The VT-28 "Rangers" is a U.S. Navy primary flight training squadron based at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas.

Training Squadron Twenty Eight
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Active1 May 1960 - present
CountryUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Navy Seal United States Navy
TypeTraining
Part ofTraining Wing Four
Garrison/HQNAS Corpus Christi
Nickname(s)Rangers
Motto(s)"The Foundation Builders"
Commanders
Current
commander
Commander Sean Dougherty
Aircraft flown
TrainerT-6B Texan II

History

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Patch of VT-28 as an Advanced Multi-engine Training Squadron
 
VT-28 TS-2A Tracker at Miami in 1976

VT-28 was initially established as Advanced Training Unit 611 (ATU-611).[1] The Rangers began as an advanced multi-engine training squadron flying the S2F-1T, a training variant of the Grumman S-2 Tracker. On 1 May 1960 ATU-611 was redesignated VT-28 and in September 1962 its aircraft was redesignated the TS-2A in accordance with the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system.

After decades of use and the designation of thousands of Naval Aviators, the TS-2A was replaced with the T-44A Pegasus twin-engine turboprop trainer in 1979.[2] VT-28 continued training advanced multi-engine aviators until 1990 when the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) reassigned the squadron to be responsible for training instructors and updating training syllabi for the T-44A and T-34C Turbo Mentor. Three years later, CNATRA again reassigned VT-28, this time to be the Navy's fifth primary training squadron flying the T-34C Turbo Mentor.[3] In 2013 the squadron began its transition from the T-34C to the Navy's newest primary flight trainer, the Beechcraft T-6B Texan II

Aircraft

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "VPNAVY - VT-28 History Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron".
  2. ^ "About VT-28".
  3. ^ "VT-28 Rangers | History".
  4. ^ "Corpus T-6 transition".