RNZAF Orders Beechcraft T-6C to Replace King Air

Beechcraft T-6C Texan II (photo : Douglas Clayden)

Beechcraft T6C contract signing

On January 24, 2014 at New Zealand Defence House in Wellington, New Zealand, Helene Quilter, Secretary of Defence and Russ Bartlett, President of Beechcraft Inc., of Wichita, Kansas signed a contract to replace the existing Beech King Air aircraft with the T-6 trainer aircraft.

The first two new T-6 trainer aircraft are due to arrive in New Zealand later this year.

Beechcraft’s contract will support approximately 550 U.S. jobs including Beechcraft’s production and engineering positions in Wichita.

(US Embassy)