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Officially Licensed US Navy VT-86 Sabrehawks Sticker — Advanced Strike, No Training Wheels
By the time you get to VT-86, there’s no room for mistakes.
VT-86 “Sabrehawks” is an Advanced Training Squadron flying the T-45C Goshawk out of NAS Pensacola, Florida, as part of the Chief of Naval Air Training command. The Sabrehawks provide advanced strike training to student naval aviators who have been selected for the jet pipeline — the most demanding track in naval flight training. Students at VT-86 advance through increasingly complex flight profiles including air combat maneuvering, weapons delivery, low-level navigation, and formation flying before completing the ultimate test: carrier qualifications aboard a real aircraft carrier at sea. The T-45C Goshawk is a carrier-capable jet trainer derived from the British Aerospace Hawk, purpose-built for the Navy’s training mission with arresting hook, strengthened landing gear, and full carrier landing capability. For every F/A-18 or F-35C pilot in the fleet today, there’s a T-45 training squadron that got them there.
Perfect For: VT-86 Sabrehawks alumni and instructors, T-45C Goshawk pilots, NAS Pensacola advanced training squadrons, student naval aviators in the jet pipeline, and anyone who earned their wings through the strike curriculum.
VT-86 — where Sabrehawks are forged and fleet pilots are born.
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