VT-28

















































Training Squadron Twenty Eight

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VT-28 Logo

Active 1 May 1960 - present
Country United States of America
Branch United States Navy Seal United States Navy
Type Training
Part of Training Wing Four
Garrison/HQ NAS Corpus Christi
Nickname(s) Rangers
Motto(s) "The Foundation Builders"
Commanders
Current
commander		 Commander John A. Kollar IV
Aircraft flown
Trainer T-6B Texan II

The VT-28 "Rangers" is a U.S. Navy primary flight training squadron based at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Aircraft


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References





History




Patch of VT-28 as an Advanced Multi-engine Training Squadron




VT-28 TS-2A Tracker at Miami in 1976


VT-28 was initially established as Advanced Training Unit 611 (ATU-611).[1] The Rangers began as an advanced multi-engine training squadron flying the S2F-1T, a training variant of the Grumman S-2 Tracker. On May 1, 1960 ATU-611 was redesignated VT-28 and in September 1962 its aircraft was redesignated the TS-2A in accordance with the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system.


After decades of use and the designation of thousands of Naval Aviators, the TS-2A was replaced with the T-44A Pegasus twin-engine turboprop trainer in 1979.[2] VT-28 continued training advanced multi-engine aviators until 1990 when the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) reassigned the squadron to be responsible for training instructors and updating training syllabi for the T-44A and T-34C Turbo Mentor. Three years later, CNATRA again reassigned VT-28, this time to be the Navy's fifth primary training squadron flying the T-34C Turbo Mentor.[3] In 2013 the squadron began its transition from the T-34C to the Navy's newest primary flight trainer, the Beechcraft T-6B Texan II



Aircraft




  • S2F-1T / TS-2A Tracker - Advanced multi-engine (1960-1979)


  • T-44A King Air - Advanced multi-engine (1979-1993)


  • T-34C Turbo Mentor - Primary flight training (1990-2013)


  • T-6B Texan II - Primary flight training (2013 to present)[4]



See also



  • List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons

  • List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons



References





  1. ^ http://www.vpnavy.com/vt28_history.html


  2. ^ http://www.felhofer.com/military/about.htm


  3. ^ https://www.cnatra.navy.mil/tw4/vt28/history.asp


  4. ^ http://www.airwarriors.com/community/index.php?threads/corpus-t-6-transition.40630/#post-747990









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