‘Performs Like A Fighter’! Boeing-SAAB T-7A Red Hawk Aircraft Takes Maiden Flight; Could Emerge As A Big Competitor To China’s JF-17

The T-7A Red Hawk’s Air Force flight testing began with a USAF pilot taking off from St. Louis, Missouri, facilities of the contractor Boeing. The T-7A flown by the pilot was a pre-production engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) aircraft. The first of five aircraft supplied by Boeing to support the Air Force’s T-7A test program, 21-7005, was the one that took the inaugural flight. The aircraft has been developed together in partnership with Swedish contractor Saab.

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