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US Navy wants 216 new trainers as T-45 replacement slips to 2026

The U.S. Navy is quietly reshaping how it will train the next generation of carrier aviators, planning a wholesale replacement of its aging T-45 Goshawk fleet with a much larger force of new jets even ...
The Aviationist

U.S. Navy Begins Work on T-45 Goshawks Service Life Extension

The Fleet Readiness Center Southeast inducted its first two T-45 Goshawks into the Service Life Extension Program production line, 13 months after the Navy identified the requirement. The U.S. Navy ...
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How a generation of US Navy pilots came to love (and hate) the T-45 Goshawk

The Navy’s designated trainer aircraft is somewhat more manageable for a trainee pilot than the F/A-18 Super Hornet—but that ...
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Navy Delays Jet Trainer Replacement As T-45 Wing Hits One Million Flight Hours

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy's Training Air Wing 2 (TAW-2) has hit one million flight hours with the T-45 jet trainer as plans to replace that are ...
The National Interest

Why the US Air Force Prefers the T-38 Talon over the Navy’s T-45 Goshawk

For the US Air Force, the T-38 prepares students for high-performance combat aviation in wide-open airspace. Meanwhile, the T-45 emphasizes the challenges of carrier operations. The US Air Force, Navy ...