Scale: 1/32
Wingspan: 8.25"
Length: 17"
Code: CT38T

The basic airframe was used for the light combat aircraft F-5 Freedom Fighter family. In addition to USAF pilots, T-38s are also used by NASA astronauts, the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (other T-38s were previously used as USN aggressor aircraft), other NATO pilots under a joint training program, and some under civilian ownership. The United States Air Force Strategic Air Command had T-38 Talons in service from 1981 through 1991. These planes were used to enhance the career development of bomber co-pilots through the "Accelerated Copilot Enrichment (ACE) Program". They were later used as proficiency aircraft for all B-52 and B-1 pilots, as well as SR-71, U-2, KC-135, and KC-10 pilots.

Besides the USAF, other T-38 operators include the German Luftwaffe, the Portuguese Air Force, the Republic of China Air Force, the Turkish Air Force and the US Navy. It is also flown by NASA and Boeing, who use the type as a chase plane. In addition, there are a very small number in private civilian hands. NASA also uses the plane as a jet trainer for its astronauts. Its fleet is housed primarily at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. NASA's T-38's were involved in multiple fatal accidents in the 1960s, resulting in the deaths of astronauts Theodore Freeman, Elliott See, Charles Bassett, and Clifton Williams.