North American T-28 Trojan

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T-28 Trojan
T-28B VT-2 over NAS Whiting Field c1973.jpeg
A US Navy T-28B in 1973
General information
TypeTrainer aircraft
Light attack
Manufacturer North American Aviation
Primary users United States Air Force
Number built1,948
History
Manufactured1950–1957
First flight24 September 1949
Retired1994 Philippine Air Force [1]
Developed from North American XSN2J
Developed into AIDC T-CH-1

The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a radial-engine military trainer aircraft manufactured by North American Aviation and used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s. Besides its use as a trainer, the T-28 was successfully employed as a counter-insurgency aircraft, primarily during the Vietnam War. It has continued in civilian use as an aerobatics and warbird performer.

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Design and development

On 24 September 1949, the XT-28 (company designation NA-159) was flown for the first time, designed to replace the T-6 Texan. The T-28A arrived at the Air Proving Ground, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, in mid-June 1950, for suitability tests as an advanced trainer by the 3200th Fighter Test Squadron, with consideration given to its transition, instrument, and gunnery capabilities. [2] Found satisfactory, a contract was issued and between 1950 and 1957, a total of 1,948 were built.

Following the T-28's withdrawal from U.S. military service, a number were remanufactured by Hamilton Aircraft into two versions called the Nomair. The first refurbished machines, designated T-28R-1 were similar to the standard T-28s they were adapted from, and were supplied to the Brazilian Navy. Later, a more ambitious conversion was undertaken as the T-28R-2, which transformed the two-seat tandem aircraft into a five-seat cabin monoplane for general aviation use. Other civil conversions of ex-military T-28As were undertaken by PacAero as the Nomad Mark I and Nomad Mark II [3]

Operational history

West Virginia Air National Guard T-28A in 1957 T-28A West Virginia ANG c1957.jpg
West Virginia Air National Guard T-28A in 1957

After becoming adopted as a primary trainer by the USAF, the United States Navy and Marine Corps adopted it as well. Although the Air Force phased out the aircraft from primary pilot training by the early 1960s, continuing use only for limited training of special operations aircrews and for primary training of select foreign military personnel, the aircraft continued to be used as a primary trainer by the Navy (and by default, the Marine Corps and Coast Guard) well into the early 1980s.

The largest single concentration of this aircraft was employed by the U.S. Navy at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida, in the training of student naval aviators. The T-28's service career in the U.S. military ended with the completion of the phase-in of the T-34C turboprop trainer. The last U.S. Navy training squadron to fly the T-28 was VT-27 "Boomers", based at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, flying the last T-28 training flight in early 1984. The last T-28 in the Training Command, BuNo 137796, departed for Naval District Washington on 14 March 1984, in order to be displayed permanently at Naval Support Facility Anacostia, D.C. [4]

Vietnam War combat

RVNAF T-28Cs over Vietnam USAF T-28 VNAF colours 1962.jpg
RVNAF T-28Cs over Vietnam

In 1963, a Royal Lao Air Force T-28 piloted by Lieutenant Chert Saibory, a Thai national, defected to North Vietnam. Saibory was immediately imprisoned and his aircraft was impounded. Within six months the T-28 was refurbished and commissioned into the North Vietnamese Air Force as its first fighter aircraft. [5] Lt. Saibory later trained NVAF pilot Nguyen Van Ba in the operation of the T-28, where Nguyen flew the T-28 in its first successful interception against an RVNAF C-123 Provider on 15 February 1964, earning the NVAF its first-ever aerial victory. [6] The NVAF unit that operated the T-28 in the respective military operation has later evolved into the modern Vietnam Airlines. [7]

T-28s were supplied to the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) in support of ARVN ground operations, seeing extensive service during the Vietnam War in RVNAF hands, as well as the Secret War in Laos. A T-28 Trojan was the first US fixed wing attack aircraft (non-transport type) lost in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Capt. Robert L. Simpson, USAF, Detachment 2A, 1st Air Commando Group, and Lt. Hoa, RVNAF, were shot down by ground fire on August 28, 1962, while flying close air support. Neither crewman survived. The USAF lost 23 T-28s to all causes during the war, with the last two losses occurring in 1968. [8]

Other combat uses

T-28s were used by the CIA in the former Belgian Congo during the 1960s. [9]

The T-28B and D were the primary ground attack aircraft of Khmer Air Force in Cambodia during the war there, largely provided from the U.S. Military Equipment Delivery Team and maintained by Air America. [10] On the night of 21 January 1971, PAVN sappers managed to get close enough to destroy the majority at Pochentong airbase. Replacements were quickly shipped in. On 17 March 1973 a pilot of a T-28, said to be Capt. So Petra, a common-law husband of one of the daughters of the overthrown Prince Norodom Sihanouk, machine gunned and bombed the palace of Lon Nol in an attempt to assassinate him, killing at least 20 and wounding 35, before defecting to Khmer Rouge held lands. [11]

France's Armée de l'Air used locally re-manufactured Trojans, T-28S Fennec, for close support missions in Algeria. [12]

Nicaragua replaced its fleet of 30+ ex-Swedish P-51s with T-28s in the early 1960s, [13] with more aircraft acquired in the 1970s and 1980s. [14]

The Philippines utilized T-28s (colloquially known as "Tora-toras") during the 1989 Philippine coup attempt. The aircraft were often deployed as dive bombers by rebel forces.[ citation needed ]

Civilian use

AeroVironment modified and armored a T-28A to fly weather research for South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, funded by the National Science Foundation, and operated in this capacity from 1969 to 2005. [15] [16] SDSM&T was planning to replace it with another modified, but more modern, former military aircraft, specifically a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. [17] This plan was found to carry too many risks associated with the costly modifications required and the program was cancelled in 2018. [18]

MicroProse purchased a T-28B in 1988 for use in marketing their flight simulator video games, and named it "Miss MicroProse". USAF reserve pilot Bill Stealey would fly with games journalists for this purpose, and ran a competition called I Cheated Death with Major Bill which selected three fans to fly with him on a "stunt-filled flight lesson". The plane was later sold to a flight school in Cincinnati. [19]

Aerobatics and warbird display

Many retired T-28s were subsequently sold to private civil operators, and due to their reasonable operating costs are often found flying or displayed as warbirds today.

Variants

An early-production U.S. Navy T-28B in 1954 T-28B US Navy in flight c1954.jpeg
An early-production U.S. Navy T-28B in 1954
A tailhook-equipped T-28C after trapping aboard USS Tarawa (CVA-40), in 1955 T-28C after landing on USS Tarawa (CVA-40) 1955.jpeg
A tailhook-equipped T-28C after trapping aboard USS Tarawa (CVA-40), in 1955
T-28D at Degerfeld airfield (2017) North American T-28D Trojan.jpg
T-28D at Degerfeld airfield (2017)
A turboprop-powered YAT-28E in 1964 YAT-28E NAN9-64.jpg
A turboprop-powered YAT-28E in 1964
XT-28
Prototype; two built.
T-28A
U.S. Air Force version with an 800 hp (597 kW) Wright R-1300-1 radial engine driving a two-bladed propeller; 1,194 built. [21] [22]
T-28B
U.S. Navy land-based trainer version with 1,425 hp (1,063 kW) Wright R-1820-86 radial engine driving a three-bladed propeller and fitted with a belly-mounted speed brake; 489 built from new and 17 converted from T-28. [23] [22]
T-28C
U.S. Navy version, a T-28B with shortened propeller blades and tailhook for carrier-landing training; 299 built. [22] [24]
T-28D Nomad
T-28Bs converted for the USAF in 1962 for the counter-insurgency, reconnaissance, search and rescue, and forward air controller roles in Vietnam. Fitted with two underwing hardpoints. The later T-28D-5 had ammo pans inside the wings that could be hooked up to hardpoint-mounted gun pods for a better center of gravity and aerodynamics; 321 converted by Pacific Airmotive (Pac-Aero).
T-28 Nomad Mark I - Wright R-1820-56S engine (1,300 hp (969 kW)). [3] [25]
T-28 Nomad Mark II - Wright R-1820-76A (1,425 hp (1,063 kW))
T-28 Nomad Mark III - Wright R-1820-80 (1,535 hp (1,145 kW)) [26]
Fairchild AT-28D
Attack model of the T-28D used for Close Air Support (CAS) missions by the USAF and allied Air Forces in Southeast Asia, which were nicknamed "Tangos" by their pilots. [27] It was fitted with six underwing hardpoints and the rocket-powered Stanley Yankee ejection seat; [28] 72 converted by Fairchild Hiller.
YAT-28E
Experimental development of the counter-insurgency T-28D. It was powered by a 2,445 hp (1,823 kW) Lycoming YT-55L-9 turboprop, and armed with two 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns and up to 6,000 lb (2,700 kg) of weapons on 12 underwing hardpoints. Three prototypes were converted from T-28As by North American, with the first model flying on 15 February 1963. The project was canceled in 1965. [29]
T-28S Fennec
Ex-USAF T-28As converted in 1959 for use by the French Armée de l'Air, replacing the Morane-Saulnier MS.733A. It was flown by their Escadrilles d'Aviation Légère d'Appui (EALA; "Light Aviation Support Squadrons") in the counterinsurgency role in North Africa from 1959 to 1962. Fitted with an electrically powered sliding canopy, side-armor, a 1,200 hp (895 kW) Wright R-1820-97 supercharged radial engine (the model used in the B-17 bomber), [30] and four underwing hardpoints. [31] It is referred to as the "S" variant because its engine had a supercharger on it; it has also been referred to as the T-28F variant – with the "F" standing for France.[ citation needed ]
For fire support missions it usually carried two double-mount 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine gun pods (with 100 rounds per gun) and two MATRA Type 122 6 x 68 mm (2.7 in) rocket pods. [31] It could also carry on paired hardpoints a 120 kg (260 lb) HE or GP "iron" bomb, a MATRA Type 361 36 x 37 mm (1.5 in) rocket pod, a SNEB 7 x 55 mm (2.2 in) rocket pod, or a MATRA Type 13 single-rail, MATRA Type 20 or Type 21 double-rail, MATRA Type 41 quadruple-rail (2 x 2), or MATRA Type 61 or Type 63 sextuple-rail (3 x 3) SERAM T10 heavy rocket launchers. [31] Improvised napalm bombs (called bidons spéciaux, or "special cans") were created by dropping gas tanks loaded with octagel-thickened fuel inside, then later igniting or detonating the spilled fuel with white phosphorus rockets. [31]
Total 148 airframes bought from Pacific Airmotive (Pac Aero) and modified by Sud-Aviation in France. After the war the French government offered them for sale from 1964 to 1967. [12] They sold most of them to Morocco and Argentina. [12] The Fuerza Aérea de Nicaragua (FAN) purchased four of these ex-Morocco aircraft during 1979.[ citation needed ] Argentina later sold some to Uruguay and Honduras. [12]
T-28P
T-28S Fennec aircraft sold to the Argentinian Navy as carrier-borne attack aircraft. They were given shortened propeller blades and a tailhook to allow carrier landings. [32]
T-28R Nomair
An attempt by Hamilton Aircraft Company of Tucson, Arizona to make a civilianized Nomad III-equivalent out of refurbished ex-USAF T-28As. It had a Wright Cyclone R-1820-80 engine to make it fast and powerful, but had to lengthen the wingspan by seven feet to reduce the stall speed to below a "street-legal" 70 knots. [26] [33] The prototype flew for the first time in September 1960, and the FAA Type Certificate was received on 15 February 1962. [33] At the time, the T-28-R2 was the fastest single-engined standard category aircraft available in the United States. It had been flown to a height of 38,700 ft (11,800 m).
T-28R-1 Nomair I
A military trainer that had a tandem cockpit, dual instrumentation and flying controls, and hydraulically-actuated rearward-sliding canopy. [26] [34] Six were sold in 1962 as carrier-landing trainers to the Brazilian Navy and were modified with a carrier arrestor hook. They were later transferred to the Brazilian Air Force. [33]
T-28R-2 Nomair II
Modified to have a cramped five-seater cabin (one pilot and two rows of two passengers) that opened from the port side. [26] [34] Ten aircraft were modified in all; one was sold to a high-altitude photographic company. [33]
RT-28
Photo reconnaissance conversion for counter-insurgency use with Royal Lao Air Force. Number of conversions unknown. [35] [36]
AIDC T-CH-1
A derivative of the T-28 developed by AIDC in Taiwan, the AIDC T-CH-1 was powered by a 1,082 kW (1,451 hp) Avco Lycoming T53-L-701 turboprop engine. Fifty aircraft were produced for the Taiwanese Air Force between March 1976 and 1981. The type has since been retired.[ citation needed ]

Operators

T-28Ds used in Operation Barrel Roll in Laos T-28Ds operating in Laos 1964-73.jpg
T-28Ds used in Operation Barrel Roll in Laos
A former French T-28 Fennec NA T28 Fennec.jpg
A former French T-28 Fennec
T-28A Trojan, RoKAF 7625 TA-625 a T-28A Trojan, RoKAF (3225455742).jpg
T-28A Trojan, RoKAF
Derelict Royal Saudi Air Force T-28A Trojan at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, one of four acquired in the 1950s Airforce2-saudi-engineering-kau.jpg
Derelict Royal Saudi Air Force T-28A Trojan at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, one of four acquired in the 1950s
Royal Thai Air Force North American T-28D Trojan is waiting for takeoff. F-4D with T-28 at Ubon RTAFB 1972.jpg
Royal Thai Air Force North American T-28D Trojan is waiting for takeoff.
Uruguay Naval Aviation North American T-28S Fennec North American T-28S Fennec.jpg
Uruguay Naval Aviation North American T-28S Fennec
Japan Air Self-Defense Force T-28B JASDF T-28B(63-0581) at Hamamatsu Air Base Publication Center 20141124-01.JPG
Japan Air Self-Defense Force T-28B
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) (1963-1966).svg Democratic Republic of the Congo
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg  Khmer Republic
Flag of Laos (1952-1975).svg  Laos
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Zaire

Surviving aircraft

A T-28A of the USAF Museum North American T-28A Trojan USAF.jpg
A T-28A of the USAF Museum
T-28B BuNo 138266 in 2008 T28Trojan HBRCT.jpg
T-28B BuNo 138266 in 2008
YAT-28E 0-13786 YAT-28E.jpg
YAT-28E 0-13786

Many T-28s are on display throughout the world. In addition, a considerable number of flyable examples exist in private ownership, as the aircraft is a popular sport plane and warbird.

Argentina

On display
T-28A

Australia

On display
T-28A

Philippines

T-28A
AT-28D

Taiwan

On display
T-28A

Thailand

T-28 at the Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base T-28 at the Udon Royal Thai Air Force Base.jpg
T-28 at the Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base
On display
T-28A
T-28B
T-28D

United Kingdom

On display
T-28C

United States

On display
T-28A
T-28B
T-28B at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum North American T-28B Trojan Cavanaugh Flight Museum-2007-06-30.jpg
T-28B at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum
T-28C
YAT-28E

Specifications (T-28D)

North American T-28B Trojan 3-view line drawing.svg
North American T-28B Trojan 3-view drawing
North American T-28C Trojan 3-view line drawing.png
North American T-28C Trojan 3-view drawing

Data from Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft [114]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

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