Boeing BAE Systems T-45C Goshawk VT21 FLAG BACKGROUND
by Arthur Eggers
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Boeing BAE Systems T-45C Goshawk VT21 FLAG BACKGROUND
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Arthur Eggers
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Digital Art - Color Print
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The fighting Redhawks of flight Training Squadron TWENTY-ONE have been a mainstay of Naval Aviation for over 57 years. Originally established as advanced training unit two-zero-two in April 1951, the squadron was re-designated as Flight Training Squadron-Two One on May 21 1960. The first Navy and Marine Corps students were trained in the F-6F Hellcat. In May 1954, the squadron transitioned to its first jet aircraft, the F-9F Panther with the squadron later operating the F-9F8 cougar, TA-4J Skyhawk and, in February 1992, making the final transition to the T-45 Goshawk. The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) T-45 Goshawk is a highly modified version of the BAE Hawk land-based training jet aircraft. Manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) and British Aerospace (now BAE Systems), the T-45 is used by the United States Navy as an aircraft carrier-capable trainer. The Goshawk first flew in 1988 and became operational in 1991.
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