What is difference between T-38 and F-5?
There is no difference between the T-38 and F-5 except that the T-38 is a two seater training version. It is a very very sweet trainer too.
Is the T-38 a F-5?
The T-38 was developed from the F-5A variant to be used as an advanced/supersonic trainer to replace the T-33. The 38 uses a much simpler wing, less powerful engines, and a redesigned 2-seat tandem cockpit.
Can T-38 be armed?
Most T-38s built were of the T-38A variant, but the USAF also had a small number of aircraft converted for weapons training (designated AT-38B), which were fitted with a gunsight and could carry a gun pod, rockets, or bombs on a centerline pylon.
Can T-38 go supersonic?
The T-38 Talon is a twin-engine, high-altitude, supersonic jet trainer used in a variety of roles because of its design, economy of operations, ease of maintenance, high performance and exceptional safety record.
Is the F-5 the same as a T-38?
Is the F5 the same as a T-38? No. While the T-38 is often mistaken as the “two seat F-5” that product is actually known as an F-5B. The original F-5 (single seat) & twin seat F-5B are lightweight fighters developed as simple to maintain, low cost fighter bombers for the USAF & foreign client states.
Is the F-20 a combat version of the T-38?
It’s basically a combat version of the T-38 (which is a trainer, and typically not armed). The F-20 was further developed from the F-5. This is similar to how the T-50 is a trainer and FA-50 is its combat version.
What are the differences between the Northup F-5 and the T-38 trainer?
Originally Answered: What are the big flight performance differences between the Northup F-5 versus the T-38 trainer? Except for their engines and one is armed and the other is unarmed, and the F-5 has slightly larger wings 186 sq ft (17.3 m2 ) compared to 170 sq ft (16 m2) they are basically the same plane.
What is the heaviest variant of the F-35?
Anyway, tangent aside, the B is the heaviest of the three dry, and the A is the lightest. By far the most produced variant, both by aircraft built to date and total expected production run, is the F-35A.