7.6K views · 57 reactions | A T-6 Texan II from the 71st Flying Training Wing, Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, performs various acrobatic maneuvers in the skies over Oklahoma. Video by Senior Airman Corey Pettis | Military Videos | Facebook

We can't let you leave the hangar but climb on in the pilot's seat yourself for Open Cockpit in a North American Aviation AT-6 Texan; the aircraft that trained military pilots from before World War II through the 1970's. Some were even used in combat along the way by other countries around the globe. Over 17,000 were built and flew for 55 countries. Modified T-6's were used to portray Japanese Zero's in the motion picture "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and also in "Black Sheep Squadron". Saturday December