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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.
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.
It operates T-1 Jayhawk, T-6 Texan II, and T-38 Talon aircraft conducting flight training. The 96th flew combat in the European Theater of Operations and the Mediterranean Theater of Operations between 25 December 1942 and 3 May 1945. It flew fighter escort and air defense from 1947 to 1949 and air defense from 1951 to 1957.
We were accompanied by a former North American Aviation T-6 Texan during the flight demonstration. A fellow trainer aircraft, the Texan was used to train US Navy and Air Force pilots before World ...
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 ...
Chris Rushing of Thousand Oaks, California, and Nick Macy of Tulelake, California, died after competing against each other in T-6 Texans, planes that were used to train pilots in World War II and ...
The move is a complete reversal of the Air Force's decision to no longer teach the history of the first Black and women pilots of WWII. ... Army Airfield AY-6 Texan fighter plane during a ceremony ...
78th Pursuit Group (later 78th Fighter Group), 9 February 1942 – 18 October 1945; 78th Fighter Group (later 78th Fighter-Interceptor Group), 20 August 1946; 4702d Defense Wing, 6 February 1952; 28th Air Division, 7 November 1952; 566th Air Defense Group, 16 February 1953; 78th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955; 78th Fighter Wing, 1 February 1961