T-45 Goshawk

Manufacturer: Boeing Company

Service: United States Navy

Propulsion: Rolls Royce F405-RR-401 turbofan engine with 5,527 pounds thrust

Airspeed: 645 mph

Range: 700 nautical miles (805 statute miles, 1288 km)

Crew: 2 (instructor pilot, student pilot)

Armament: None

The T-45A Goshawk is a tandem-seat, carrier capable, jet trainer whose mission is to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots.

The T-45A aircraft, the Navy version of the British Aerospace Hawk aircraft, is used for intermediate and advanced portions of the Navy/Marine Corps pilot training program for jet carrier aviation and tactical strike missions.

The T-45A has replaced the T-2 Buckeye trainer and the TA-4 trainer with an integrated training system that includes the T-45A Goshawk aircraft, operations and instrument fighter simulators, academics, and training integration system. There are two versions of T-45 aircraft currently in operational use at this time, the T-45A and T-45C derivatives. The T-45A, which became operational in 1991, contains an analog design cockpit while the new T-45C (began delivery in December 1997) is built around a new digital "glass cockpit" design.