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)
PIERRE25
Excellent!
Maori
Excellent work!
STEVIEUKWONDER
Spectacular Richard!
furuta
Wow... great scene. wonderful work!!
MrsLubner
Very nicely put together. Hey, are those beans? Is this a bean field? :-) Really stunning work, Richard. Stellar appeal.
abuyhia
Outstanding!
mcv
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!!!
Miska7
Great shot and post work! Very nice information also. Well done! Mery Christmas!
DarkStormCrow
Nice work!
THROBBE
Great work and history spec!
emmecielle
Fabulous work! :)
DennisReed
Fantastic photo cropping Richard. Thanks for the info!
2Loose2Trek
Very nice composition ... well done.
claude19
WOW ! What a bad series of fatalities !!! SPLENDID picture! Great thanks for your comments!
Minda
stunning capture richard u did great job...
Syltermermaid
Fantastic work!!! You created an outstanding image! Hugs Ute
magnus073
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
MagikUnicorn
Under RADAR RIDE :) Awesome Manipulation here! JUST***PERFECT
drifterlee
Excellent shot, Richard! He's really flying low.
Artlan59
Not a very good safety rating. Excellent capture and info.
MongusKing
Amazing shot here!!!!! XCellent work my friend!!!! and Merry X-Mas to you !!!
Bampster
Without a doubt this is an very unique image. Great work Richard, as always!!!!!
babuci
This looks realy cool, sad about a crashes thou.
Debwhosmiles
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.
DanB-Creations
A very good work! Superb scene! 5/5
Blush
Awesome Thanks for the info as well Hugs Susan~
sharky_
Nice work and info.... Aloha
bpclarke
Awesome captures and work. Splendid. Bunny
kansas
Great shot of the plane and great postwork. Such a sleek plane.
prionbrain
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!!!!