Hobby Master USAF Northrop T-38C Talon Jet Trainer 69-7079 49th 49th Fighter Training Squadron "Black Knights" Moody AFB Georgia 2006 [Low-Vis Scheme] (1:72 Scale)

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USAF Northrop T-38C Talon Jet Trainer - 69-7079, 49th Fighter Training Squadron "Black Knights", Moody AFB, Georgia, 2006 [Low-Vis Scheme] (1:72 Scale)

USAF Northrop T-38C Talon Jet Trainer 69-7079 49th 49th Fighter Training Squadron "Black Knights" Moody AFB Georgia 2006 [Low-Vis Scheme]

Hobby Master USAF Northrop T-38C Talon Jet Trainer 69-7079 49th 49th Fighter Training Squadron "Black Knights" Moody AFB Georgia 2006 [Low-Vis Scheme]

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Hobby Master HA5407 USAF Northrop T-38C Talon Jet Trainer - 69-7079, 49th 49th Fighter Training Squadron "Black Knights", Moody AFB, Georgia, 2006 [Low-Vis Scheme] (1:72 Scale) "Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America - not on the battlefields of Vietnam."
- Marshal McLuhan

The Northrop T-38 Talon is a two-seat, twin-engine 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 2013 in air forces throughout the world.

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the largest operator of the T-38. In addition to training USAF pilots, the T-38 is used by NASA. The US Naval Test Pilot School is the principal US Navy operator (other T-38s were previously used as USN aggressor aircraft until replaced by the similar Northrop F-5 Tiger II). Pilots of other NATO nations fly the T-38 in joint training programs with USAF pilots.

As of 2012, the T-38 has been in service for over 50 years with its original operator (the USAF).

Pictured here is a 1:72 scale replica of a USAF Northrop T-38 Talon jet trainer that was attached to the 49th Fighter Wing, then deployed to Holloman AFB, New Mexico, during 2005. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 4-1/4-inches
Length: 7-3/4-inches

Release Date: August 2023

Historical Account: "Black Knights" - The 49th Fighter Training Squadron is part of the 14th Flying Training Wing based at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. It operates T-38 Talon aircraft conducting flight training.

The squadron was first activated as the 49th Pursuit Squadron in 1941 during the expansion of the United States military that preceded World War II. Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the squadron flew air defense patrols off the southern Pacific coast. In 1942 it was re-designated the 49th Fighter Squadron and deployed to England, but a few months later the squadron moved to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. The squadron earned a Distinguished Unit Citation in 1944 and was inactivated in 1945.

The squadron was activated again at Dow Field, Maine as one of the first units of Air Defense Command (ADC). It converted to Republic F-84 Thunderjets, being one of the first squadrons to do so. The squadron was inactivated in 1949.

In 1952, the squadron, now designated the 49th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, was activated to replace an Air National Guard squadron that was being released from active duty at Dow. For the next thirty-five years the unit carried out the air defense mission at Dow, Hanscom Field, and Griffiss Air Force Base, upgrading its aircraft until equipping with the Convair F-106 Delta Dart, which it flew for almost twenty years. The squadron was the last to fly that plane, inactivating in 1987 as the Air National Guard took over air defense mission.

The unit was reactivated in 1990 as the 49th Flying Training Squadron at Columbus Air Force Base. Mississippi. It conducted the advanced phase of undergraduate pilot training and basic procedures and techniques of fighter employment since then except for a brief period when it was inactive in 1992-1993. In 2003, its name was changed to 49th Fighter Training Squadron to reflect this mission.