Five US-made T-6 Texan II Training Aircraft Arrived Home
20 November 2024
Five special planes landed at Tan So Nhat International Airport Ho Chi Minh City on the morning of November 18, 2024. These are US-made military pilot training planes called T6 Texan II. What's special is that these carry the flag and insignia of the Vietnam People's Air Force on the fuselage.
Currently, they still have the US registration number, as the first plane landing has the registration number N27. However, if we look closely, we can also see the number 601 on the fuselage of the plane behind the Vietnam People's Air Force insignia. Perhaps after it has been handed over to the Vietnam People's Air Force, it will have its US registration number removed.
The first T6 Texan II landed at Tan So Nhat International Airport and not only this one but five, ones followed one another. They came with the other, it is said that the T6s chosen by Vietnam are the T6C Texan II version.
This is the modern version equipped with a glass cockpit, ECS screen kit, and hardpoints under the wings that can hang weapons, and here can see the T6C Texan IIs landing with two auxiliary fuel tanks to increase the flying range.
Vietnam People's Air Force has become an air force with the most comprehensive training capabilities in the region of Southeast Asia with both Western and Russian aircraft systems training systems.
Vietnam's military pilots according to Russian standards have been completed for a long time with training aircraft from basic to advanced from Yak-52 to L39C, L39NG, and Yak-130 and then the fighter pilots can be assigned to Air Force regiments depending on the Air Force regiment to switch to Su-22, Su-27, or Su30MK2
These T6 Texan IIs returning to the country will supplement the ability to train pilots according to the Western aircraft system initially will be the transport air force of the current Vietnamese people.
The air force is also mainly using Western-made aircraft such as CASA C-212, and C-295 and maybe in the near future Vietnam will have C-130J made by the US being equipped with T6 Texan II training aircraft.
First of all, the transport air force of Vietnam will not need to send pilots abroad for basic training saving both time and budget.
These planes fly from the Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok where it had made a transit to the Tan So Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.
It is said that these planes are piloted by American pilots they have made a very long journey from the US Crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Europe then crossing the Mediterranean to Africa Middle East Central Asia Southeast Asia and from Thailand flying back to Vietnam.
Congratulations to the five newest planes of the Vietnam People's Air Force who have returned to their nests.
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