Originally Posted by
Riddler
Just curious - what does the Navy do with its T-39s? I thought they were all retired by now.
From here:
https://www.cnatra.navy.mil/tw6/vt86/a_sabreliner.asp
Description: The T-39 Sabreliner is a multipurpose low-wing, twin-jet trainer.
Mission: Train Navy and Marine Corps flight officers.
Features: The T-39 Sabreliner is a multipurpose low-wing, twinjet aircraft. The 15 T-39Ns, derivatives of the commercial Sabre model 265-40, are used for training undergraduate military flight officer students in radar navigation and airborne radar-intercept procedures. These aircraft replaced Cessna T-47As during the
early 1990s. The eight T 39Gs, derivatives of the commercial Sabre model 265-60, are used for student non-radar training. These aircraft began replacing Air Force T-1A Jayhawks in Navy training squadrons in
mid-1999.
General Characteristics:- Primary Function: Training platform for Navy/Marine Corps flight officers
- Contractor: North American Rockwell
- Propulsion: two Pratt & Whitney J-60-P-3 at 3,000 pounds thrust each
- Wingspan: 44 feet 6 inches (13.56 meters)
- Length: 44 feet (13.41 meters)
- Height: 16 feet (4.88 meters)
- Weight: maximum takeoff, 18,650 pounds (8,460 kg)
- Speed: 434 knots (499.44 miles per hour; 803.77 km per hour)
- Ceiling: 42,000 feet (12,802 meters)
- Range: 1,476 nautical miles (1,699 statute miles; 2,734 km)
- Armament: None
- Crew: T-39N - 6; T-39G - 8