Boeing rolls out its first T-7A Red Hawk jet in St Louis, Missouri. (Boeing/Eric Shindelbower)

Boeing unveiled its first test T-7A Red Hawk trainer for the US Air Force (USAF) at its factory in St Louis, Missouri, on 28 April. The aircraft will be used to replace the service's Northrop Grumman T-38 Talon for training fighter and bomber pilots.

The test aircraft is the first of five for the USAF's engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) programme phase. All five EMD aircraft should make their first flight and join the developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) programme in 2022, Paul Niewald, Boeing's vice-president for T-7 programmes, told Janes earlier in 2022.

Boeing said that the test plane will stay in St Louis to undergo ground and flight-tests before being delivered to the USAF. The first T-7As are scheduled to arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in 2023. The air force expects the trainer to reach initial operational capability in fiscal year (FY) 2024.

Boeing rolls out its first T-7A Red Hawk jet in St Louis, Missouri. (Boeing/Eric Shindelbower)

Boeing unveiled its first test T-7A Red Hawk trainer for the US Air Force (USAF) at its factory in St Louis, Missouri, on 28 April. The aircraft will be used to replace the service's Northrop Grumman T-38 Talon for training fighter and bomber pilots.

The test aircraft is the first of five for the USAF's engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) programme phase. All five EMD aircraft should make their first flight and join the developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) programme in 2022, Paul Niewald, Boeing's vice-president for T-7 programmes, told Janes earlier in 2022.

Boeing said that the test plane will stay in St Louis to undergo ground and flight-tests before being delivered to the USAF. The first T-7As are scheduled to arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in 2023. The air force expects the trainer to reach initial operational capability in fiscal year (FY) 2024.

Boeing rolls out its first T-7A Red Hawk jet in St Louis, Missouri. (Boeing/Eric Shindelbower)

Boeing unveiled its first test T-7A Red Hawk trainer for the US Air Force (USAF) at its factory in St Louis, Missouri, on 28 April. The aircraft will be used to replace the service's Northrop Grumman T-38 Talon for training fighter and bomber pilots.

The test aircraft is the first of five for the USAF's engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) programme phase. All five EMD aircraft should make their first flight and join the developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) programme in 2022, Paul Niewald, Boeing's vice-president for T-7 programmes, told Janes earlier in 2022.

Boeing said that the test plane will stay in St Louis to undergo ground and flight-tests before being delivered to the USAF. The first T-7As are scheduled to arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in 2023. The air force expects the trainer to reach initial operational capability in fiscal year (FY) 2024.

Boeing rolls out its first T-7A Red Hawk jet in St Louis, Missouri. (Boeing/Eric Shindelbower)

Boeing unveiled its first test T-7A Red Hawk trainer for the US Air Force (USAF) at its factory in St Louis, Missouri, on 28 April. The aircraft will be used to replace the service's Northrop Grumman T-38 Talon for training fighter and bomber pilots.

The test aircraft is the first of five for the USAF's engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) programme phase. All five EMD aircraft should make their first flight and join the developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) programme in 2022, Paul Niewald, Boeing's vice-president for T-7 programmes, told Janes earlier in 2022.

Boeing said that the test plane will stay in St Louis to undergo ground and flight-tests before being delivered to the USAF. The first T-7As are scheduled to arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in 2023. The air force expects the trainer to reach initial operational capability in fiscal year (FY) 2024.

Boeing rolls out its first T-7A Red Hawk jet in St Louis, Missouri. (Boeing/Eric Shindelbower)

Boeing unveiled its first test T-7A Red Hawk trainer for the US Air Force (USAF) at its factory in St Louis, Missouri, on 28 April. The aircraft will be used to replace the service's Northrop Grumman T-38 Talon for training fighter and bomber pilots.

The test aircraft is the first of five for the USAF's engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) programme phase. All five EMD aircraft should make their first flight and join the developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) programme in 2022, Paul Niewald, Boeing's vice-president for T-7 programmes, told Janes earlier in 2022.

Boeing said that the test plane will stay in St Louis to undergo ground and flight-tests before being delivered to the USAF. The first T-7As are scheduled to arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in 2023. The air force expects the trainer to reach initial operational capability in fiscal year (FY) 2024.

Boeing rolls out its first T-7A Red Hawk jet in St Louis, Missouri. (Boeing/Eric Shindelbower)

Boeing unveiled its first test T-7A Red Hawk trainer for the US Air Force (USAF) at its factory in St Louis, Missouri, on 28 April. The aircraft will be used to replace the service's Northrop Grumman T-38 Talon for training fighter and bomber pilots.

The test aircraft is the first of five for the USAF's engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) programme phase. All five EMD aircraft should make their first flight and join the developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) programme in 2022, Paul Niewald, Boeing's vice-president for T-7 programmes, told Janes earlier in 2022.

Boeing said that the test plane will stay in St Louis to undergo ground and flight-tests before being delivered to the USAF. The first T-7As are scheduled to arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in 2023. The air force expects the trainer to reach initial operational capability in fiscal year (FY) 2024.