T-28 Trojan

Categories: U.S. military trainer aircraft 1940-1949

This refers to the aircraft. For other uses see T-28 (disambiguation).

T-28D Trojan

The North American T-28 Trojan was a piston-engined military trainer aircraft used by the United States armed forces in the 1950s and into the early 1970s. The largest single concentration of this aircraft was employed by the US Navy at NAS Whiting Field in Milton, Florida in the training of student naval aviators. Many were subsequently sold to private civil operators where and are often found flying as warbirds today.

1 Development
2 Service history
3 Variants
4 Users
5 Specifications (T-28D)
- 5.1 General Characteristics
- 5.2 Performance
6 External links
7 Related content

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Development

On September 24 1949 the XT-28 (company designation NA-159) was flown for the first time, designed to replace the T-6 Texan. Found satisfactory, a contract was issued and between 1950 and 1957 a total of 1,948 were built.

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Service history

In the COIN role, T-28s saw extensive service during the Vietnam War in VNAF hands. They were also supplied to Congo by the CIA to support Moise Tshombe's regime. France used locally remanufactured T-28s in close-support and patrol roles in Algeria

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Variants

T-28A - US Air Force version with a 800 hp (597 kW) engine. (1,194 built)
T-28B - US Navy version with 1,425 hp (1,063 kW) engine (489 built)
T-28C - US Navy version, a T-28B with tailhook for deck landing training (266 built)
T-28D - T-28As converted for the Counter-Insurgency (COIN) role. Re-engined as per the T-28B and C, and fitted with six underwing hardpoints. (321 converted by NAA, plus 72 by Fairchild-Hiller)
- AT-28D - T-28Ds used for attack training by the USAF.
- Fennec - ex-USAF T-28Ds refurbished and modified by Sud-Aviation in France