Boeing BAE Systems T-45C Goshawk VT9

Training Squadron NINE, Tigers is one of four U.S. Navy strike jet training squadrons and one of two based at Naval Air Station Meridian in... more

by Arthur Eggers

Title

Boeing BAE Systems T-45C Goshawk VT9

Artist

Arthur Eggers

Medium

Digital Art - Color Print

Description

Training Squadron NINE, Tigers is one of four U.S. Navy strike jet training squadrons and one of two based at Naval Air Station Meridian in Mississippi. U.S. Naval and Marine aviators are trained by the Tigers, along with aviators of the British, Spanish, French and Italian Navies. The squadron flies the T-45C Goshawk, a U.S. Naval derivative of the British BAE Hawk jet aircraft. Student Naval Aviators normally complete the syllabus by performing a series of scrutinized arrested landings on an aircraft carrier. The syllabus is high-paced, difficult, and highly competitive; notable training attrition is expected. With this tailhook prerequisite complete, graduating students become "Winged Naval Aviators", and then move on to fly a fighter and/or attack jet, with additional post-wing training in their respective combat service. 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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August 20th, 2015