Keep Calm and Fly On T-6 Texan II vintage style military aviation travel poster art by – Squadron Posters!
The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engine turboprop aircraft built by the Raytheon Aircraft Company (which became Hawker Beechcraft and later Beechcraft Defense Company, and was bought by Textron Aviation in 2014). A trainer aircraft based on the Pilatus PC-9, the T-6 has replaced the United States Air Force’s Cessna T-37B Tweet and the United States Navy’s T-34C Turbo Mentor.
The United States Air Force operates the most T-38s. In addition to training USAF pilots, the T-38 is used by NASA. The U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland is the principal US Navy operator. Pilots of other NATO nations fly the T-38 in joint training programs with USAF pilots. As of 2020, the T-38 has been in service for over 50 years with its original operator, the United States Air Force.