Boeing T-43A

Photo by Salamander

The US Air Force had previously used militarized version of the Convair CV-240 piston engine airliner as the T-29 trainer for navigators and bombardiers. Experience in the Vietnam War then showed that the USAF lack adequate numbers of navigators, and in May 1971 the service announced that it was to buy a version of the model 737-200 adapted for the navigator training role. Know to the manufacturer as the model 737-257, this T-43A had a cabin revised with 19 navigator stations to accommodate three instructors, four advanced students, and 12 students. The first T-43A flew in April 1973, and all 19 aircraft have been delivered to Mather Air Force Base, California, by July 1974. Air Education and Training Command's T-43 fleet relocated to Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, in May, 1993, due to the closure of Mather AFB. 

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