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Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk
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T-7 Red Hawk
Role Advanced trainer
National origin United States/Sweden
Manufacturer Boeing / Saab
First flight 20 December 2016
Primary user United States Air Force
Produced 2021–present
Number built 2 prototypes
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History Boeing Military
Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk
The Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk, initially known as the Boeing T-X (later Boeing–Saab T-X), is an American/Swedish supersonic advanced jet trainer produced by Boeing with Saab. On 27 September 2018, the United States Air Force (USAF) picked it for the T-X program to replace the Northrop T-38 Talon as the service's advanced jet trainer.
The USAF's Air Education and Training Command (AETC) began developing the requirements for a replacement for the supersonic Northrop T-38 Talon as early as 2003. Originally, the replacement trainer was expected to enter service around 2020. A fatigue failure of a T-38C killed the two-person crew in 2008 and the USAF advanced the target date of initial operational capability (IOC) to 2017 In the fiscal 2013 budget proposal, the USAF suggested delaying the initial operating capability to FY2020 with the contract award not expected before FY2016. Shrinking budgets and higher-priority modernization projects pushed the IOC of the T-X program winner to "fiscal year 2023 or 2024". Although the program was left out of the FY 2014 budget entirely, the service still viewed the trainer as a priority.
DesignThe T-7's design allows for future missions to be added, such as the aggressor and light attack/fighter roles. In the training environment, it has been specifically designed for high-G and high angle-of-attack maneuvers and night operations, with an emphasis on being easily maintained. The aircraft is equipped with a single GE F404 turbofan engine, but produces three times the total thrust as the twinjet T-38
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General characteristics
- Crew: 2: pilot and instructor/passenger
- Length: 46 ft 11 in (14.30 m)
- Wingspan: 30 ft 7 in (9.32 m)
- Height: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Powerplant
- Max takeoff weight: 12,125 lb (5,500 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × General Electric F404-GE-103 afterburning turbofan, 11,000 lbf (49 kN) thrust dry, 17,200 lbf (77 kN) with afterburner
Specifications
- Maximum speed: 702 kn (808 mph, 1,300 km/h)
- Maximum speed: Mach 1.05
- Cruise speed: 526 kn (605 mph, 974 km/h)
- Range: 990 nmi (1,140 mi, 1,830 km)
- Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,240 m) +
- Rate of climb: 33,500 ft/min (170.2 m/s)
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Moreover the F/T-7X, a variant of the T-7, is one of the contenders for the United States Air Force's Advanced Tactical Trainer program, with a possible 100 to 400 aircraft sale.
Boeing–Saab
T-7 Red Hawk
Boeing aims to sell over 2,700 Red Hawks globally. In addition to the U.S. Air Force,
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The T-7B variant is also one of the contenders for the United States Navy's Tactical Surrogate Aircraft program, with a possible sale of 64 aircraft
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