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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
Posted on Jul 9, 2024
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
Posted on Jul 3, 2024
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
Posted on Jun 25, 2024
Sweden has retired its long-serving SAAB 105 trainer.

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

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 19, 2024
T-6 ejection seat mishap

T-6 Pilot Dies In Ejection Seat Accident

By Oliver Parken
Posted on May 14, 2024
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
Posted on Mar 26, 2024
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
Posted on Jan 7, 2024
CT-114 student pilot story

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

By Dan McWilliams
Posted on Jan 5, 2024
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
Posted on Dec 28, 2023
Russia Yak-130 Iran Su-35

Iran Receives Russian Yak-130 Advanced Trainer Jets

By Stetson Payne
Posted on Sep 3, 2023
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
Posted on Jun 28, 2023
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
Posted on Jun 20, 2023
T-7 Red Hawk delays

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

By Jan Tegler
Posted on May 12, 2023
Turkish light fighter trainer first flight

Turkey’s First Homegrown Manned Tactical Jet Has Flown

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 25, 2023
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
Posted on Dec 14, 2022
Navy T-45C Jet Trainer Crashes Into Texas Field

Navy T-45C Jet Trainer Crashes Into Texas Field

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Aug 16, 2022