2nd Lt. John Jacobson, 47th Flying Training Wing student pilot, straps into his seat and prepares for a simulated T-1 Jayhawk flight at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, in July 2021. (Airman 1st ...

The T-1A Jayhawk is a medium-range, twin-engine jet trainer used in the advanced phase of specialized undergraduate pilot training for students selected to fly airlift or tanker aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force is working on a plan to cut back its use of the T-1 Jayhawk, the aircraft employed for advanced student pilot training of airmen learning to fly cargo, tanker or command-and ...

Laughlin's last Jayhawk, from the 86th Flying ... to move on to learn to fly mobility aircraft. Under the old system, those ...

The days of T-1A Jayhawks flying in Pensacola skies are coming to an end as the U.S. Air Force training group stationed at Naval Air Station Pensacola is beginning to retire the aircraft.

Contractor Field Aerospace has completed work on the Avionics Modification Program for the USAF's T-1 Jayhawk fleet to address obsolescence issues, increase aircraft availability and decrease ...

A T-1A Jayhawk flies over downtown San Antonio. The aircraft is assigned to the 99th ... The Air Force plans to begin divesting the T-1 fleet over the next year, by decommissioning the first ...