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M-346N Pitched To Replace Navy’s T-45 Goshawk Jet Trainers

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 9, 2025

T-45 Goshawks rest aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort as part of the advanced course of the Student Naval Aviator strike pilot training program Sept. 15. The Goshawk is a fully carrier-capable version of the British Aerospace Hawk Mk-60. It was developed as a jet flight trainer for the Navy and Marine Corps. The T-45s are with Training Air Wing 1 from Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss. and TRAWING-2 from NAS Kingsville, Texas. The TRAWINGs chose MCAS Beaufort as an alternate training site due to its accommodations and facilities for jet aircraft.
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T-45 Navy Jet Trainer Fleet Grounded After Engine Incident

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 13, 2025

New information about serious and potentially dangerous deficiencies with the emergency ejection system on the U.S. Air Force's new T-7A Red Hawk jet trainer has been released.
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New Details About T-7A Red Hawk Jet Trainer Ejection System Woes Emerge

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 5, 2025

T-7 at Edwards AFB undergoing testing.
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Inside T-7 Red Hawk Test Operations At Edwards AFB

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Dec 11, 2024

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 19, 2024

T-6 ejection seat mishap
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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
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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.
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U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Planes Execute A Bittersweet Elephant Walk

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 7, 2024

CT-114 student pilot story
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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.
News & Features

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 28, 2023

Russia Yak-130 Iran Su-35
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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
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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
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T-7A Red Hawk Completes Taxi Tests Ahead Of First Flight

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 20, 2023