U.S. Air Force T-7A Flies For First Time

Brian Everstine June 28, 2023

A U.S. Air Force T-7A takes off from Boeing’s St. Louis facility on June 28.

Credit: Boeing
The U.S. Air Force on June 28 flew its next-generation trainer for the first time, marking the start of the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the T-7A Red Hawk. The first EMD aircraft for the service took off from Boeing’s St. Louis facility. It was piloted by a uniformed Air...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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