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The Model 3000/T-6 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with enclosed tandem seating for two. It is powered by a single Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 turboprop engine in tractor configuration with an aluminum, 97-inch (8.1 ft; 2.5 m), four-blade, constant-speed, variable pitch, non-reversing, feathering propeller assembly and has retractable tricycle landing gear.
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s.
It supported test programs for miscellaneous large aircraft. It also managed small test programs including the Slingsby T-3 Firefly, Beechcraft T-6 Texan II, and Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules. The squadron gained the Boeing C-17A Globemaster III program from the inactivating 417th Flight Test Squadron in 1995. [citation needed]
A US Navy Texan T-6 and US Air Force Lockheed T-33 fly near each other. Aviation Photo Crew We were accompanied by a former North American Aviation T-6 Texan during the flight demonstration.
Redesignated 39th Flight Test Squadron on 15 March 1994 ... Beechcraft T-6 Texan II (2001–present) Raytheon T-1A Jayhawk (2007–present) [1] Notable members
It operates Beechcraft T-6 Texan II aircraft conducting flight training. The squadron's mission is to train future Air Force military aviators in Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Phase 2 in the T-6A.
It operates Beechcraft T-6 Texan II aircraft conducting flight training. The squadron was first established as the 37th Pursuit Squadron and activated in January 1941. As the 37th Fighter Squadron it saw combat during World War II in the Mediterranean and European Theaters, and was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation for action over Austria ...
The squadron operates Beechcraft T-6A Texan II and Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft conducting flight training for the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program (ENJJPT) with highly experienced Air Force Reserve instructor pilots.