Air Force preps study to bring T-7A to Sheppard Air Force Base

By Vanessa Montalbano / July 3, 2024 at 12:34 PM
As the Air Force overhauls swaths of its legacy fleet to make room for modernization, it is now considering Sheppard Air Force Base, TX to house T-7A Red Hawk trainers once its current inventory of T-38C Talons retires by the 2030s, according to an environmental impact statement notice posted today in the Federal Register. Sheppard is known to be a major training installation for the service, with both the 82nd technical training wing and 80th flying training wing residing there...

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