USAF T-6A JPATS Texan II
by Arthur Eggers
Title
USAF T-6A JPATS Texan II
Artist
Arthur Eggers
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Digital Art - Color Print
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The 558th Flying Training Squadron (FTS) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 12th Flying Training Wing (FTW) based at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. The 12th FTW, Randolph's host unit since 1972, conducts training for instructor pilots, combat systems officers and student fighter pilots. The 558 FTS, with roots dating to 1942, was last activated to fly T-6As at Randolph in 2002, and then deactivated when another squadron took over that mission in 2006. The mission of the 12 FTW is to provide instructor pilot training in the Raytheon-Beech T-6A Texan II. The T-6A Texan II is a single-engined turboprop aircraft built by the Raytheon Aircraft Company (now Hawker Beechcraft). The T-6 is a development of the Pilatus PC-9, modified significantly by Beechcraft in order to enter the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) competition in the 1990s. Based on the Pilatus PC-9, the T-6A is used by the United States Air Force for basic pilot training and by the United States Navy for Primary and Intermediate Joint Naval Flight Officer (NFO) and Air Force Combat Systems Officer (CSO) training. Signed and Numbered Print.
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