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15 [1] T-6 Texan II: United States basic trainer: T-6A/B/C: 294 29 on order [1] T-34 Mentor: United States trainer 15 [1] T-38 Talon: United States USNTPS trainer 10 [1] T-44 Pegasus: United States multi-engine trainer T-44C: 56 [1] Retirement starting in 2024, replaced by T-54: T-45 Goshawk: United Kingdom / United States jet trainer T-45C ...
The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an American all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Grumman Aircraft Company for the United States Navy as a replacement for the earlier, piston-engined E-1 Tracer, which was rapidly becoming obsolete.
This is a list of airborne early warning aircraft. An AEW aircraft is an airborne radar system generally used to detect incoming aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles, and other projectiles and provide guidance to fighter and attack aircraft strikes. NATO Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS AEW aircraft
YS-3A prototype S-3 escape system testing. In the mid-1960s, the United States Navy (USN) formulated the VSX (Heavier-than-air, Anti-submarine, Experimental) requirement, which sought a dedicated anti-submarine aircraft capable of flying off of its aircraft carriers as a replacement for its existing inventory of piston-engined Grumman S-2 Trackers.
It was then that the United States Air Force (USAF) signed a contract with Lockheed for ten L-749A aircraft designated the C-121A. The United States Navy (USN) had also placed an order for two AWACS versions of the L-749A designated the PO-1W (later WV-1). The first L-749A variants off the production line were for the US military.
Navy E-6B Mercury at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Like the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft, the E-6 is adapted from Boeing's 707-320 airliner. Rolled out at Boeing's Renton Factory in December 1986, [2] the first E-6 made its maiden flight in February 1987, when it was flown to nearby Boeing Field in south Seattle for fitting of mission avionics.
United States Navy & Marine Corps: Douglas A-1W Skyraider: 1948–1967 417: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: Douglas Skyraider AEW.I [37] 1951–1962 50: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: Fairey Gannet AEW.3 [38] 1959–1978 44: United States Navy: Grumman AF-2W Guardian [39] 1950–1957 154: United States Navy: Grumman TBM-3W Avenger [40] 1945–1950 40 ...
6 test aircraft and 1 production aircraft have been delivered. 20 on order. 42 planned. [64] MQ-1B Predator: General Atomics: USA Propeller Multi-mission Unmanned [citation needed] 1 [2] MQ-9A Reaper: General Atomics: USA Propeller Multi-mission [65] Unmanned 2007, 2015 (ER) [66] 102 [2] BQM-167 Skeeter: Composite Engineering: Jet Target drone ...