August 1, 201114 yr https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfstream_G100 The Gulfstream G100, formerly known as the Astra SPX, is an Israel Aircraft Industries-manufactured twin-engine business jet, now produced for Gulfstream Aerospace. The United States Air Force designation for the G100 is C-38 Courier. Yawn...
August 1, 201114 yr https://en.m.wikipedi...Gulfstream_G100 Yawn... Right, but the linked guard page has the "C-38 Talon" complete with C-38 mission description at the bottom and the picture of a T-38 and T-38 aircraft description at the top, which was probably the point of the post.
August 1, 201114 yr I thought that was a MiG 28... Good on the photo team, MiG-28... No one's been that close before!
August 2, 201114 yr While it's great to see that the replica is being restored, and it's not quite as bad as the C-38 Talon, here's another web article that was written even without the benefit of a wikipedia fact check. Nieuport 28 ≠ SPAD any more than T-38 = C-38. Airmen to repair historic SPAD replica by Staff Sgt. Ashley Hawkins 633rd Air Base Wing Public Affairs 8/1/2011 - LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Airmen from the 94th Aircraft Maintenance Unit will repair the Nieuport 28 replica aircraft, which was destroyed in a storm earlier this year. Winds from the storm launched the Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés replica, or SPAD, 100 feet from its display pole into a truck May 24....
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