On April 10, 1959, the Northrop T-38 Talon took to the skies for the first time, ushering in a new era of supersonic jet ...

which was in the market to replace its 1940s-era trainer, the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star. The first T-38 prototype flew in March 1959. Two years later, the jet entered service with the Air Force ...