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The Northrop T-38 Talon is a two-seat, twinjet supersonic jet trainer, and was the world's first, and the most produced, supersonic trainer. The 49th Fighter Trainer Squadron has had a long and active history, being inactivated and reactivated twice, going through 3 name changes and 2 base changes since it's inception in 1941. The 49th has been a trainer squadron since 1990, teaching the advanced phase of undergraduate pilot training and basic procedures and techniques for fighters. The 49th upgraded to T-38C Talons in 2001. |