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Navy Reveals Only Seven T-45 PEs Since September, Found One Main Cause

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Navy Reveals Only Seven T-45 PEs Since September, Found One Main Cause
A T-45C Goshawk training jet approaches an aircraft carrier. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy)

The head of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) said Tuesday the Navy has made progress in reducing physiological episodes (PEs) in the T-45 trainer aircraft, having only seven since last September.Vice Adm. Paul Grosklags told the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower that of those seven cases, two were mechanical failures, one dealt with a flight regime leading to low flow through the aircraft, one was pilot error, and three were human issues, like being sick. Since last fall the…

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