An ingested bird in a T-45C Goshawk trainer jet engine last year led to the aircraft’s crash, according to an investigation obtained by Navy Times. The aircraft, assigned to Training Air Wing 2 at ...

A new update to the Undergraduate Jet Training System's RFI mentions the requirement for a 216-aircraft fleet, blaming the government shutdown for the RFP's delay. The U.S. Navy has set a requirement ...

Despite training successive generations of naval aviators, the T-45’s tenure is nearing its end. For over thirty years, the McDonnell Douglas T-45C Goshawk has been used to train student pilots for ...

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 ...

The new glossy gray finish will replace the traditional orange-and-white livery of the U.S. Navy T-45 trainer aircraft. The U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) has recently initiated a ...

A T-45C Goshawk attached to Training Air Wing (TW) 2 receives fuel aboard the aircraft carrier, USS George H W Bush (CVN 77). The ship is conducting sustainment exercises to maintain carrier readiness ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — In Kingsville, a huge milestone took place as the Navy's, T-45 Goshawk aircraft crossed one million hours of total in-flight time. It first took flight over 30 years ago, with ...

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 ...

A student naval aviator and instructor pilot assigned to Training Air Wing 2 aboard Naval Air Station Kingsville conduct a training flight in a T-45C Goshawk jet trainer aircraft in November 2020. (Lt ...

The U.S. Navy is quietly reshaping how it will train the next generation of carrier aviators, planning a wholesale ...