Bye Bye T1?

Several articles reporting this week that the T1 is rapidly being retired. Sounds like the intent is to move that training into the simulator as a cost-savings measure to free up more budget for the T-7A. What’s the effect on the pipeline? Hard to say but some upside potential that you might get into your follow-on aircraft sooner.

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USAF plans to retire all T-1A trainers by 2026 and invest money saved in T-7A Red Hawks

The US Air Force (USAF) is attempting to retire its entire fleet of Beechcraft T-1A Jayhawks, including 101 T-1As used by its Air Education and Training Command, by 2026 to save money as part of the command's undergraduate flight training … Continue reading