First T-7A Trainer Arrives At Edwards AFB For Tests

Brian Everstine November 09, 2023

The first U.S. Air Force T-7A arrives at Edwards AFB, California, on Nov. 8.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force’s first T-7A Red Hawk trainer has arrived at its main training base, where test pilots will first become familiar with the jet before an intensive developmental flight testing process. The jet left Boeing’s St. Louis facility piloted by both an Air Force and Boeing pilot, 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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