Boeing T-43 Bobcat | |
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Paese | Usa |
Argomento | Aerei militari da addestramento e trasporto |
Introduzione | 1973 |
Pensionati | 2010 |
Le Boeing T-43 era un Boeing 737-200 modificato utilizzato dalla United States Air Force per addestrare i navigatori, ora noto nell'USAF come ufficiali dei sistemi di combattimento. Informalmente indicati come Gator (abbreviazione di "navigator") e "Flying Classroom", diciannove di questi aerei furono consegnati all'Air Training Command di Mather AFB, in California, durante il 1973 e il 1974. Altri due velivoli furono consegnati alla Colorado Air National Guard a Buckley ANGB (in seguito Buckley AFB) e Peterson AFB, Colorado, in supporto diretto all'addestramento alla navigazione aerea dei cadetti presso la vicina U.S. Air Force Academy. Due T-43 furono successivamente convertiti in CT-43A nei primi anni 1990 e trasferiti rispettivamente all'Air Mobility Command e alle United States Air Forces in Europa, come trasporti esecutivi. Un terzo velivolo fu anch'esso trasferito all'Air Force Material Command per essere utilizzato come aereo di prova radar e fu ridesignato come NT-43A. Il T-43 è stato ritirato dall'Air Education and Training Command nel 2010 dopo 37 anni di servizio.
Boeing T-43 Bobcat Walk Around | |
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Fotografo | Vladimir Jakubov |
Localizzazione | 309o AMARG, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base |
Foto | 36 |
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The Boeing T-43 Bobcat was a modified version of the Boeing 737-200 airliner that was used by the United States Air Force for navigation training and staff transport. The T-43 was first delivered to the Air Force in 1973 and served until 2010, when it was replaced by the Boeing 737-based C-40 Clipper. The T-43 had a distinctive paint scheme of white and gray with a blue cheatline and a red tail flash. The T-43 could carry up to 80 passengers or 19 students and six instructors for navigation training. The T-43 was equipped with various navigation systems, such as VOR, DME, TACAN, ADF, INS, and GPS. The T-43 also had a radar pod under the nose for weather and terrain avoidance. The T-43 was operated by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and the Air Mobility Command (AMC). The T-43 was involved in several notable incidents, such as the crash of T-43A 73-1149 in 1996 that killed U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 others near Dubrovnik, Croatia. The T-43 was also used to transport former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara to the funeral of former U.S. President Gerald Ford in 2006.
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