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21 October 2022
by Gareth Jennings
NAVAIR has grounded the US Navy and US Marine Corps fleet of T-45 Goshawk jet trainers after a fault in the Adour engine was discovered. The UK recently reported a problem with a different version of the Adour engine that powers its Hawk T2 jets, but it is unclear if the two issues are related. (US Navy)
Problems with the powerplant of the Hawk advanced jet trainer aircraft first reported by Janes have now spread to the US Navy (USN) and US Marine Corps (USMC).
With the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) first reporting a problem with the Rolls-Royce Safran Adour 951 engine of its BAE Systems Hawk T2 fleet in September 2022, the USN and USMC said on 18 October that its fleet of Boeing T-45 Goshawk jets had been grounded because of an issue with the F405-RR-401 engine, a US version of the Adour 871.
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