T-45

International Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 2777

The expiration date of the CBA is June 24, 2011.

The following information comes from the Defense Link Website

L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Miss., is being awarded an $111,426,635 indefinite-delivery, requirements type contract to provide all logistics services and materials for organizational, intermediate, and depot level maintenance required to support 71 T-45A and 108 T-45C aircraft based at Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss., NAS Kingsville, Texas; and NAS Pensacola, Fla. This requirement also includes the organizational level maintenance for the engine. Work will be performed in Kingsville, Texas (58 percent); Meridian, Miss., (36 percent); and Pensacola, Fla., (6 percent), and is expected to be completed in Sept. 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via electronic request for proposal and two offers were received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-08-D-0014).

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Training Squadron-86 Sabrehawks

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

Features: 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.

General Characteristics:

	Primary Function: Training platform for Navy/Marine Corps pilots
	Contractor: Boeing Company
	Date Deployed: First flight, April 1988; Operational, 1991
	Unit Cost: $17.2 million
	Propulsion: Rolls Royce F405-RR-401 turbofan engine with 5,527 pounds thrust
	Length: 39 feet 4 inches (11.98 meters)
	Height: 13 feet 6 inches (4.11 meters)
	Wingspan: 30 feet 10 inches (9.39 meters)
	Weight: Take-off maximum gross, 13,500 pounds (6,075 kg); empty 9,394 pounds (4,261 kg)
	Airspeed: 645 miles per hour (1038 km per hour)
	Ceiling: 42,500 feet
	Range: 700 nautical miles (805 statute miles, 1288 km)
	Crew: Two (instructor pilot, student pilot)
	Armament: None

The above information was found on the NAS Pensacola VT-86 website which can be found HERE.

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