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No matter how its painted the T-38 is my favorite plane of all times. It just has nice sexy curves and lines in the design. Nothing has matched it since. Nice photo! thanks for posting.

It's an F-5. It's related to the T-38, so they look similar.

Fly NAVY!

[scratches head] "Navy" F5? Great shot, anyway.

VFC-13 transferred to NAS Fallon in Apr. 1996 where they made the transition to its current aircraft, the F-5 Tiger II, of which the unit flies both single and twin seat versions: in fact the F-5E/N is the single seat model of the Tiger II that provides simulated air-to-air combat training, while the F-5F is the dual-seat version, commonly used for training and adversary combat tactics.

They are painted to better represent the enemy aircraft that are called to represent in Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) sessions, the Fighting Saints’ Tiger IIs are all painted in a variety of colorful paint schemes of blue, gray, brown and even black camouflage (with the latter very similar to that worn by the “MiG-28s” in the iconic Top Gun movie).

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/look-ma-mig-28-oh-no-wait-vfc-13-fighting-saints-f-5-tiger/

john doe needs to see "Top Gun".