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Do not fill this in! ==Variants== [[File:T-28B US Navy in flight c1954.jpeg|thumb|An early-production U.S. Navy T-28B in 1954]] [[File:T-28C after landing on USS Tarawa (CVA-40) 1955.jpeg|thumb|A tailhook-equipped T-28C after trapping aboard {{USS |Tarawa|CVA-40}}, in 1955]] [[File:North American T-28D Trojan.jpg|thumb|T-28D at ''Degerfeld'' <ref>See German Wikipedia [[:de:Flugplatz Albstadt-Degerfeld|Flugplatz Albstadt-Degerfeld]]</ref> [[Aerodrome|airfield]] (2017)]] [[File:YAT-28E NAN9-64.jpg|thumb|A turboprop-powered YAT-28E in 1964]] ;XT-28 :Prototype; two built. ;T-28A :[[U.S. Air Force]] version with an {{convert|800|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Wright R-1300]]-1 radial engine driving a two-bladed propeller; 1,194 built.<ref name="ginp6">Ginter 1981, p. 6</ref><ref name="abmw13p147">Darke 2013, p. 147</ref> ;T-28B :[[U.S. Navy]] land-based trainer version with {{convert|1425|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Wright R-1820]]-86 radial engine driving a three-bladed propeller and fitted with a belly-mounted [[Air brake (aeronautics)|speed brake]]; 489 built from new and 17 converted from T-28.<ref name="ginp27">Ginter 1981, p. 27</ref><ref name="abmw13p147"/> ;T-28C :U.S. Navy version, a T-28B with shortened propeller blades and [[tailhook]] for carrier-landing training; 299 built.<ref name="abmw13p147"/><ref name="ginp53">Ginter 1981, p. 53</ref> ;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 War|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|Wright R-1820-56S]] engine (1,300 hp).<ref name="IEA" /><ref>Sweeney, Richard L. "New Role for Nomad."''Flying Magazine,'' December 1961.</ref> ::T-28 Nomad Mark II - Wright R-1820-76A (1,425 [[Horsepower|hp]]) ::T-28 Nomad Mark III - Wright R-1820-80 (1,535 [[Horsepower|hp]])<ref name="courtesyaircraft.com">Concannon, Milt. [http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/Current%20Inventory/The%20Last%20Nomad%20Article.htm "The Lost (and last) Nomad."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101053659/http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/Current%20Inventory/The%20Last%20Nomad%20Article.htm |date=2014-01-01 }} ''courtesyaircraft.com.'' Retrieved: December 31, 2013.</ref> ;Fairchild AT-28D :[[Attack aircraft|Attack]] model of the T-28D used for [[Close air support|Close Air Support]] (CAS) missions by the USAF and allied Air Forces in Southeast Asia, which were nicknamed "Tangos" by their pilots.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.texasdwilaw.com/earning-honorary-naval-aviator-wings-visit-uss-harry-s-truman-cvn-75/ |title=The Poor Man's P-51: The T-28 Trojan |last=Trichter |first=J. Gary |date=12 August 2016 |access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref> It was fitted with six underwing hardpoints and the rocket-powered Stanley Yankee [[ejection seat]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ejectionsite.com/yankee.htm|title=The Ejection Site: Stanley YANKEE Extraction System|website=www.ejectionsite.com}}</ref> 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 T55|Lycoming YT-55L-9]] [[turboprop]], and armed with two .50 in machine guns and up to 6,000 lb (2,730 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.<ref name="AE99 p58-9">Tate ''Air Enthusiast'' May/June 1999, pp. 58–59.</ref> ;T-28S Fennec :Ex-USAF T-28As converted in 1959 for use by the French [[Armée de l'Air]], replacing the [[Morane-Saulnier Alcyon|Morane-Saulnier MS.733A]]. It was flown by their ''[[Escadrille d'Aviation Légère d'Appui|Escadrilles d'Aviation Légère d'Appui]]'' (EALA; "Light Aviation Support Squadrons") in the [[counterinsurgency]] role in [[Algerian War|North Africa]] from 1959 to 1962. Fitted with an electrically powered sliding canopy, side-armor, a 1,200 [[Horsepower|hp]] [[Wright R-1820]]-97 supercharged radial engine (the model used in the B-17 bomber),<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/art2/dashvii/page4.htm "Warbirds of New Smyrna."] ''angelfire.com'', p. 44. Retrieved: 31 December 2013.</ref> and four underwing hardpoints.<ref name="aerostories.free.fr">Renaud, Patrick-Charles.[http://aerostories.free.fr/events/algerie/algerie05/index.html "Aerostories (Algérie (1954-1962): T-28 Fennec: des ailes pour un renard."] ''aerostories,'' 2002. Retrieved: 31 December 2013.</ref> 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|date=August 2014}} :For fire support missions it usually carried two double-mount .50-caliber machine gun pods (with 100 rounds per gun) and two MATRA ''Type 122'' 6 x 68mm rocket pods.<ref name="aerostories.free.fr"/> It could also carry on paired hardpoints a 120 kg.[264 lb.] [[High Explosive|HE]] or [[Fragmentation (weaponry)|GP]] "iron" bomb, a [[MATRA]] ''Type 361'' 36 x 37mm [1.45-inch] rocket pod, a [[SNEB]] 7 x 55mm [2.16-inch] rocket pod, or a MATRA ''Type 13'' single-rail, MATRA ''Type 20'' or ''Type 21'' [[wikt:double|double]]-rail, MATRA ''Type 41'' [[wikt:quadruple|quadruple]]-rail (2 x 2), or MATRA ''Type 61'' or ''Type 63'' [[wikt:sextuple|sextuple]]-rail (3 x 3) SERAM T10 heavy rocket launchers.<ref name="aerostories.free.fr"/> 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.<ref name="aerostories.free.fr"/> :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.<ref name="T-28 FENNEC History">Ganivet, Jean-Luc. [http://fennec.pfiquet.be/history.htm "T-28 Fennec History."] ''fennec.pfiquet.'' Retrieved: 31 December 2013.</ref> They sold most of them to Morocco and Argentina.<ref name="T-28 FENNEC History"/> {{cnspan|The Fuerza Aérea de Nicaragua (FAN) purchased four of these ex-Morocco aircraft during 1979.|date=March 2018}} Argentina later sold some to Uruguay and Honduras.<ref name="T-28 FENNEC History"/> ;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.<ref>[http://www.amilarg.com.ar/north-american-t-28.html North American T-28 Trojan/Fennec in Argentina]</ref> ;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 (flight)#Stall speed|stall speed]] to below a "street-legal" 70 [[Knot (unit)|knots]].<ref name="courtesyaircraft.com"/><ref name="1000aircraftphotos.com">[http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/GeneralAv/1040.htm "Hamilton T-28-R2 Nomair (N9106Z)".] ''Ron Dupas Collection'', No. 1040, August 1970. Retrieved: 31 December 2013.</ref> The prototype flew for the first time in September, 1960, and the FAA Type Certificate was received on 15 February 1962.<ref name="1000aircraftphotos.com"/> 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.<ref name="courtesyaircraft.com"/><ref name="Flying Magazine 1962, p. 3">''Flying Magazine,'' April 1962, p. 3.</ref> 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.<ref name="1000aircraftphotos.com"/> ;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 and starboard|port side]].<ref name="courtesyaircraft.com"/><ref name="Flying Magazine 1962, p. 3"/> Ten aircraft were modified in all; one was sold to a high-altitude photographic company.<ref name="1000aircraftphotos.com"/> ;RT-28 :Photo reconnaissance conversion for counter-insurgency use with [[Royal Lao Air Force]]. Number of conversions unknown.<ref>Troung, Albert Grandolini and Tom Cooper. [http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_347.shtml "Laos, 1948-1989; Part 1."] ''Indochina Database'', 13 November 2003. Retrieved: 17 April 2012.</ref><ref>Troung, Albert Grandolini and Tom Cooper. [http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_348.shtml "Laos, 1948-1989; Part 2."] ''Indochina Database'', 13 November 2003. Retrieved: 17 April 2012.</ref> ;AIDC T-CH-1 :A derivative of the T-28 developed by [[Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation|AIDC]] in [[Taiwan]], the [[AIDC T-CH-1]] was powered by a 1,082 kW (1,451 hp) [[Avco Lycoming T53|Avco Lycoming T53-L-701]] [[turboprop]] engine. Fifty aircraft were produced for the [[Republic of China Air Force|Taiwanese Air Force]] between March 1976 and 1981. The type has since been retired. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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