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Victory at sea pacific trainer2/14/2023 ![]() In fiscal 2024, the Air Force will have enough simulators and trainers to declare its first squadron as operational.Īngie Knappenberger, the Navy’s deputy director of air warfare, said the timing of a T-X buy could be “problematic” because of the current schedule of the TH-57 replacement, which is taking priority over a new jet trainer. A Navy and Marine Corps buy would add several hundred aircraft to the Air Force’s eventual order - a massive financial win for Boeing, which bid extremely low on the T-X solicitation with the expectation of raking in big profits during the production stage.īoeing is set to deliver the first simulators to Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, in 2023. Although the service’s program of record is 351 T-X jets and 46 simulators, the agreement gives it the flexibility to buy up to 475 aircraft and 120 simulators. Last year, the Air Force chose a Boeing-Saab team to build a new, clean-sheet trainer, awarding the firms a contract worth up to $9.2 billion. ![]()
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