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The Model 3000/T-6 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with enclosed tandem seating for two. It is powered by a single Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 turboprop engine in tractor configuration with an aluminum, 97-inch (8.1 ft; 2.5 m), four-blade, constant-speed, variable pitch, non-reversing, feathering propeller assembly and has retractable tricycle landing gear.
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s.
Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF - Thailand) Wright R-1820-77 Cyclone 870 hp (650 kW) 6 Short outer wing panel angled much further forward than earlier types. Diverted with start of Pacific war to USAAF as P-64 NA-69: NA-44 /A-27 Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF - Thailand) Wright R-1820-75 Cyclone 745 hp (556 kW) 10 Fully armed as attack aircraft.
The Texan is a big bore rifle initially offered in .457 then later in .357 and .308 and in the .457 version is advertised at the 500fpe power level. The Texan is now offered in .257. Two additional versions of the Texan are offered, the Texan Carbine and the TexanSS both use a shorter 24" barrel with later equipped with an upsized SoundLoc system.
The Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) was an aircraft procurement program of the United States in the 1990s by the United States Air Force and United States Navy, a merger of 1980s era training aircraft programs. The winner was declared in 1995 and entered service a few years later as the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II.
The instructor pilot was in a T-6A Texan II at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, when the seat activated during ground operations on Monday. ... In 2022, the T-6 fleet and hundreds ...
In 1998, the 96th Flying Training Squadron was activated in the Air Force Reserve at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas as an associate of the 47th Flying Training Wing. As the reserve associate unit for the wing the squadron trains Air Force Reserve pilots. [5]
Active Air Force Wings as of 1 October 1995 and USAF Active Flying, Space, and Missile Squadrons as of 1 October 1995 (PDF). Air Force History and Museums Program. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ASIN B000113MB2; Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC ...