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AT-38 Talon

4450th TG/37 TFW/37 FW

T-38A and AT-38

In January 1989, just three months after the USAF admitted the F-117A existed, the elder A-7's were replaced with newer T-38A and AT-38B Talon trainers. Many of these "Talons" formerly belonged to the 4447th TS "Red Hats" that flew "aquired" Soviet aircraft at Groom Lake, Nevada. One of the AT-38B Talons even served as a USAF Thunderbird before being used in the Red Hats.

Most of the T-38s were reassigned to training units with the disbanding of the 37th FW.

Type	Serial	Current Unit	Last Seen	Notes
T-38A	60-0553	14th FTW	oct 98	Former 4477th TES
T-38A	60-0572	12th FTW	may 00	Former 4477th TES
AT-38B	61-0848	80th FTW	may 00
AT-38B	61-0851	12th FTW	may 00	Former 4477th TES
T-38A	61-0870	Moffet Field	apr 97	Withdrawn from Use
AT-38B	61-10367
AT-38B	61-10382	12th FTW	may 00	Former 4477th TES
T-38A	65-10383	37th FW	oct 91
AT-38B	68-8106	12th FTW	may 00	Former 4477th TES Former USAF Thunderbirds

49th FW

AT-38

Prior to the F-117As arrival at Holloman, F-15s and AT-38s were the aircraft of the "Forty Niners". After the F-117As arrival, the Holloman AT-38s were operated by the 417 FS and wore a standard camoflauge pattern. This was later changed to a distinctive black paint job after the 417th became the 7th FS. Like the F-117As, originally the AT-38Bs wore just a 5 digit number. This was later changed to a small year prefix, three digit tail number, and a fin flash of three F-117A silouhettes on the tail.

Currently, the 7th CTS flies the AT-38 aircraft used for F-117A training.

Type	Serial	Current Unit	Last Seen	Notes
AT-38B	64-13169	14th FTW	apr 97	Last seen 49 FW jun 94
T-38A	64-13175	7th CTS	oct 00
T-38A	65-10373	7th CTS	may 00
T-38A	65-10376	7th CTS	jul 01
T-38A	65-10455	7th CTS	mar 01
T-38A	66-8376	7th FS	aug 96
T-38A	67-14831	7th CTS	jan 00	Seen at Lear-Siegler may 00
T-38A	67-14833	7th CTS	aug 01
T-38A	67-14847	7th FS	oct 95
T-38A	67-14939	7th CTS	nov 99
T-38A	68-8139	7th CTS	jun 01
T-38A	68-8141	7th CTS	apr 01
T-38A	68-8150	7th CTS	aug 01
T-38A	68-8172	7th CTS	may 01

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