North American T-6 Texan/Harvard
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EWAP/80 : Det portugisiske luftvåben råder fortsat over næsten North American T-6 træningsfly.
EWAP/80 : Det spanske luftvåbens træningskommando omfatter No 793 Squadron ved San Javier med 37 North American T-6G og 30 T-6D træningsfly.
AFW/84 : Den grundlæggende flyvetræning ved det italienske luftvåben varetages bl.a. af T-6 Texan fly. typen opereres af 211° Gruppo SVBIE (Scuola Volo Basico Iniziale Elica) ved Alghero.
AFW/84 : Det indonesiske luftvåben råder over et ukendt antal T-6 træningsfly ved Halim.
EWAP/86 : Det marokkanske luftvåben modtog 12 North American T-6G Texan træningsfly fra Frankrig i begyndelsen af 1960'erne. Blev suppleret med yderligere fly i 1968.
EWAP/86 : Det portugisiske luftvåben efterlod sig 10 North American T-6G Texan træningsfly, da Mozambique fik sin selvstændighed i 1975.
EWAP/86 : Flåden i Uruguay omfatter en lille luftafdeling ved Base Aéronaval 2, Capitan Curbelo, Laguna del Sauce. Træningsfly omfatter de resterende af i alt 6 North American SNJ-4 og 2 SNJ-6 fly.
WAPJ 29/97 : Det thailandske luftvåben modtog 138 T-6 Texan træningsfly som militærhjælp fra USA i begyndelsen af 1950'erne.
AFM 1/17 : QinetiQ i Storbritannien har afsat sit sidste Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIB fly [KF183] efter 63 års tjeneste. Flyet, kom i britisk militærtjeneste for 72 år siden, forlod MOD Boscombe Down, Wiltshire 24/11/2016 for at flyve til Propshop ved Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire. Var blevet fjernet fra det militære register 29/9/2016 efter at være blevet udfaset af QinetiQ og blev registreret ved Propshop som G-CORS 11/11/2016. Er blevet brugt som foto-ledsagefly som til særlige træningsopgaver ved Empire Test Pilot School. Blev oprindeligt leveret til Royal Air Force dec. 1944 til operationer ved Aerospace and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE), QinetiQ's forgænger. I alt 3 Harvard fly var i tjeneste ved A&AEE i mange år. Af de andre eksemplarer blev KF314 afskrevet ved styrt nær Chilmark, Wiltshire 22/2/1982, hvor begge besætningsmedlemmer blev dræbt. Det sidste fly [FT375] blev solgt på det civile marked som G-BWUL 4/7/1996.
Belgien: Det samlede antal Harvard træningsfly af forskellige typer og fra forskellige kilder opereret af det belgiske luftvåben beløb sig til 148 maskiner. One could add to these some 14 aircraft which were used as spare parts resources and ten Harvard’s leased from the Dutch Air Force (Nederlandse Luchtstrijdkrachten or LSK later KLu) to help out with a temporarily shortage on aircraft in 1948/1949. As of 1947 a first large order of 46 former-“lend lease” Harvard IIA and Mk.III were ordered together with ten aircraft purely used to proved spare parts, from RAF stocks. Although many of these aircraft already had served with three air forces, most of them had only little flying time. They only were active with the South-African Air Force in the framework of the “Commonwealth Training Program” during WWII and were only assigned to the USAAC and the RAF on paper. Originating from different sources, 32 AT-6’s of subtypes MK.IIB and MK.III were later acquired. These Harvard’s had served with the Dutch LSK, others with the RAF or came from civil companies such as Intair and Rollason. The Americans delivered 46 more AT-6D’s and Harvard 4, while 24 former RAF Harvard’s IIA from the training base of Bulawayo in Rhodesia were shipped to the Belgian Air Force base at Kamina (Belgian Congo). This mixture of models was standardised and were needed upgraded by the Belgians to what was called Harvard 4K, which was very similar to the Harvard 4. In 1959 sixteen Harvard’s based initially at Kamina received an armament which consisted of two 7.62 calibre machineguns, two Alcan 261 bomb racks and two rocket launchers Matra 13. These aircraft which were designated 4KA (“A” for armée/armed) and were grouped in new units called (Vuursteunflights/Flights Appui Feu or Fire Assistance Flights) These FAF’s were successfully used during the Congolese rebellion in July 1960. The last pilot training on Harvard took place in mid-1960 after which advanced training was done on the new Fouga Magister. Between 1960 and 1962 only a handful of armed Harvard’s 4KA remained in used in Rwanda and Burundi