#t 38

[am--afmil]

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber and a T-38 Talon conducting a flyover.

[usafphantom2]

T-38’s in Valhalla

@refueled via X

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NASA T-38, trying to think of how to do the background

[photoyage]

Maj. Nick Krajicek, a T-38 Talon pilot, flies in a two-ship formation with retired Lt. Col. Dale Cooke, a former T-38 pilot, over Tyndall Air Force Base and Panama City, Fla., April 21, 2017. The T-38 in the formation was the same jet Cooke flew during his tenure on the team. The Thunderbirds transitioned from the T-38 to the F-16 in 1982. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Christopher Boitz)

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“Chronic” and “Toad”

Lt Col Jim “Chronic” Govin Ret.  fini flight

435th Fighter Training Squadron

Randall AFB, San Antonio TX

[am--afmil]

You know how I feel...

[usafphantom2]

T-38 Talon

@refueled via X

[usafphantom2]

I've got to go mow my lawn, but as usual, I'm seaching through photographs for something interesting and this morning I found it. Everybody has seen pictures of a B-52 being refueled a thousand times, but there is something really odd with this photo... can you tell what's different?

@tcamp202 via X

it's the NKC-135 test bed with a Advanced Aerial Refueling Boom installed.

The way you can tell is this: The sighting window is a KC-135, you can tell this by the upper curve and lower curve, the KC-10 window is straight on top and bottom. One the boom though, instead of ruddervaders as flight control surfaces, we see a distinct elevator and rudder, and lastly, the AARB (Advanced Aerial Refueling Boom) is much squarer shaped than the KC-135 boom. The BUFF was the receiver because it is the easiest and probably most documented (in terms of testing.)