page_title: Northrop T-38 Talon
section_title: Aircraft on display
hierarchical_section_title: Northrop T-38 Talon / Aircraft on display
caption_attribution_description: Three T-38 Talon &quot;Thunderbird&quot; jets, a sculpture at Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota.
context_page_description: The Northrop T-38 Talon is a two-seat, twinjet supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first supersonic trainer and is also the most produced. The T-38 remains in service as of 2020 in several air forces.
  The United States Air Force operates the most T-38s. In addition to training USAF pilots, the T-38 is used by NASA. The U.S. Naval Test Pilot School is the principal US Navy operator. Pilots of other NATO nations fly the T-38 in joint training programs with USAF pilots.
  As of 2019, the T-38 has been in service for over 50 years with its original operator, the United States Air Force.
  In September of 2018, USAF announced the replacement of the Talon by the Boeing T-7 Red Hawk with phaseout to begin in 2023.
context_section_description: T-38A
  58-1196 – California Science Center, in Los Angeles, California
  59-1601 – On base display, Air University area, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
  59-1602 – On base display, United States Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Painted as "Thunderbird 1"
  59-1604 – National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Florida; former USAF aircraft bailed to USN and utilized by the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland.
  59-1605 – On base display, USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, Texas
  60-0549 – Prairie Aviation Museum, in Bloomington, Illinois
  60-0551 – To be displayed at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
  60-0558 – American Legion Post 233 in Edinburgh, Indiana
  60-0570 – Edward F. Beale Museum, Beale AFB, California
  60-0573 - On display, Owatonna Degner Regional Airport, Owatonna, Minnesota (with 60-0589 and 61-0828)
  60-0574 – On base display, Laughlin AFB, Texas
  60-0589 - On display, Owatonna Degner Regional Airport, Owatonna, Minnesota (with 60-0573 and 61-0828)
  61-0817 – Oklahoma Welcome Station, adjacent to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma.
  61-0828 - On display, Owatonna Degner Regional Airport, Owatonna, Minnesota (with 60-0573 and 60-0589)
  61-0829 - Gallup Municipal Airport, Gallup, New Mexico 
  61-0838 – On base display, in front of Randolph Inn Visiting Officers Quarters (VOQ), Randolph AFB, Texas
  61-0854 – Pima Air and Space Museum, adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona, on display in the markings of the 479th Tactical Training Wing at Holloman AFB, NM, circa 1982.
  61-0858 – Sheppard AFB Air Park, Sheppard AFB, Texas
  61-0902 – Science Spectrum in Lubbock, Texas.
  61-0926 - Salina Oklahoma, lawn of American Legion post #240 
  62-3673 - Mason County Airport (Michigan) Construction Number (C/N)- N.5378, built 1962, painted blue and gray camouflage static displayed on a pedestal along US10 showing USAF tail markings of the 434th Fighter Training Squadron when it was located at Holloman Air Force Base between 1977 and 1991
  63-8125 – Sheppard AFB Air Park, Sheppard AFB, Texas
  63-8224 – Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon; painted in NASA colors, suspended from the ceiling in the Air and Space Exhibit Hall.
  65-10405 – On base display, Columbus AFB, Mississippi
  65-10426 – On base display, Vance AFB, Oklahoma
  66-8381 / NASA 901 (N901NA) – Assigned directly to NASA as the second NASA T-38 to be designated as 'NASA 901' and 'N901NA'; on display at Aviation Heritage Park, Bowling Green, Kentucky
  GT-38A
  60-0592 – Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, Texas
  60-0593 – March Field Air Museum at March ARB (former March AFB) in Riverside, California, on display in Thunderbirds markings.
  61-0824 – Hill Aerospace Museum adjacent to Hill AFB, Utah.
  YT-38A
  58-1192 – South Dakota Air and Space Museum at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota.
  AT-38B
  60-0576 – On base display, Holloman AFB, New Mexico.
  65-10441 – National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. This aircraft was retired in 1991, came to the museum in 1999, and was placed on display in 2004.
  T-38N
  65-10329 / NASA 969 (N969NA) – On display at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, NASA/John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida
  65-10355 / NASA 913 (N913NA) – On display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, New York
  66-8381 / NASA 901 (N901NA) – Assigned directly to NASA as the second NASA T-38 to be designated as NASA 901 and N901NA; on display at Aviation Heritage Park, Bowling Green, Kentucky
caption: T-38 Serial Numbers 60-0573, 60-0589, and 61-0828 at Owatonna Degner Regional Airport, Minnesota
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