Germany has a military presence in the US

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[–]BISH 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'll pretty sure the German T-38 is the same aircraft as the US F-5 Freedom Fighter.

[–]Musky[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You're right, "the two seat version of the F-5 was developed into the dedicated T-38 supersonic trainer," but it's not a German T-38, Germany bought them from us and keeps them stationed in Texas presumably so we train their fighter pilots. I think that's interesting.

[–]BISH 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was a lucky guess.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

oh no, the krauts have demonstration aircraft with no weapons and no strategic importance, noooooo

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Pilots of NATO nations fly the T-38 in joint training programs with USAF pilots. Although nobody else owns 46 of these training craft stationed in the US, except for Germany. It's interesting.