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How the T-7A will replace the T-38 and reshape the pilot pipeline
Initial Operational
Capability is forecast for August 2027, with 14 aircraft stationed at Randolph.
Planned follow-on
deliveries include:
- Columbus AFB – FY2027
- Laughlin AFB – FY2032
- Vance AFB – FY2034
- Sheppard AFB – FY2035
The T-38 fleet will remain
in use until enough T-7s are online to avoid bottlenecks in pilot production.
Boeing continues airframe
assembly in St Louis, while Saab builds the aft fuselage in Linköping, Sweden –
a notable example of transatlantic industrial cooperation.
Pilots trained on the T-38
often arrive at advanced weapons courses needing to unlearn habits shaped by an
earlier cockpit philosophy. The T-7A is designed to close that gap from day
one, developing the ability to fuse information, manage automation, make rapid
tactical decisions, handle high-G manoeuvres and build a defensive mindset from
the start of training.
Leard summed up the shift:
“The T-7 is more about displaying and ingesting large amounts of information.
That is the challenge of the fifth or sixth generation world.”
In essence, the Red Hawk
prepares pilots not just to fly, but to fight and survive in the digital
battlespace.
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