{"id":23826,"date":"2022-10-24T22:25:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T22:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=23826"},"modified":"2022-10-24T22:25:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T22:25:23","slug":"textron-aviation-defense-delivers-1000th-beechcraft-t-6-texan-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/kansas\/textron-aviation-defense-delivers-1000th-beechcraft-t-6-texan-ii\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Textron Aviation Defense Delivers 1,000th Beechcraft T-6 Texan II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Textron Aviation Defense announced the delivery of the\n1,000th Beechcraft T-6C Texan II aircraft and the achievement of the 5 million\nflight hour milestone across the global T-6 fleet. All Beechcraft T-6 Texan II\naircraft are designed and manufactured at the company\u2019s Wichita, Kansas\nfacilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to celebrate the 1,000th delivery of a truly\nlegendary aircraft,\u201d said Ron Draper, president and CEO of Textron Aviation.\n\u201cThe world\u2019s most advanced global air forces and pilots trust us to deliver a\ngreat aircraft that enables them to make the world a better, more secure place.\nOur world-class workforce goes above and beyond to design, manufacture, deliver\nand support the world\u2019s premier military flight trainer. It is an honor that\npartner nations continue to put their confidence in the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II\nas the gold standard in training capabilities.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 1,000th T-6 military flight trainer was delivered to the\nColombian Air Force. The fleet of five T-6C Texan II trainers equip Air Combat\nCommand No. 1 (CACOM-1) with its initial slate of Beechcraft T-6C Texan II\nadvanced military training aircraft at the Capitan Germ\u00c3\u00a1n Olano Moreno Air Base\nin Palanquero, Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The global fleet of Beechcraft T-6 Texan II Integrated\nTraining Systems (ITS) encompasses five variants, which were manufactured on an\nactive production line with an industry-leading Manufacturing Readiness Level\n(MRL) rating of 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Leading the\nfleet are the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) T-6A and T-6B\naircraft \u2014 operated by the United States Air Force and the United States Navy,\nrespectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       The T-6C is an\nexportable military flight trainer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       The T-6C+ is\nan exportable armed variant of the T-6C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       The T-6D is\noperated by the United States Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTogether, our team has crafted an integrated training\nsystem that is the world\u2019s most advanced, most sought-after capability for\nproducing pilots \u2014 in particular, 4th and 5th gen pilots,\u201d said Tom Hammoor,\npresident & CEO of Textron Aviation Defense LLC. \u201cOur nation has relied on\nthe T-6 for more than 20 years to train its flight students. Prior to that, the\nUnited States relied on the Beechcraft T-34 Turbo Mentor, the Beechcraft T-34\nMentor and the Cessna T-37 Tweet. That means that every pilot across the\nDepartment of Defense has learned to fly in a Beechcraft or Cessna aircraft for\nnearly 70 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The fleet of 1,000 Beechcraft T-6 Texan II trainers empower\nglobal pilot capabilities across 13 nations and two North Atlantic Treaty\nOrganization (NATO) flight schools. Operators of the T-6 include the:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       NATO Flight\nTraining Program in Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Euro NATO\nJoint Jet Pilot Training Program (ENJJPT) at Sheppard AFB, Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       U.S. Air Force\nAviation Leadership Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       U.S. Air\nForce, Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Coast Guard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Mexican Navy\nand Mexican Air Force<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Hellenic Air\nForce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Argentine Air\nForce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Iraqi Air\nForce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Israeli Air\nForce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Royal Air\nForce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Royal Canadian\nAir Force<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Royal Moroccan\nAir Force<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Royal New\nZealand Air Force<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Colombian Air\nForce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Royal Thai Air\nForce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7       Tunisian Air\nForce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the U.S. Air Force recently announced a 14th\nnation will acquire the T-6C via a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program\nleveraging 2021 and 2022 Building Partnership Capacity funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proven experience, affordability <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backed by more than 90 years of experience delivering more\nthan 250,000 aircraft worldwide, the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II\u2019s low acquisition,\noperating and sustainment costs enable global air forces to fast-track pilot\nproduction. With an installed base that more than quadruples its closest\ncompetitor, the family of Beechcraft T-6 Texan II aircraft has been the world\u2019s\nnumber one Integrated Training System (ITS) for more than 20 years. The\nBeechcraft T-6 Texan II capitalizes on an active production line with an\nindustry-leading Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) rating of 10 as well as a\nproven supply chain and the affordability of 85 percent parts commonality with\nthe Beechcraft AT-6E Wolverine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Textron Aviation Defense announced the delivery of the 1,000th Beechcraft T-6C Texan II aircraft and the achievement of the 5 million flight hour milestone across the global T-6 fleet. All Beechcraft T-6 Texan II aircraft are designed and manufactured at the company\u2019s Wichita, Kansas facilities. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to celebrate the 1,000th delivery of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,114,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-international-news","category-kansas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/447444-DJVS_0008-3adb7d-original-1665599140-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23831,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23826\/revisions\/23831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}