U.S. Air Force Beechcraft T-6 Texan II.
The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engine turboprop aircraft built by the Raytheon Aircraft Company (since 2014 Textron Aviation). The T-6 is a training aircraft based on the Pilatus PC-9. Among others, it replaced the US Air Force's Cessna T-37B Tweet and the US Navy's T-34C Turbo Mentor.
The T-6 Texan II is used by the US Air Force for basic pilot training and Combat Systems Officer (CSO) training.
This photo was taken on 24 October 2019 during a base visit to Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…