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HASC Requests USAF Options for T-7A Acceleration, Increase in J85 Engine Availability for T-38C

HASC Requests USAF Options for T-7A Acceleration, Increase in J85 Engine Availability for T-38C
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard M. Clark, U.S. Air Force Academy superintendent, speaks during the T-7A Red Hawk rollout ceremony on April 28th last year at the St. Louis, Mo. Boeing plant (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The House Armed Services Committee's (HASC) draft version of the committee's fiscal 2024 defense authorization bill, H.R. 2670, asks U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall to provide HASC by March 1 next year with options to accelerate procurement and fielding of the Boeing [BA] T-7A Red Hawk trainer, which is in the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase to replace the T-38C. Boeing and its teammate Saab in 2018 won the potential $9.2 billion contract for up to 351 T-7As. The…

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