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

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 19, 2021) A T-45C Goshawk training aircraft assigned to Training Air Wing (TW) 1 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). Chief of Naval Air Training is conducting carrier qualifications aboard USS George H. W. Bush. This is the first opportunity for student naval aviators from Training Air Wings 1 and 2 to launch from and land on an aircraft carrier at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brandon Roberson)

210919-N-SY758-1133

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 19, 2021) A T-45C Goshawk training aircraft assigned to Training Air Wing (TW) 1 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). Chief of Naval Air Training is conducting carrier qualifications aboard USS George H. W. Bush. This is the first opportunity for student naval aviators from Training Air Wings 1 and 2 to launch from and land on an aircraft carrier at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brandon Roberson)

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Photo By: Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Roberson

VIRIN: 210919-N-SY758-1133

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The T-45 aircraft, the Navy version of the British Aerospace Hawk aircraft, was designed for intermediate and advanced portions of the Navy/Marine Corps pilot training program for jet carrier aviation and tactical strike missions. The T-45 Goshawk replaced the T-2C Buckeye and the TA-4J Skyhawk with an integrated training system that included the aircraft, operations and instrument fighter simulators, academics and training integration system. There were two versions of T-45 aircraft, the T-45A and T-45C derivatives. The T-45A, which became operational in 1991, contained an analog design cockpit and the T-45C was built around a digital cockpit design. All T-45A's have undergone the Required Avionics Modernization Program (RAMP) bringing all to a T-45C configuration. A Virtual Mission Training System modification that enables training of Undergraduate Military Flight Officers (UMFOs) in radar and navigation skills at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, which replaced the T-39G and T-39N, became fully operational in 2014. Planned future avionics upgrades include Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) and Required Navigation Performance/Area Navigation (RNP/RNAV) which will allow the T-45 to meet the FAA's NextGen airspace requirements resulting in the continued ability to train student naval aviators for the planned life of the aircraft.