U.S. Air Force Is Retiring Its Mobility Trainer

Brian Everstine May 18, 2022
U.S. Air Force Raytheon T-1A aircraft
The Air Force wants to retire its Raytheon T-1A fleet in favor of increased simulator training.
Credit: Senior Airman Anne McCready/U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force is starting to phase out the Raytheon T-1A Jayhawk trainer and going all in on a new training process for mobility pilots that is heavy on simulators instead of seat time in a multiengine trainer. Since the early 1990s, the T-1A, a modified Beechcraft 400A, has been the...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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