Dec. 5, 2025 T-7A Red Hawk Lands at JBSA-Randolph The U.S. Air Force’s first T-7A Red Hawk assigned to Air Education and Training Command arrived Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, at the 12th Flying Training Wing, marking a major milestone in the modernization of pilot training.
July 1, 2025 Red Hawk endures ice, winds, sun in new phase of climate tests Temperatures ranging from 110 degrees to minus 14 degrees Fahrenheit, cockpit icing as well as 190 mile-per-hour manufactured wind streams. All those weather events were created within the lab’s 55,000 square foot test chamber.
Jan. 15, 2025 Air Force updates T-7A acquisition approach to field operational capability A framework to adjust aspects of the T-7A Red Hawk acquisition approach to meet AETC's operational needs and deliver a platform that is safe, suitable, and sustainable to replace the aging fleet of T-38C Talon has been agreed upon.