!! How did you take such a close capture of the flying plane?...normally such pictures are very blurred from the airjet of the wings ...etc.!!! Awesomely done!!!!