T-38 Talon

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jet trainer aircraft military aircraft supersonic aircraft twin‑engine aircraft

The T-38 Talon is a twin-engine supersonic jet trainer aircraft widely used by air forces, particularly the U.S. Air Force, for advanced pilot training.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
T-38 Talon canonical	14
Northrop T-38 Talon	7
T-38C Talon	4
T-38C	2
Northrop T-38A Talon	1
T-38 Talon (training aircraft)	1
T-38A	1
T-38B	1
T-38N	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3776056 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: T-38 Talon
Context triple: [Turkish Air Force, operatesAircraft, T-38 Talon]

A. Cessna T-37 Tweet
The Cessna T-37 Tweet is a small, twin‑engine jet trainer aircraft used extensively by the U.S. Air Force and several allied nations for primary pilot training during the Cold War era.
B. Beechcraft T-6 Texan II
The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engine turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used by air forces for primary and basic flight training.
C. Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is a jet-powered American trainer aircraft developed from the P-80 fighter and widely used by the U.S. Air Force and many other countries during the early Cold War era.
D. Convair T-29
The Convair T-29 is a military trainer and transport aircraft developed from the Convair 240 airliner and used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for navigation and radar training.
E. Beechcraft T-34 Mentor
The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is a propeller-driven military trainer aircraft widely used by the U.S. and allied air forces for primary flight training from the 1950s onward.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: T-38 Talon
Target entity description: The T-38 Talon is a twin-engine supersonic jet trainer aircraft widely used by air forces, particularly the U.S. Air Force, for advanced pilot training.

A. Cessna T-37 Tweet
The Cessna T-37 Tweet is a small, twin‑engine jet trainer aircraft used extensively by the U.S. Air Force and several allied nations for primary pilot training during the Cold War era.
B. Beechcraft T-6 Texan II
The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engine turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used by air forces for primary and basic flight training.
C. Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is a jet-powered American trainer aircraft developed from the P-80 fighter and widely used by the U.S. Air Force and many other countries during the early Cold War era.
D. Convair T-29
The Convair T-29 is a military trainer and transport aircraft developed from the Convair 240 airliner and used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for navigation and radar training.
E. Beechcraft T-34 Mentor
The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is a propeller-driven military trainer aircraft widely used by the U.S. and allied air forces for primary flight training from the 1950s onward.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jet trainer aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ supersonic aircraft ⓘ twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration	high‑performance trainer ⓘ supersonic ⓘ swept‑wing ⓘ twin‑engine ⓘ
airForceDesignation	trainer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
crew	2 ⓘ
crewConfiguration	tandem seating ⓘ
designFeature	area‑ruled fuselage ⓘ ejection seats for both crew ⓘ pressurized cockpit ⓘ tricycle landing gear ⓘ
developedFrom	Northrop N-156 project ⓘ
emptyWeight	approximately 7,200 lb ⓘ
engineType	afterburning turbojet ⓘ
firstFlight	1959-04-10 ⓘ
fuelType	jet fuel ⓘ
height	approximately 12 ft 10 in ⓘ
introduced	1961 ⓘ
landingGear	retractable ⓘ
length	approximately 46 ft ⓘ
manufacturer	Northrop Corporation ⓘ linked to: Northrop Grumman
maximumSpeed	approximately 1,300 km/h at altitude ⓘ approximately Mach 1.3 ⓘ
maxTakeoffWeight	approximately 12,700 lb ⓘ
modernizedVariant	T-38C ⓘ linked to: T-38 Talon T-38N ⓘ linked to: T-38 Talon
nicknamed	White Rocket ⓘ
notableUser	NASA astronauts ⓘ linked to: NASA Astronaut Corps
numberBuilt	over 1,100 ⓘ
operatorType	air forces ⓘ space agency ⓘ
powerplant	2 × General Electric J85 turbojet engines ⓘ
primaryRole	advanced jet trainer ⓘ
primaryUser	United States Air Force ⓘ
produced	1961–1972 ⓘ
range	approximately 1,800 km with external tanks ⓘ
relatedAircraft	Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter ⓘ linked to: F-5 Freedom Fighter
roleInTrainingPipeline	advanced phase of Undergraduate Pilot Training ⓘ
serviceCeiling	approximately 50,000 ft ⓘ
status	in service ⓘ
successorAircraft	T-7A Red Hawk (planned USAF replacement) ⓘ linked to: Boeing T-7A Red Hawk
USAFDesignation	T-38A ⓘ linked to: T-38 Talon T-38B ⓘ linked to: T-38 Talon T-38C ⓘ linked to: T-38 Talon
usedBy	German Air Force ⓘ NASA ⓘ Portuguese Air Force ⓘ Republic of Korea Air Force ⓘ Saudi Arabian Air Force ⓘ linked to: Royal Saudi Air Force Taiwan Air Force ⓘ linked to: Republic of China Air Force Turkish Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
usedFor	advanced pilot training ⓘ astronaut proficiency flying ⓘ lead‑in fighter training ⓘ test pilot training ⓘ
wingspan	approximately 25 ft 3 in ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turkish Air Force → operatesAircraft → T-38 Talon ⓘ

Boeing T-7A Red Hawk → intendedToReplace → Northrop T-38 Talon ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

Pete Knight → aircraftFlown → T-38 Talon ⓘ

Columbus Air Force Base → basedAircraftType → T-38C Talon ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

William J. Knight → aircraftFlown → T-38 Talon ⓘ

Nineteenth Air Force → notableAircraftTypeTrained → T-38 Talon ⓘ

TuAF → usesAircraftModel → T-38 Talon ⓘ

T-38 Talon → modernizedVariant → T-38C ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

T-38 Talon → modernizedVariant → T-38N ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

T-38 Talon → USAFDesignation → T-38A ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

T-38 Talon → USAFDesignation → T-38B ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

T-38 Talon → USAFDesignation → T-38C ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

General Electric J85 → usedInAircraft → Northrop T-38 Talon ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

Langley Air Force Base → hasAircraft → T-38 Talon ⓘ

T-X program → replaces → Northrop T-38 Talon ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

Williams Air Force Base → hostedAircraftType → T-38 Talon ⓘ

23rd Flying Training Squadron → aircraftOperated → T-38 Talon ⓘ

Northrop N-156 project → hasOutcome → Northrop T-38 Talon ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

Northrop N-156 project → relatedTo → Northrop T-38 Talon ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

Northrop N-156 project → successorAircraft → Northrop T-38A Talon ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

Perrin Air Force Base → usedAircraft → T-38 Talon ⓘ

Flying Training Wings → usesAircraftType → T-38 Talon ⓘ

12th Flying Training Wing → aircraftOperated → T-38 Talon ⓘ

12th Flying Training Wing → aircraftOperated → T-38C Talon ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

Reese Air Force Base → notableAircraftUsed → T-38 Talon ⓘ

14th Flying Training Wing → aircraftOperated → T-38C Talon ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

Flight of Black Angel → aircraftFeatured → T-38 Talon ⓘ

Laughlin Air Force Base → basedAircraftType → T-38C Talon ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

Charles Bassett → aircraftFlown → Northrop T-38 Talon ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

Theodore Freeman → aircraftFlown → Northrop T-38 Talon ⓘ

linked to: T-38 Talon

Elliot McKay See Jr. → aircraftTypeInFatalAccident → T-38 Talon ⓘ

Elliot M. See Jr. → wasPilotOf → T-38 Talon (training aircraft) ⓘ

subject linked to: Elliot

linked to: T-38 Talon

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