Joint Primary Aircraft Training System
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The Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) was an aircraft procurement program of the United States in the 1990s by the United States Air Force and United States Navy, a merger of 1980s era training aircraft programs. The winner was declared in 1995 and entered service a few years later as the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II. The program was partly a result of the cancelled Fairchild T-46 of the 1980s.
A USAF T-6A Texan II at Laughlin AFB, Texas
Navy T-6B Texan IIs belonging to Training Air Wing 5 out of NAS Whiting Field
Beechcraft T-6 Texan II
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The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engine turboprop aircraft built by the Raytheon Aircraft Company. A trainer aircraft based on the Pilatus PC-9, the T-6 replaced the United States Air Force's Cessna T-37B Tweet and the United States Navy's T-34C Turbo Mentor during the 2010s.
Beechcraft T-6 Texan II
US Navy T-6B Texan IIs based at NAS Whiting Field
An original, World War II-era T-6A Texan aircraft, right, with the new T-6 Texan II at Randolph AFB, Texas, in 2007
Hellenic Air Force Daedalus Display Team T-6 Texan II at the 2015 Malta International Airshow