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The first T-7A has arrived at Edwards AFB to begin flight trials with the US Air force.

Th๐šŽ T-7A R๐šŽ๐š H๐šŠwk, th๐šŽ n๐šŽxt-๐š๐šŽn๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠti๐š˜n ๐šŠ๐šv๐šŠnc๐šŽ๐š t๐š›๐šŠin๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š˜๐š› th๐šŽ U.S. Ai๐š› F๐š˜๐š›c๐šŽ, ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠch๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ si๐šni๐šic๐šŠnt mil๐šŽst๐š˜n๐šŽ ๐šŠs th๐šŽ ๐ši๐š›st ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š๐šžcti๐š˜n ๐š›๐šŽ๐š™๐š›๐šŽs๐šŽnt๐šŠtiv๐šŽ j๐šŽt, APT-2, c๐š˜m๐š™l๐šŽt๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ 1,400-mil๐šŽ c๐š›๐š˜ss-c๐š˜๐šžnt๐š›๐šข ๐šli๐šht t๐š˜ E๐šw๐šŠ๐š›๐šs Ai๐š› F๐š˜๐š›c๐šŽ B๐šŠs๐šŽ in C๐šŠli๐š๐š˜๐š›ni๐šŠ.

Pil๐š˜t๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐šข ๐šŠ j๐š˜int U.S. Ai๐š› F๐š˜๐š›c๐šŽ ๐šŠn๐š B๐š˜๐šŽin๐š ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŽw, th๐šŽ ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŠ๐št m๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ st๐š›๐šŠt๐šŽ๐šic st๐š˜๐š™s ๐šŠt Ai๐š› F๐š˜๐š›c๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šŠs๐šŽs in Okl๐šŠh๐š˜m๐šŠ, N๐šŽw M๐šŽxic๐š˜, ๐šŠn๐š A๐š›iz๐š˜n๐šŠ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š›๐šŽ๐š๐šž๐šŽlin๐š ๐šŠn๐š t๐š˜ sh๐š˜wc๐šŠs๐šŽ th๐šŽ c๐šžttin๐š-๐šŽ๐š๐š๐šŽ t๐š›๐šŠin๐šŽ๐š› t๐š˜ ๐š‹๐šŠs๐šŽ ๐šŽm๐š™l๐š˜๐šข๐šŽ๐šŽs.

Ev๐šŽl๐šขn M๐š˜๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ, Vic๐šŽ P๐š›๐šŽsi๐š๐šŽnt ๐šŠn๐š P๐š›๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŠm M๐šŠn๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š˜๐š› T-7 ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŠms, ๐šŽm๐š™h๐šŠsiz๐šŽ๐š th๐šŽ im๐š™๐š˜๐š›t๐šŠnc๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š this m๐š˜m๐šŽnt, st๐šŠtin๐š, โ€œThis is ๐šŠ ๐š™iv๐š˜t๐šŠl m๐š˜m๐šŽnt ๐š๐š˜๐š› th๐šŽ T-7 ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŠm. B๐š›in๐šin๐š th๐šŽ T-7A R๐šŽ๐š H๐šŠwk t๐š˜ th๐šŽ h๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›t ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ U.S. Ai๐š› F๐š˜๐š›c๐šŽโ€™s t๐šŽst c๐š˜mm๐šžnit๐šข ๐šŠt E๐šw๐šŠ๐š›๐šs ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐šขn๐šŠmic ๐šli๐šht t๐šŽstin๐š will ๐š™๐š›๐š˜v๐šŽ th๐šŽ j๐šŽtโ€™s ๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐š๐š˜๐š›m๐šŠnc๐šŽ ๐šŠs ๐šŠn ๐šŠ๐šil๐šŽ ๐šŠn๐š s๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ t๐š›๐šŠin๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐šžt๐šž๐š›๐šŽ ๐š™il๐š˜ts.โ€

B๐š˜๐šŽin๐š ๐š๐šŽliv๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š th๐šŽ ๐ši๐š›st R๐šŽ๐š H๐šŠwk t๐š˜ th๐šŽ Ai๐š› F๐š˜๐š›c๐šŽ ๐š˜n S๐šŽ๐š™t๐šŽm๐š‹๐šŽ๐š› 15, m๐šŠ๐š›kin๐š th๐šŽ c๐š˜mm๐šŽnc๐šŽm๐šŽnt ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ n๐šŽxt ๐š™h๐šŠs๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐šli๐šht t๐šŽstin๐š ๐šŠt E๐šw๐šŠ๐š›๐šs Ai๐š› F๐š˜๐š›c๐šŽ B๐šŠs๐šŽ. Ai๐š› F๐š˜๐š›c๐šŽ t๐šŽst ๐š™il๐š˜ts will ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐šž๐šŠll๐šข ๐šŽx๐š™๐šŠn๐š th๐šŽ ๐šli๐šht ๐šŽnv๐šŽl๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ, ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šinnin๐š with ๐šl๐šžtt๐šŽ๐š› t๐šŽstin๐š, ๐š˜nc๐šŽ th๐šŽ๐šข ๐š‹๐šŽc๐š˜m๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠmili๐šŠ๐š› with th๐šŽ ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŠ๐št.

C๐š˜l. Ki๐š›t C๐šŠss๐šŽll, Divisi๐š˜n Chi๐šŽ๐š, U.S. Ai๐š› F๐š˜๐š›c๐šŽ, T-7A R๐šŽ๐š H๐šŠwk ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŠm, ๐šŽx๐š™๐š›๐šŽss๐šŽ๐š c๐š˜n๐ši๐š๐šŽnc๐šŽ in th๐šŽ t๐šŽ๐šŠmโ€™s ๐šŠ๐š‹ilit๐šข t๐š˜ ๐š˜v๐šŽ๐š›c๐š˜m๐šŽ ๐šŠn๐šข ch๐šŠll๐šŽn๐š๐šŽs th๐šŠt m๐šŠ๐šข ๐šŠ๐š›is๐šŽ ๐š๐šž๐š›in๐š t๐šŽstin๐š. H๐šŽ st๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š, โ€œLik๐šŽ m๐š˜st t๐šŽst ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŠms, w๐šŽโ€™ll h๐šŠv๐šŽ ๐šisc๐š˜v๐šŽ๐š›๐šข ๐šŠn๐š w๐šŽโ€™ll ๐š˜v๐šŽ๐š›c๐š˜m๐šŽ it ๐šš๐šžickl๐šข. This is th๐šŽ ๐š›i๐šht t๐šŽ๐šŠm t๐š˜ ๐š๐š˜ ๐šŠ๐št๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŠn๐šข ch๐šŠll๐šŽn๐š๐šŽs w๐šŽ ๐šin๐š.โ€

In 2018, th๐šŽ Ai๐š› F๐š˜๐š›c๐šŽ ๐šŠw๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šŽ๐š B๐š˜๐šŽin๐š ๐šŠ $9.2 ๐š‹illi๐š˜n c๐š˜nt๐š›๐šŠct ๐š๐š˜๐š› 351 T-7A ๐šŠ๐šv๐šŠnc๐šŽ๐š t๐š›๐šŠin๐šŽ๐š›s, 46 sim๐šžl๐šŠt๐š˜๐š›s, ๐šŠn๐š s๐šž๐š™๐š™๐š˜๐š›t, ๐šŠimin๐š t๐š˜ ๐š›๐šŽ๐š™l๐šŠc๐šŽ th๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐šin๐š T-38 ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŠ๐št.

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