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Is the Beechcraft M-346N the next evolution in Navy flight training?

This week on Weapons and Warfare, host Ryan Robertson explores the groundbreaking partnership between Textron and Leonardo to develop the Beechcraft M-346N as a potential next-generation training jet ...
FlightGlobal

US Navy spins up follow-on contract for COPT-R training programme

Texas-based Helicopter Institute has been awarded a follow-on contract by the US Navy for pilot training services that runs ...

Whiting Field event lets training pilots see future, 'get out into the sky'

Whiting Field's annual Fleet Fly-In gives budding Naval aviators a real world look at the aircraft they'll be flying in their futures.
The Aviationist

U.S. Navy’s T-54A Marlin Trainer Debuts Operationally

The T-54A Marlin reached the Initial Operational Capability and will now train student naval aviators that will be assigned to aircraft like the P-8A Poseidon and E-2 Hawkeye. The U.S. Navy has ...
FlightGlobal

US Navy marks official retirement of TH-57 training helicopter with ‘sundown ceremony’

US Navy officials have marked the official retirement of the Bell TH-57 Sea Ranger training helicopter following its replacement by the Leonardo TH-73A Thrasher.
USNI

U.S. Navy Air Wing Training During Holiday Prompts Protests from Japanese Officials

A U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II aircraft with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, Carrier Air Wing 5, conducts field carrier landing practice at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 18, 2025.
Task & Purpose

Navy ends carrier landings as a requirement to earn ‘Wings of Gold’

Naval aviators believe they are the best pilots on earth — just ask them — and the primary reason they cite is hard to argue with: they land on aircraft carriers. Whether in calm seas and sunshine or ...