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The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engine turboprop aircraft built by Textron Aviation. It is a license-built Pilatus PC-9 , a trainer aircraft . The T-6 replaced the United States Air Force's Cessna T-37B Tweet and the United States Navy's T-34C Turbo Mentor during the 2010s.
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.
North American AT-6A (Charge Number NA-78) in flight AT-6 Texan Advanced Trainer - same as BC-1A with minor changes, powered by a 600hp R-1340-47 and armed with forward-firing 0.3in machine gun, nine original started as BC-1As and 85 built.
Bikle T-6, a glider; North American T-6 Texan, a World War II-era single-engine advanced trainer aircraft; Beechcraft T-6 Texan II, a 2000's era single-engine turboprop trainer aircraft built by the Raytheon Aircraft Company
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The T-6 has a variety of names during its time of operation. The U.S Army Air Corps and Air Force referred to the plane as the AT-6 while the U.S Navy, the SNJ, and British Commonwealth air forces called it the Harvard. In 1948, the plane was re-designated as the T-6 Texan and a total of 15,495 aircraft were built.
With the lifting of the US embargo on lethal weapons exports to Vietnam, the first lethal Western arms procured were Israeli-sourced medium-range SAM-system SPYDER-MR. First deliveries began in 2016. [27] In 2022, Vietnam reached agreement with the United States for 12 Beechcraft T-6 Texan II trainer aircraft. [28]
Navy T-6B Texan IIs belonging to Training Air Wing 5 out of NAS Whiting Field. In 1988, the United States Navy (USN) and the United States Air Force (USAF) were at a unique moment in history; they reached a point where they could work together, and provide a cost-effective solution to pilot production, specifically primary training.