Content deleted Content added
No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
Line 41:
[[File:C-38A and C-40C DC ANG in flight.jpg|thumb|C-38A (G100) and [[Boeing C-40 Clipper]] of the United States [[Air National Guard]]]]
The G100 was ordered for the [[United States Air Force]] in 1997 as the ''C-38A Courier''. The C-38A was operated by the [[201st Airlift Squadron]] at [[Andrews Air Force Base]] in Maryland until 2015. The C-38A replaced the earlier [[Learjet 35/36|Learjet C-21]]. The C-38A differs from the standard Gulfstream G100, being fitted with various military avionics systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/c-38.htm |title=C-38 Courier |website=www.globalsecurity.org |access-date=24 April 2016 }}</ref>
The C-38A was also ordered for the [[United States Navy]], replacing [[North American T-2 Buckeye]]s at [[Naval Air Station Patuxent River]] beginning in September 2015. Two aircraft remain in service as of 2023, both former [[201st Airlift Squadron]] C-38's. The C-38 is tasked with acting as a [[chase plane]], radar test target, and pilot proficiency aircraft for the test and evaluation squadron [[VX-20]].<ref name="paxriver">[http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.NavairNewsStory&id=6069 T-2C Buckeye ends 56-year Navy career] ''[[Naval Air Systems Command]]''</ref>
| |||
