The first flight of a T-38 Talon was in 1959, it is still in use, and even testing the latest in military artificial intelligence designed to control all electronic systems, globally.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Hill, 15JUL2021.
During the first half of July 2021, U.S. Northern Command (NorthCom) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (aka Nor-ad) conducted what they call a Global Information Dominance Experiment (GIDE-3), part of an Architecture Demonstration and Evaluation (ADE-5).
USAF photo by Tom Hill.
The GIDE-3 included T-38 Talons flown by the 586th Flight Test Squadron. The GIDE-3/ADE-5 flights were launched from Alpena Combat Training Center, Michigan.
USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh, 16JUL2021.
USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh.
U.S. Air Force (USAF) video by Technical Sergeant Amy Picard and Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh:
USAF photo by Tom Hill.
USAF video by Tom Hill:
USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh, 16JUL2021.
USAF video by Senior Airman Frank Rohrig, T-38 take-off:
USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh, 16JUL2021.
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