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Training Squadron 86




  caption VT-86 Insignia
  country United States
  branch United States Navy
  type Training
  garrison NAS Pensacola
  nickname Sabrehawks
  colors Red


Training Squadron 86


Also Known As


  • VT-86

  • TRARON Eighty-Six

  • Nickname: SabreHawks



General Information


Upon graduation from VT-10 or VT-4 across the flightline at NAS Pensacola on the Florida panhandle students check into VT-86.

VT-86's mission is to provide advanced flight instruction to Naval Flight Officers , which has an acronym of NFO .

The squadron syllabus covers everything from systems, navigation, low-level flight, advanced aerial combat maneuvering known as "dogfighting" , and communications.

In addition to training US Navy officers, it also conducts joint training fro US Air Force, Germany, Italy, and Singapore, and Saudi Arabia.

Upon graduation, the newly winged NFO's move to the Fleet Replacement Squadron "FRS" where they will learn to fly the aircraft the will fly on a daily basis once they go to their fleet squadron.

Some of the airplanes the NFO's will fly:

US Navy

US Air Force
  • B-1B Lancer

  • F-15E Strike Eagle


US Marine Corps
  • EA-6B Prowler

  • F-18 Hornet model


German
  • Panavia Tornado



Singaporean
  • F-16


Italian
  • Panavia Tornado


Saudi Arabian
  • F-15S Strike Eagle


VT-86 is a subordinate command of TRAWING-6 Air Wing 6 .


Aircraft Flown




PAST AIRCRAFT FLOWN




External links


Official Homepage
  • https://www.cnatra.navy.mil/tw6/vt86/index.asp