Air Force clears T-38s to resume flying
The training jet was grounded May 19, a week after a T-38 crashed in Mississippi.
Air Force grounds T-38 fleet after Mississippi mishap
The Air Force said an “operational pause” is necessary as an investigation into a May 12 crash of the aircraft proceeds. Inspections to return aircraft to flight are expected to begin as soon as this week.
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Red 6 wins deal to bring augmented reality to F-16s
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EXCLUSIVE: Air Force reworking approach for T-7A Red Hawk, delaying production by 1 year
The trainer’s production decision, or Milestone C date, will be pushed back to 2026, and Boeing will be given an opportunity to make more money if it adds new improvements to the jet, a top Air Force official tells Breaking Defense.
Boeing backs T-7 amid stinging GAO report that cites ‘tenuous’ strain with Air Force
A Boeing official tells Breaking Defense that the company is making strides on issues around the training jet's ejection seat.
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The stand-down follows the Navy grounding an undisclosed number of jets due to concerns with ejection seat safety.
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‘Ender’s Game’-style augmented reality coming soon to Air Force’s 60s-era trainer
A recent test saw a real pilot with a virtual F-22 as a wingman going up against a virtual Chinese J-20. "It's crazy," the company's chief executive says.
AF Education & Training Shifts To ‘Space Warfighting Ethos’: Gen. Webb
"Gen. Raymond has asked me, in particular, to make sure that we are incorporating all aspects of space warfighting ... into our curriculum."
Boeing Wins $9.2B T-X Trainer Contract: Low Price, High Risk
WASHINGTON: Aerospace behemoth Boeing will build the new T-X jet trainer, the Air Force announced this afternoon, beating out the Lockheed/KAI T-50 and the Leonardo DRS/CAE T-100 after years of maneuvering and uncertainty that saw multiple companies drop out of the competition. The first planes will enter service at Randolph Air Force base in 2023, with […]
Raytheon Unveils Its Next Gen Air Force Trainer
FARNBOROUGH: For the first time at an air show, Raytheon has presented its offering for the replacement of the T-38 trainer here, the T-100. Thanks to the buckets of rain that keep falling we can’t offer you a photo, but we can tell you the plane is here. We understand the company is likely to make […]
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Air Force Cuts Mean Service Is ‘Slowly Going Out of Business’
A year has passed since Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the Budget Control Act-the legislation mandating sequestration. Funding cuts that once seemed politically remote now loom large for leaders increasingly anxious about the impact $1.2 trillion in automatic budget reductions will have upon their respective districts and states. An estimated two million […]