Tags Made From Two Northrop Talon Aircraft Tell Story Of T-38 At NASA Plane tags made from two NASA Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft, each representing a different side of flight, will be coming to SUN ’n FUN Thursday. One tag is from a plane that supported test pilots and research missions, the other from a plane that trained astronauts for spaceflight. Together, they tell the full story of the T-38 at NASA. Some aircraft make headlines. Others make history behind the scenes. The Northrop T-38 Talon is one of the most important jets most people never think about. Introduced in the early 1960s, it became the world’s first supersonic trainer and has shaped generations of high-performance pilots.
