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A test pilot checks the tail end of a T-45A Goshawk aircraft prior to an evaluation flight. The Navy will eventually procure about 300 of these aircraft to replace the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk trainer aircraft. The T-45A, which is capable of landing aboard aircraft carriers, will be used for intermediate and advanced student pilot training
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A test pilot taxis a T-45A Goshawk aircraft past a row of F-14A Tomcat aircraft. The Navy is evaluating the aircraft, which is an intermediate and advanced student trainer capable of landing aboard aircraft carriers. About 300 T-45As will be procured to replace the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk trainer aircraft currently in service
A technician discusses an impending evaluation flight with the pilot of a T-45A Goshawk aircraft. About 300 Goshawks will be procured by the Navy to replace the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk trainer aircraft currently in service. With the capability to land aboard aircraft carriers, The T-45A will be used as an intermediate and advanced student pilot trainer
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The pilot of a T-45A Goshawk taxis the aircraft along the flight line prior to an evaluation flight. The Navy plans to procure about 300 of these aircraft, which are capable of landing aboard aircraft carriers, to replace the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk trainers in the intermediate and advanced student pilot training roles
A test pilot dons his helmet before his T-45A Goshawk aircraft is towed from a hangar onto the flight line. The Navy will eventually procure about 300 T-45As, which are able to land aboard aircraft carriers. The Goshawk will replace the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft for intermediate and advanced student pilot training
A T-45A Goshawk aircraft rolls down the runway after completing an evaluation flight. The Navy will eventually procure about 300 of these aircraft, which are capable of landing aboard aircraft carriers, to replace the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft in the intermediate and advanced student pilot training role
Followed by an A-7 Corsair aircraft, a T-45A Goshawk aircraft rolls down the runaway, its jet engines leaving a trail of hot exhaust. The T-45A, which is capable of landing aboard aircraft carriers, will be used for intermediate and advanced student pilot training, replacing the T-2C Buckeye and TA-4J Skyhawk trainer aircraft. The Navy will eventually procure about 300 Goshawks
A test pilot conducts a walk-around inspection of a T-45A Goshawk aircraft prior to taking it up on an evaluation flight. The Navy will eventually purchase about 300 Goshawks to replace the TA-4J Skyhawk and T-2C Buckeye trainer aircraft. Designed to be capable of carrier landings, the T-45A will be used for intermediate and advanced student pilot training
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Base: Natc, Patuxent River
State: Maryland (MD)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jim Richeson, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
01/07/1989
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