
The U.S. Air Force is requesting $235 million for the first production buy of seven Boeing [BA] T-7A Red Hawk trainers in fiscal 2025, yet the service said that the aircraft will not achieve initial operational capability (IOC) until the second quarter of fiscal 2028. The program schedule had called for 14 T-7As to reach IOC in March 2026, and the Air Force subsequently revised that to January 2027. The Air Force said that it expects the total buy of…