HU-16 Albatross USAF Government Aircraft Skyknights were converted as trainers

Skyknights were converted as trainers for radar intercept officers and for use as electronic reconnaissance and countermeasure aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War

The Fokker F-27 began life as a 1950 design study known as the P275

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length 11 inches

Certification was awarded on September 1 1999 while the first delivery

HU-16 Albatross USAF Government Aircraft Skyknights were converted as trainersGrumman HU 16 Albatross airplane model. The versatile "Albatross" amphibian was designed to meet a Navy requirement for a utility aircraft which could operate from land or water and, with skis, from snow and ice. The prototype first flew on October 24, 1947 and soon after the USAF ordered a quantity for air sea rescue duties as SA 16As. In 1962 the USAF designation was changed to HU 16.), Grumman delivered 297 " A"s to the Air Force, most were