This aircraft is a twin-engine jet used for training undergraduate pilots, undergraduate navigator and tactical navigator students in fundamentals of aircraft handling, and instrument, formation and night flying. It exists in the A,B and C models. The twin engines and flying characteristics give student pilots the feel for handling a larger, faster aircraft later in the undergraduate pilot training course. The cockpit has dual controls and ejection seats. The aircraft has hydraulically operated speed brakes, tricycle landing gear and a steerable nose
wheel. The B model has improved radio navigational equipment, UHF radio and redesigned instrument panels. Many foreign air forces fly the B. The C model is similar to the B, but has provisions for both armament and wingtip fuel tanks. The plane can carry two, 250-pound bombs. Associated equipment includes computing gun sights and a 16mm gun camera. The aircraft can be fitted with cameras for reconnaissance missions. This aircraft made its first flight in 1955 and went into service in 1956. The B became operational in 1959. All A’s have been subsequently modified to B standards. More than 1,000 aircraft were built, and 507 remain in inventory.
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