UPDATED: Two Injured After Navy T-45C Trainer Crashes in Texas Neighborhood
Two sailors were injured after ejecting from a jet trainer that crashed in a Texas residential neighborhood on Sunday, Navy…
Two Navy T-45 Trainers Crash in Texas; All 4 Pilots Safe, 1 Treated for Minor Injuries
Two Navy training jets collided in mid-air today over Texas, but both sets of student pilots and flight instructors survived,…
Navy Harnessing New Technology to Restructure Aviation Training
The Navy is incorporating new technologies into its aviation training curriculum, from hand-held devices to full simulators, to better train…
Navy Can’t Afford to Slow Pilot Training Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Stopping the spread of COVID-19 in the Navy requires best practices not that aren’t always conducive to pilot training —…
Navy Creates New Flight Instructor Billet Outside of Traditional Career Path
The Navy is creating a Professional Flight Instructor (PFI) program that would allow pilots and naval flight officers to remain…
Investigation: Reckless Flying Caused Fatal T-45C Crash That Killed Two Naval Aviators
This post has been updated to include additional information from the office of the Commander of Naval Air Forces. The…
Navy Training Aircraft Crashes in Gulf of Mexico
A previous version of the post indicated the instructor and pilot had “ejected” from the T-34C Turbomentor that crashed in…