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T-1 Jayhawk
Two T-1A Jayhawks at Randolph Air Force Base
Type	Trainer aircraft
Manufacturer	Raytheon/Hawker Beechcraft
Introduced	1992
Primary user	United States Air Force
Developed from	Beech 400A

The T-1 Jayhawk is a twin-engined jet aircraft used by the United States Air Force for advanced pilot training. Randolph Air Force Base ( Randolph AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located in Universal City, Texas, near San Antonio A trainer is an Aircraft used to develop piloting navigational or war-fighting skills in flight crew An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing building testing selling and maintaining Aircraft, Aircraft parts Raytheon Company ( is a major American Defense contractor and industrial corporation with core Manufacturing concentrations in Defense systems Hawker Beechcraft Corporation is the name of a holding company formed by Onex Corporation and Goldman Sachs to acquire the aircraft manufacturing assets of Raytheon WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout T-1A students go on to fly cargo and tanker aircraft.

1 Mission
2 Features
3 Background
4 Designation
5 Specifications (T-1A)
6 References
7 See also

Mission

The T-1A Jayhawk is a medium-range, twin-engine jet trainer used in the advanced phase of Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training for students selected to fly strategic/tactical airlift or tanker aircraft. It is used also for training Air Force Navigators and Naval Flight Officers in low level flight procedures during the Intermediate Jet phase of training. It replaced the T-39 Saberliner in the Intermediate phase of NFO training.

Features

The swept-wing T-1A is a military version of the Raytheon Beech 400A. Raytheon Company ( is a major American Defense contractor and industrial corporation with core Manufacturing concentrations in Defense systems WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout It has cockpit seating for an instructor and two students and is powered by twin turbofan engines capable of an operating speed of Mach . 78. The T-1A differs from its commercial counterpart with structural enhancements that provide for a large number of landings per flight hour, increased bird strike resistance and an additional fuselage fuel tank. A total of 180 T-1 trainers were delivered between 1992-1997.

Background

A T-1 over San Antonio, Texas

The first T-1A was delivered to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, in January 1992, and student training began in 1993. Reese Air Force Base was a base of the United States Air Force located 6 mi west of Lubbock, Texas, about 225 mi WNW of Fort Worth.

Since the late 1950s, Air Force undergraduate pilot training students have trained in two aircraft: the T-37 Tweet, the primary trainer, and the T-38 Talon, the advanced trainer. For the Soviet light tank see T-37 tank WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout With the introduction of specialized undergraduate pilot training in 1993, students continued to receive their primary flying training in the T-37, and later the T-6 Texan II, but the advanced phase was tailored for students' follow-on assignments. For the Soviet light tank see T-37 tank WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

For students going to bombers and fighters, advanced training is conducted in the T-38. Those selected for airlift or tanker aircraft receive advanced training in the T-1A. Students who are selected for airlift may also go on to train in the T-44 or TC-12B at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. This article is about 90 and 100 Series King Airs For 200 and 300 Series King Airs see the Beechcraft Super King Air article WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, also known as Truax Field, is a naval base located six miles (10 km) southeast of the Central business district Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State.

The T-1A is used at Columbus AFB, Miss. Columbus Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States, five miles north of the city , Laughlin AFB, Texas, and Vance AFB, Okla. Laughlin Air Force Base is a facility of the United States Air Force located five miles (8 km) east of the Central business district (CBD of Vance Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located 4 miles south of Enid, Oklahoma, about 65 miles north northwest of Oklahoma City It is also used at Randolph AFB, Texas, to train instructor pilots. Randolph Air Force Base ( Randolph AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located in Universal City, Texas, near San Antonio

Designation

The T-1 Jayhawk (T-1A) shares the same letter and number as the now retired T-1 Seastar (T-1A) under the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout On the 18 September 1962, the United States Department of Defense introduced a unified designation system for the aircraft of the United States armed forces

Specifications (T-1A)

General characteristics

Crew: 3 (instructor pilot and two student pilots)
Length: 48 ft 5 in (14. 75 m)
Wingspan: 43 ft 6 in (13. The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane or a Bird, is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip 25 m)
Height: 13 ft 11 in (4. 24 m)
Max takeoff weight: 16,100 lb (7,300 kg)
Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5B turbofan, 2,900 lbf (13 kN) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 468 knots (539 mph, 860 km/h, Mach 0. The Maximum Takeoff Weight or Maximum Takeoff Mass of an Aircraft is the maximum weight at which the pilot of the aircraft is allowed to attempt to take off The JT15D is a small Turbofan engine built by Pratt & Whitney Canada. A turbofan is a type of Jet engine, similar to a Turbojet. It essentially consists of a Ducted fan with a smaller diameter turbojet engine In Aviation, V-speeds or Velocity-speeds are standard terms used to define Airspeeds important or useful to the operation of Aircraft, such 78)
Range: 2,100 nm (2,417 mi, 3,890 km)
Service ceiling 41,000 ft (12,500 m)

References

This article contains information that originally came from a US Government website, in the public domain. The maximal total range is the distance an Aircraft can fly between Takeoff and Landing, as limited by fuel capacity in powered aircraft or cross-country In Aeronautics, a ceiling is the maximum Density altitude an aircraft can reach under a set of conditions USAF Website

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