Boeing BAE Systems T-45C Goshawk VT86 Pilot Wing
by Arthur Eggers
Title
Boeing BAE Systems T-45C Goshawk VT86 Pilot Wing
Artist
Arthur Eggers
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Digital Art - Color Print
Description
Training Squadron EIGHTY-SIX (VT-86) mission is to provide advanced flight instruction to Student Naval Flight Officers (NFO) destined for strike fighter, bomber and electronic warfare aircraft. The squadron syllabus builds on that training previously received in the primary and intermediate NFO training squadrons, with additional emphasis on systems, instrument and radar navigation, radar intercept and attack, high-speed low-level flight, advanced aerial combat maneuvering and advanced communications. Upon completion of VT-86's program, newly winged NFOs undergo further training at the respective Fleet Replacement Squadrons (FRS) for their new aircraft before reporting to their first operational Fleet squadron. Today, new Naval Flight Officers graduating from VT-86 fly either the Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet, Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet, Navy EA-18G Growler or the Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler. 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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July 11th, 2015
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