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Den Boeing T-43 var en modifisert Boeing 737-200 som ble brukt av United States Air Force for å trene navigatører, nå kjent i USAF som kampsystemoffiserer. Uformelt referert til som Gator (en forkortelse for "navigatør") og "Flying Classroom", nitten av disse flyene ble levert til Air Training Command ved Mather AFB, California i løpet av 1973 og 1974. Ytterligere to fly ble levert til Colorado Air National Guard ved Buckley ANGB (senere Buckley AFB) og Peterson AFB, Colorado, som direkte støtte for kadettflynavigasjonstrening ved det nærliggende US Air Force Academy. To T-43 ble senere konvertert til CT-43A tidlig på 1990-tallet og overført til henholdsvis Air Mobility Command og United States Air Forces i Europa, som utøvende transportfly. Et tredje fly ble også overført til Air Force Material Command for bruk som et radartestfly og ble omdøpt til NT-43A. T-43 ble pensjonert av Air Education and Training Command i 2010 etter 37 års tjeneste.

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Den Boeing T-43 rødgaupe 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.
Den 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.