Beechcraft T-6 Texan II

T-6 Texan II
A USAF T-6A Texan II flying from Randolph Air Force Base.
Role	Trainer aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Beechcraft Textron Aviation
First flight	15 July 1998 [1]
Introduction	2001
Status	In service
Primary users	United States Air Force United States Navy Royal Canadian Air Force Hellenic Air Force Tunisian Air Force
Produced	2000–present
Number built	900 (August 2015)
Developed from	Pilatus PC-9

The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engine turboprop aircraft built by the Raytheon Aircraft Company (Textron Aviation since 2014). A trainer aircraft based on the Pilatus PC-9, the T-6 replaced the United States Air Force's Cessna T-37B Tweet and the United States Navy's T-34C Turbo Mentor during the 2010s.

The T-6A is used by the United States Air Force for basic pilot training and Combat Systems Officer (CSO) training, the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps for primary Naval Aviator training and primary and intermediate Naval Flight Officer (NFO) training, and by the Royal Canadian Air Force (CT-156 Harvard II designation), Greek Air Force, Israeli Air Force (with the "Efroni" nickname), and Iraqi Air Force for basic flight training. The T-6B is the primary trainer for U.S. student naval aviators (SNAs). The T-6C is used for training by the Mexican Air Force, Royal Air Force, Royal Moroccan Air Force, and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.