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New Air Force Trainer Jet Facing Delays as Mishaps with Old Training Aircraft Mount

Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matthew P. Donovan reveals the name of the new Air Force trainer aircraft to be the T-7A Red Hawk during the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 16, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. D. Myles Cullen)

12 Dec 2022

Military.com | By Thomas Novell

The Air Force's new T-7A Red Hawk training jet was expected to be delivered to the service in 2023, but software issues and ejection seat concerns are causing delays in getting the aircraft to pilots. Those delays will mean that the service is dependent on the aging T-38C Talon, a training jet that has been in the Air Force's portfolio since the 1960s and has seen a slew of recent accidents and issues, a bit longer.Maj. Alli Stormer, a spokeswoman for the Air Force, told Military.com in an emailed statement Monday that the new trainer still is in the testing phase.

"The technical challenges the Air Force has identified relate to flight control software and the escape system," Stormer said. "All flight control software issues to date have been resolved and will be tested in flight in the first quarter of 2023. The Air Force is working to correct some escape system deficiencies found during initial testing in late 2021 and will resume escape system testing in the first quarter of 2023."

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