UK orders Beechcraft training aircraft
Beechcraft Defense has been subcontracted by Affinity Flying Training Services to provide ten Beechcraft T-6C Texan II military training aircraft to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), it announced on 3 February.
The MoD will use the aircraft for its Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) programme. Beechcraft has also been contracted to provide engineering services, maintenance training and parts support for five years. The contract also includes placement of the on-site field service representatives who provide continuous technical expertise to UKMFTS maintenance personnel.
Deliveries of the aircraft will begin in the first quarter of 2018.
The T-6C trainers will replace Shorts Tucano T1 aircraft and join the fleet of Beechcraft King Air 350ER turboprops, which are already providing live and synthetic radar training for Royal Navy observers as part of the UK MFTS Rear Crew Training program.
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