The United States Navy’s first pre-production variant of the Phantom, the McDonnell Douglas YF4H-1 (142259), on its maiden flight on May 27, 1958, flown by company Chief Test Pilot Robert C. Little.

T he US Navy has numerous aircraft in its fleet. Each aircraft serves a vital purpose in furthering the Navy's global mission. The most well-known and perhaps visible are fighter aircraft, which ...

Damiani went through the University of Illinois’ Aerospace Engineering Program and has worked on a variety of developing transportation technology, including the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey and the ...

Notably, the one-million-hour milestone does not include flight time for T-45 Goshawks assigned to TAW-1, located in Meridian, Mississippi. “On May 1st, 1992, the first class of flight instructors ...

Naval Air Station Kingsville’s Training Air Wing 2 (TW-2) recently reached a major milestone with its McDonnell Douglas / Boeing T-45C Goshawk fleet - 1,000,000 flight hours.

The T-45 is powered by a single Rolls-Royce Turbomeca F405-RR-401, which can generate 26 kN (5,845 lb) of thrust, according to Janes: All the World's Aircraft. This is not the first such fan blade ...

The US Navy has halted T-45 Goshawk flights due to engine failures. A previous stoppage for an engine blade issue lasted two weeks. Navy is looking at replacements for the T-45 Goshawk, which has been ...

The McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk, stationed out of the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, made a “non-event” landing about 2:15 p.m. Thursday, Southeast Aviation personnel at the ...