Cessna T-37 Tweet USAF FLAG BACKGROUND
by Arthur Eggers
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Cessna T-37 Tweet USAF FLAG BACKGROUND
Artist
Arthur Eggers
Medium
Digital Art - Color Print
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The 12th Flying Training Wing (12 FTW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), and formerly of the now inactivated Nineteenth Air Force. It is stationed at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. The 12 FTW is the only unit in the Air Force conducting both pilot instructor training and combat systems officer training. The mission of the 12 FTW is to provide instructor pilot training in the Raytheon-Beech T-6A Texan II, the Northrop T-38 Talon and the Beech T-1A Jayhawk jet trainers. The Cessna T-37 Tweet is a small, economical twin-engined jet trainer-attack type aircraft which flew for decades as a primary trainer for the United States Air Force (USAF) and in the air forces of several other nations. The T-37 served as the U.S. Air Force's primary pilot training vehicle for over 52 years after its first flight. After completing Primary in the Tweet, students moved on to other advanced Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps or Allied trainers. With a total of 1,269 Cessna T-37s built, the USAF retired its last T-37 in 2009. The T-37A was very noisy, even by the standards of jet aircraft. The intake of air into its small turbojets emitted a high-pitched shriek that led some to describe the trainer as a "Screaming Mimi", and it was referred to as the "6,000 pound dog whistle". The piercing whistle quickly gave the T-37 its name: "Tweety Bird", or just "Tweet". A total of 552 newly built T-37Bs were constructed through 1973. All surviving T-37As were eventually upgraded to the T-37B standard as well.
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May 27th, 2021
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