US Air Force Testing Its Newest Boeing Supersonic Tiny Jet

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[@carljohnson3989]

Beautiful, awesome craft...its red tail truly carries on the legacy of the incredible P51D my dad flew in the war. Great to see the Swedes involved as well....wonderful people !

[@wsmith3849]

I’m in awe of the people who can fly and master these aircraft. Staying ahead of it is a super skill set.

[@greatunz67]

Thanks

[@simoncampbell-smith6745]

Have a go at it in DCS world. You get the pleasure of learning to fly jets and WW2 aircraft at a study level.

[@wsmith3849]

@@simoncampbell-smith6745 I tried DCS years ago. Heck, it took me 30 minutes to get the aircraft started let alone operate the armament panels. It’s an awesome game though.

[@___---___-_-]

You are welcome.

[@erickborling1302]

If you can operate any vehicle safely, YOU CAN DO IT, too. Being a pilot requires only two character qualities: motivation and good study habits.

[@bafranksbro88]

Real bravery there, flying a brand new Boeing these days takes it. lol

[@ryanjt84]

Calling out what's wrong with it is the most dangerous job.

[@bafranksbro88]

@@ryanjt84 Sure is, those people can’t seem to stay alive lately.

[@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531]

Look at the size of those rear control surfaces .. that thing has some maneuvering potential.

[@TheVonZum]

Saab (the maker of JAS 39 Gripen) is responsible for development and production of the fully installed rear fuselage for the T-7A. The seven rear fuselages manufactured at Saab in Linköping are included in the EMD test aircraft. Saab has opened a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in West Lafayette, Indiana for series-produced aircraft that will be used for pilot training by the USAF.

[@mysygisun3335]

最初から、F-21を本格採用しておれば、苦しむことはなかったということでしょう。

[@petter5721]

SAAB made this project successful according to inside information 👍🏻

[@jimmygadd]

yeah people just say Boeing, but SAAB is a big part of it to

[@tiefblau2780]

Well if this is Faulty like Max.... XD Boeing can be sure to end its last career I dont think its a great idea to go against your consumers.... Its the whole idea of capitalism No?

[@johnweiland9389]

Planes are capitol intensive, and the needs change before you get done building it. Tough buisness.

[@charlesfaure1189]

When an F-5 and an F-18 love each other VERY much...

[@briancooper2112]

More like F5 and T-38

[@JoeSchmo51]

This is a trainer...

An Aermacchi 346 with f18 tail.

[@briancooper2112]

@@JoeSchmo51 with a afterburner

[@jensolsson9666]

Gripen and F-18

[@michaelbruno1666]

What a beautiful plane!

[@kalfish]

Quick correction - the F-22 is not a 4th Gen. fighter, but a 5th Gen. fighter jet.

[@robertstrickland2121]

Finally a jet that the back seater can see from. Landing a T-38 from the back seat is is a lot of hope and pray.

[@casha10x72]

Pfff… with over 2000 hrs…. Not true

[@robertstrickland2121]

@@casha10x72 you can get good at it, but it’s still really difficult. More hard landings from IP’s than trainees.

[@TheGreatWasian_]

I always wondered how tf back seaters can see anything with the traditional two seater jets. This design makes so much more sense. It’s similar to an attack helicopter line the Apache.

[@briancooper2112]

Did you serve in USAF?

[@robertstrickland2121]

Hi, went into the USAF right after high school as a Flight Sim Tech, we had special training programs to teach the IP's procedures for the back seat so I got to know a lot about air ops and emergency procedures. then I got moved to C-141 & C5 flight sims, miss those days.

[@stephenreese5921]

This is why the USAF is one of the best air forces in the world! Maintainers are the bomb!😊

[@ReaperRestorations]

damn straight!

[@benjamindover4033]

They get endless funding. That is why they are “the best”.

[@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531]

@@benjamindover4033 Correct. This is the kind of military you can get only if you spend a whole lot of money on it.

[@stephenreese5921]

@@benjamindover4033 And I’m glad they do! My taxes were submitted to protect our nation, not to pay a deadbeats tuition obligations or their idiotic emotional never ending feelings of victimhood. I want our enemies to fear us, along with our friends to respect us. That way, our “village” isn’t raided by a horde of men who think that we are protected by rainbow warriors who can’t define what a woman is or know that Hamas is an extension of an ideology of evil!

[@sirmild938]

@@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531 In fact, I see that there is an over-invoicing in these figures. Other countries manage to build the same thing for a quarter of the cost. And that's not a negative, it's a warning that they're making more money out of the armed forces than strengthening them. In other words, it's a way of deceiving the American people.

[@rudydedogg6505]

If it looks right, it is right and this plane is gorgeous!

[@sean7193]

bit fat in the canopy section , a little ug. f16 looks better.

[@FLMKane]

Looks almost like a single engine f18

[@Grid56]

Yep, f16/f18 love child !😂

[@duffer2307]

Its not right it was built by Boeing

[@jacobwiqvist1760]

I don’t understand why everyone say it is Boeing. It is equally as much Swedish SAAB and the development of Jas 39 Gripen that lead to that aircraft!

[@caydevii2428]

Because it's a joint project between Boeing and Saab

[@mikemill7115]

@@caydevii2428 and the engine will be the GE 404, same as what is in the F18 Super Hornet

[@nosacrifice]

The parts that break are the Boeing parts.

[@markc1548]

The same reason the J20 is Chinese and not American

[@jacobwiqvist1760]

@@markc1548 No! The aircraft is developed by SAAB engineers mainly. It is not any copy from Boeing. It is a collaboration.

[@user-gm2qc3np5o]

I love this new multirole Jet's shape..!!

[@northsure]

It's an awesome jet and will serve the USAF in training the future US air force and allied air force pilots in advanced airmanship for at least the next 3 decades. Go Air Force!

[@brucesteele5810]

A Miata of aircraft. Simply looks like fun to fly.

[@firecapt325]

Washed KC-135A's a hundred times or so when I was in SAC, 1989-1993. Funny how things change...... never once wore a harness on top of the wings. I remember post-wash re-lube. Especially the flap tracks and cove lip door rollers. Used to fill a cloth parts bag with lube to do all the cables on the rear spar and MLG area. Would just run in over the cables. If you felt a snag you looked for broken strands in the cable.

[@jayhayman9601]

We never put a cover on the end of the boom either. I like how the airman was putting grease into a zerk fitting, but the caption was referring to hydraulics 😁

[@kiwihame]

What a gorgeous wee plane!

[@spencerthu2956]

I always thought the T38 design is ageless and so amazing ! It looks very sleek. It looks very modern to me

[@steveperreira5850]

End it looks like the T 38 is being replaced with an inferior aircraft. That’s the new American way

[@spencerthu2956]

@@steveperreira5850 yeah I agree the American way now is going what's cheaper and easy ! The craft that's replacing the T38 looks ok, my problem with it is the same I have for the T38 and the F14 and F117 and even the SR71 and that is why the hell don't they arm them and use them..I feel it's such a waste of amazing air craft! If something is a good or great craft it will stay that way and just modernize it and add weapons. The craft that America retires are better some of the aircraft being used by other militaries ! Idk just my opinion I guess

[@jimdanielson272]

one engine simplifies maintenance and spare parts in half.

[@Kevin-ib4gv]

Seriously? The T-38 first flew in 1959! How can you even think it's being replaced by an "inferior" aircraft. The avionics alone will be cutting edge along with fly by wire and advanced targeting instrumentation for training purposes. @steveperreira5850

[@colinf.1198]

@@steveperreira5850 the American way has always been about capitalism

[@TheVonZum]

SAAB (maker of the JAS 39 Gripen) is setting up a new factory in USA, it will be interesting to see what comes out of this

[@mbahcarrier1629]

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[@tedwojtasik8781]

Not only is this a quantum leap forward for training, turns out it is an amazing plane in general. These will be used in combat roles and rightfully so. This plane is a very, very badass little fighter.

[@drewcallant8101]

Can't wait to see these flying at Vance

[@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145]

Will not take too long until wing attachment points are installed to use it as ground attack plane. Looks like a shrinked Hornet to me and has the same narrow MLG as the Falcon. I bet this girl is a fun to fly. The LEX should give massive high alpha capabilities. Love this plane. Good looking flies propperly.

[@Ameer-dj5gj]

more like french alpha jet

[@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145]

@@Ameer-dj5gj there are Alpha Jets in France but there is no french Alpha Jet 😊

[@Ameer-dj5gj]

@@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145 you're right. My bad.

[@Barefoot433]

It's like a Hornet on opioids, but still more talented than the old F-5 trainer variant.

[@MegaTriumph1]

I'm glad Boeing is getting involved in the fighter jets. Nothing they done gives me the wow factor. Pretty much building an economical fighter.

[@skunkjobb]

Boeing is producing both the F/A-18 Super Hornet and the F-15 so it's not exactly new to them. Yes, both were originally McDonnel Douglas (then as Hornet without the Super) but that is Boeing since 1997.

[@yoyo-jc5qg]

Apache attack helicopter

[@chris_hisss]

Wow, what a no brainer of a change. 3 x the thrust of 2 jet engines. Modern avionics, a perfectly balanced jet, looks like much lower stall speeds, better vis for the pilot and teacher, great look at this thing!

[@entrepreneur_journey7]

A single engine generates *three times the power* of the TwinJet T-38! WOW! 🚀

[@rottondog1473]

Is the plane heavier? Why is it slower than the T-38?

[@TheBigRed.]

Doesn't carry any heavy weapons..🥴🥴🥴

[@MilitaryTalkGuy]

thats a good looking trainer jet.

[@samtani278]

Beautiful bird.

[@Jack-bs6zb]

looks like the love child of a union between an F18 and a Folland Gnat.

[@Michael.Chapman]

Single turbine and neat looking from front end-great to see SAAB’s name in the mix-looks like a superb new trainer :-)

[@hifinsword]

Looks like a marriage of the BAE Hawk and the NG Hornet. Cool!

[@evanbenjamin4578]

Two US Navy aviators upsize the Struts , a tail hook , hold the fries and try her on the Flight deck.

[@Beth98756]

All my respect for our Air Force pilots. Our country is so lucky to have such talented airmen❤❤❤

[@Werry_Rang]

Are fighter jet cockpits normally manual opened?

[@realpropertymangement7640]

Looks very much like a twin tail BAE T-45. The Navy/Marines have been flying the T-45 for more than a decade. Good to see the AF is finally catching up! 😊 The T-38 is a 1970's ride. Great bird, but dated.

[@Bob10009]

The Hawk is a 70s ride too 😂

[@realpropertymangement7640]

@@Bob10009 First flight of the BAE/MD/Boeing T-45 was mid 1988, went into service with the U.S. Navy/Marine training squadrons in 1991.

[@Bob10009]

@@realpropertymangement7640 T45 is a navalised Bae Hawk, which entered service in 1976. It's a 70s bird. Plus, if the T45 entered service in 88….that’s way more than a decades service. Even the RAF have retired all their Tmk1 Hawks, that the T45 is based on.

[@realpropertymangement7640]

@Bob10009 The T-45A/C GOSHAWK used in jet training by the U.S. Navy/Marines is a later, modernized version of the original BAE Hawk. The T-45C (in service 1997) is a step up from the T-45A version (in service 1991). The T-45C featuries a "glass" cockpit. Yes, it may be a 70's airframe, but the C model avionics, targeting and powerplant systems are late 90's technology.

[@jroar123]

You should have added the ATC audio for this flight.

[@grahamwood9428]

Very tidy looking plane so probably very good.

[@the13xiii52]

Glad to see more BD-10 kits being assembled. 😉

[@jinmina]

Due to the issue with wing rock, I learned that Boeing had to restrict its high angle-of-attack maneuverability on T-7.

[@jamesrice6096]

A mini-Hornet!!! I want one!

[@XrayMike17plus1]

Sweet looking bird.

[@mcsegeek1]

It's very sharp and I'm glad such an advanced and economical aircraft is going to replace the T38. But the T38 is still one of the most gorgeous aircraft ever built.

[@Coyote27981]

The T-7 is one good looking little plane.

[@MiquelGorbiviUS]

Definitely a good trainer mach 1.05 top speed, range of 900 miles. I wonder if it have any hard points for combat training.

[@12vibaba]

4 it is in the video

[@cmedeir]

Watch the video. It tells you

[@jamiebray8532]

I think these little things would be a decent coastal defense around the country. Thats if you give the hawk its talons, beak, & eyes back.

[@Barefoot433]

This can easily be arranged if ever necessary.

[@NT4XT]

Nice. Less costly over time I'd bet, with advantages of efficiency aimed F-16 type, maintenance.

[@JCMills55]

I was a USAF crew chief on the T-38. They said this jet is 10 times LESS maintenance required? Impossible.

[@enginerdy]

That might include overhaul cadence and complexity

[@poopyfakeprophetmohammedra4337]

Maybe it's built with higher quality materials made to last longer but that means it's more expensive to buy initially

[@Shadow__133]

It would be, if the project is abandoned as it should.

[@bobwilson758]

Take pride ! Even in just washing a jet - You are still maintainence ! Plus : free chow ! If your USAF Base chow is not top level , contact me . NCO/ OC food service .

[@Bob10009]

No, that’s not what they said at all 🤦🏻‍♂️ Ten times cheaper maintenance……

[@darrencorrigan8505]

Thanks, Daily Aviation.

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

Superb aircraft i love it.

[@imikewillrockyou]

wow, if the F-16 and F-15 had a child together it would look a lot like this new trainer jet.

[@BSingh-bv6pw]

This bird has conventional wing design though, it's intakes are inspired by Gripen's.

[@RagsDCS]

From the front it looks almost like an A6 bravo prowler. It seems to be a in between and A6 and a A4 and if it had a tail it could catch its own tail and a BFM. That brings a dog fight to a whole new level. Awesome!👊😎 Yes I know the A6 is the intruder. They have a b model that is called the prowler

[@Nord4106]

It closely resembles the russian Yak-130 in form, but has an advantage in the form of a twin-tailed empennage.

[@CoffeeMViralVs]

cutest looking one too 😍

[@tw4982]

Looked familiar..we've got one down here at Eglin in the chiller right now! (McKinley Climatic Lab)

[@russelljohnson6243]

Very cool information, thanks!

[@frankwood3632]

I'm glad it's easy on maintenance as it is a bit more pricey upfront than the T-38.

[@r.r.hughes9808]

You mean like 1961 Money? Or 2023 Money? The T-38 was purchased 60 years ago.

[@roo1314]

That's Saab. The Gripen and land and take off from roads just about anywhere and they are serviced by mobile units with a crew of 4 and about a 15 minute turn-around time. Remarkable.

[@frankwood3632]

Do you have some small tidbit of information you'd like to display? It's well documented that the T-38 was $756,000 in 1961 constant dollars. Most calculators translate that to around $7-$8 million today. I'm sure you know the new trainer is coming off at about 3 times that.@@r.r.hughes9808

[@calvinsweightlossplan7000]

Such a cool plane

[@larryrobertson4099]

Absence of a fly by wire system makes the T-38 easier to fly, that is if you want to get in touch with how the aircraft feels. I could take the stick laterally to the stop and do 9 aileron rolls before I got it back to neutral. Of course, I had to limit the traverse time to 10 seconds or more, or my helmet might crack the canopy.

[@GM4ThePeople]

The T-7 Urbanyouth is going to be an important airplane.

[@user-xt5oe2gm5v]

Glad you're good.

[@Bald_Zeus]

curious if Sweden would consider buying a batch to replace the now retired Saab 105s as school planes. Ik they plan on replacing them with turboprops but does that provide with jet experience?

[@Skywatchers]

Hopefully we’ll see them at Langley soon. I’ll see em eventually. 👀

[@andreylevichev2872]

Some real cool footage!

[@user-nn6fy5gt8u]

If the Red Hawk had a single vertical stabilizer, no afterburner nozzle, and the nose gear was moved forward it would look like the SIAI Marchetti S.211, an Italian trainer that was introduced in 1984. Initial design tests for the S.211 were done using Boeing's wind tunnel, so Boeing engineers had access to the information when designing the Red Hawk. The S.211 is a subsonic aircraft. As a former AF flight instructor and flight examiner I can truthfully say that student pilots in the Undergraduate Pilot Training program were only allowed to experience supersonic flight on one training mission in the T-38 Talon. The rest of the training was done at subsonic speeds which means the T-38's supersonic speed was overkill for training purposes and the cost of the Talon compared to the S.211 was an unnecessary expense for taxpayers. This video is supposedly about the Red Hawk jet; however, after the 4:40 point on the timeline the video is about other aircraft, not the T-7A.

[@AV8R_1]

What a cool little Jet!!! Great footage!!

[@peters972]

Great view from both seats

[@tomwoehle3519]

A trainer that could actually fight awsome

[@mrgoober6320]

Man, I should have become a plane-washer. That job seems chill AF.

[@flyboyu777]

It'll never be as beautiful as the T-38 IMO. . . . .

[@bobdavis7060]

Very beautiful…. I would love to fly it

[@stupidburp]

I would like to see the US build some Gripen too, for use as aggressors in training. Could replace the F-5 and old variant F-16 used by the US Navy for that role.

[@nestorlopez6983]

Muy lindo avion , moderno, maniobrable, un motor , menos costos de vuelo. Ideal para los paises que no eatan en la carrera armamentista

[@jonronnquist]

Am I correct in saying the T38 played the role of the "MIGs" in Top Gun?

[@StudSupreme]

It's cute! Looks like a bird 🙂

[@MikhailKolesnikov]

2 engine is always better than one... almost all comparable aircrafts has 2 engine. twice lighter than yak-130 with a twice shorter range. well done...

[@georgeturner2374]

The top speed of Mach 1.05 has me stumped. Turkey and several other countries have made two-seat trainers based on the F404 engine, and they all reach Mach 1.3 to 1.6.

[@ghostviggen]

It’s a trainer so the need to go faster wasn’t needed. It’s also designed after USAF specifications. So it’s that goal they designed it for. And it may go faster then specifications

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

Perhaps using the F404 engine would increase the maintenance cost considerably?

[@ghostviggen]

@@CitiesTurnedToDust it's using the F404.

[@nipun9504]

Most jets using this engine are trainers, but India did manage to make a proper multirole fighter with the same engine and weight class, Tejas mk1a is arguably the best jet at offer in this class. Although both these projects are delayed and very slow, but India somehow made it work finally. Considering the experience, knowledge and funds available to US in contrast, the state of this project is surprising.

[@steveperreira5850]

Because they’re not as dumb and stupid as the US Air Force. You can’t believe how stupid they are until you’ve been in that organization. Another loser aircraft, little baby brother to the F 35

[@agnaldoFSJ]

Great! Fantástico pelo material adicional.

[@kristianf8791]

Looking sharp.

[@jonastibben8614]

I hope they finish the project, and make the light fighter variant

[@yodasmomisondrugs7959]

Looks like a F-18 had a forbidden relationship with a F-16, and this is the love child.

[@NiclasHorn]

This looks like one of the prototype designs before the design for SAAB JAS 39 Gripen was established.

[@judywilliams1928]

Nice; STING like a bee, but FLY like a Humming Bird.

[@daveg5857]

I want one. I'm putting my order in today!

[@StevenBlodgett]

I hope someday they allow a civilianized version of this craft to exist. It looks too beautiful to be kept as a military plane.

[@thenaturalkc]

Interesting plane. Does the Navy still use the Goshawk? And by the way, Holy Wind Noise Batman!

[@USMCAV8TR]

Yes

[@davidhauton7643]

Surely the T38 still has a place for training for twin engine planes like the Hornet, giving experience of throttle management?

[@ghostviggen]

It’s old and expensive to maintain. You can train throttle in a simulator or an actual hornet.

[@joekauffman9690]

This jet looks good

[@brianstevens7241]

When will this be availible on DCS?

[@jamesleyda365]

Ohh that is so cute.... my daughter's world love it

[@kevincarambot4749]

These are beautiful steerable rockets.

[@lizalou2018]

Where was this filmed?

[@paulhousley6723]

I'd sign up just to fly that, just kidding. Flying the sixth gen (NGAD) is what new pilots are competing for.

[@petter5721]

Test Gripen E, it is amazing 👍🏻

[@benktlofgren4710]

Petter, you have the ears in this industry it seems, do Sweden go for this as well to replace the old SK60?

[@ThudFalls]

That red tail looked like an Enlarged alpha jet front with a F-18 profile on a single engine, it sits tall and looks big.

[@keyboard_g]

Thanks for filtering the wind noise.

[@rael5469]

10:02 We were always told to never marshall the aircraft while walking backwards. "Why is that Sargent?" "Airman, do you have eyes in the back of your head?" Yeah.....I've seen guys trip over chocks and a taxiway light trying to marshall while walking backwards. One hit his head on the pavement. We were told to get more marshallers if needed and handoff from one to the other.

[@Cute_Maxi]

Really good looking plane

[@bosoerjadi2838]

Can't wait to see these in NASA, Aggressor and Thunderbirds paint schemes.

[@samueljohnclark]

Nice looking aircraft