Odd fighter jet and escort plane base hopping Eastbound today.
CPX625 Italian M-346 Trainer type just stopped in Terre Haute Indiana from Wichita Kansas.
Behind him is Italian C-27J type I-2127..
Aircraft photo of CPX625 - Alenia Aermacchi M-346FA Master, taken by Matthew McGrath at Farnborough (EGLF / FAB) in England, United Kingdom on 26 July 2024 during the Farnborough International 2024.
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US pilots will soon be training on these in Sardinia Italy.
For the first time the U.S. Air Force has chosen a foreign school to train its pilots, with the first 10 students arriving soon in Italy. The Italian Air
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US Navy has teamed up with Leonardo and Textron Wichita for a Navy M-346N model.
May see many of these someday replacing the T-38's.
The advanced training jet sets off as a ready-now total solution for the U.S. Navy Undergraduate Jet Training System program.
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