The Air Force’s first T-7 Red Hawk trainer assigned to an operational unit landed at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in Texas on Dec. 5, opening the door to the service’s new era of pilot training. A ...

The T-7 Red Hawk is meant to teach student pilots how to fly fifth-generation aircraft such as the F-35. Air Force officials laid out their plans for teaching instructor pilots on the T-7, and then ...

Lt. Col. Michael Trott has already achieved his childhood dream of becoming an Air Force pilot. Now he’s preparing to mark a milestone in the Air Force’s goal to modernize pilot training. Trott, call ...

Ten U.S. students are now enrolled at the International Flight Training School to complete a 133-day Basic Jet Training course in the T-346A Master. Following an agreement with the Italian Air Force ...

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Air Force Lt. Col. Phillip “Clean” Bourquin, 99th Flying Training Squadron director of operations, and Steve “Bull” Schmidt, Boeing test pilot, prepare to disembark the T-7A Red Hawk after its ...