"Boeing/Saab T-X named T-7A Red Hawk" Topic
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| Tango01 | 19 Oct 2019 12:33 p.m. PST |
"The US Air Force has named the Boeing/Saab T-X advanced trainer as the T-7A Red Hawk, Air Force Acting Secretary Matt Donovan announced at the Air Force Associations's 2019 Air, Space and Cyber Conference, on September 16. The name honors the ‘Tuskegee Airmen' of World War II — who were known as the ‘Red Tails' and the P-40 Warhawk that the group flew initially when deployed to Europe. The naming came a week after Boeing and the USAF completed a Critical Design Review (CDR) of the airframe, according to Boeing program manager Steve Parker, who added that the training system part of the program recently passed a preliminary design review and should pass its CDR by the end of the calendar year…"
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Armand
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| Thresher01 | 19 Oct 2019 4:13 p.m. PST |
An interesting design. Looks like an F-5, F-15, and F-18 made a baby. |
| Tango01 | 20 Oct 2019 3:51 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend!.
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Armand
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| Lion in the Stars | 21 Oct 2019 12:40 p.m. PST |
That's a surprisingly small bird, too. A P51 can just about fit in a two-car garage, and it looks like the RedHawk is close to the same size. |
| SouthernPhantom | 22 Oct 2019 6:30 p.m. PST |
I'd love to see a light attack/air defense version to revitalize the ANG. Too many fighter units were sacrificed to fund the GWOT over the last fifteen years. |
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gets his hands on some fields and fences.
