USAF to scale down T-1 fleet, students to spend more time on simulators
The U.S. Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command has confirmed that it intends to scale down the T-1 Jayhawk fleet and students on the air mobility track will spend more time on the simulator instead.
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Pilots at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, and Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, will continue with the normal T-1 program but students assigned to Randolph Air Force Base will not fly the T-1 aircraft. Those at Vance Air Force Base will be exposed to a modified T-1 training syllabus.
Senior leaders will make a decision whether to expand the program after gathering feedback from the two courses at Vance and Randolph.
Maj. Gen. Craig Wills, 19th Air Force commander, was quoted as saying that this will lead to a reduction of T-1 aircraft if the program is successful.
The T-1 fleet at NAS Pensacola will be retained to train combat systems officers.
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