The T-45A Goshawk jet trainer is at the heart of the T45TS, the U.S. Navy's first totally integrated training system for undergraduate jet flight training. As a major T45TS system, the Goshawk plays a key role in keeping training costs down. Relative to comparable trainer and operational aircraft, the T-45A has extremely low operational and support costs. Here the T-45A prepares for launch from the USS Kennedy during carrier suitability testing in December 1991.