USAFA Aircraft Crashes into Hangar
The US Air Force Academy reported that one of its T-53 Kadet 2s was involved in an incident on Monday:
A T-53 Kadet 2 (Cirrus SR 20) aircraft was damaged when it crashed Read more
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USAFA Receives New Training Aircraft
The US Air Force Academy has purchased new training aircraft to replace those it has leased for more than a decade. USAFA has not purchased a training fleet since the ill-fated T-3A Firefly killed 3 cadets and 3 officers from 1995 to 1997.
The Cirrus T-53A is a single engine propeller driven aircraft and will be used in USAFA’s flight training program. The T-53 acquisition will run $6.1M for the fleet of 25. The local article also notes the aircraft is equipped with a whole-aircraft parachute.
The aircraft will be evaluated by test pilots from Edwards Air Force base before its use as a cadet trainer.