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Air Force special operations aviators are now training on AT-802U aircraft ahead of the arrival of their first OA-1K Sky warden light attack planes while questions grow about the program's future.

AT-802U Trainers Arrive To Prepare USAF Aviators For A Murky Light Attack Future

By Joseph Trevithick
Jul 9 2:27 PM EDT
The Navy's Training Air Wing 2 (TAW-2) has hit one million flight hours with the T-45 jet trainer as plans to replace that are have been delayed.

Navy Delays Jet Trainer Replacement As T-45 Wing Hits One Million Flight Hours

By Joseph Trevithick
Jul 3 5:51 PM EDT
A propeller-driven Yak-52 primary training aircraft has appeared with an impressive collection of kill marks displayed on its fuselage; seemingly confirmation of its success having been impressed into service as a drone-killer. While we reported on a series of previous videos showing the use of Soviet-era Yak-52s to attack Russian drones, the latest evidence suggests that the unorthodox solution could be becoming a more important part of Ukraine’s multilayered air defenses.

Yak-52 Kill Marks Hint At Success In Ukraine’s Drone War

By Thomas Newdick
Jun 25 1:35 PM EDT
Sweden has retired its long-serving SAAB 105 trainer.

Sweden’s Unique Little Saab 105 Jet Retired After 57 Years

By Thomas Newdick
Jun 19 3:14 PM EDT
T-6 ejection seat mishap

T-6 Pilot Dies In Ejection Seat Accident

By Oliver Parken
May 14 2:10 PM EDT
Japan Wants T-7 Red Hawk As Its Next Trainer: Report

Japan Wants T-7 Red Hawk As Its Next Trainer: Report

By Thomas Newdick
Mar 26 12:58 PM EDT
Beale AFB executes an elephant walk as the U-2's service approaches its end.

U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Planes Execute A Bittersweet Elephant Walk

By Tyler Rogoway
Jan 7 4:46 PM EST
CT-114 student pilot story

Military Flight Instructor’s Most Important Lesson: Student Pilots Will Try To Kill You

By Dan McWilliams
Jan 5 3:47 PM EST
The Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG has begun work on a new jet trainer, the MiG-UTS.

Russia’s ‘New’ Jet Trainer Design Is A 1990s Throwback

By Thomas Newdick
Dec 28 3:04 PM EST
Russia Yak-130 Iran Su-35

Iran Receives Russian Yak-130 Advanced Trainer Jets

By Stetson Payne
Sep 2 8:35 PM EDT
The T-7A Red Hawk Jet Trainer Has Taken Its First Flight

The T-7A Red Hawk Jet Trainer Has Taken Its First Flight

By Joseph Trevithick
Jun 28 3:47 PM EDT
A T-7A Red Hawk completes a taxi test, at Lambert St. Louis International Airport, St. Louis, Missouri. Boeing

T-7A Red Hawk Completes Taxi Tests Ahead Of First Flight

By Thomas Newdick
Jun 20 2:23 PM EDT
T-7 Red Hawk delays

T-7A Delays Compound Pilot Shortage, Expose Digital Engineering Pitfalls

By Jan Tegler
May 12 11:32 AM EDT
Turkish light fighter trainer first flight

Turkey’s First Homegrown Manned Tactical Jet Has Flown

By Thomas Newdick
Apr 25 1:00 PM EDT
Ex-Marine Pilot Allegedly Tried To Source T-2 Carrier Trainer Jet For China

Ex-Marine Pilot Allegedly Tried To Source T-2 Carrier Trainer Jet For China

By Thomas Newdick
Dec 14 1:53 PM EST
Navy T-45C Jet Trainer Crashes Into Texas Field

Navy T-45C Jet Trainer Crashes Into Texas Field

By Oliver Parken
Aug 16 5:23 PM EDT

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