Trainer to honor Tuskegee Airmen

The Boeing T-X advanced trainer will be designated the T-7A “Red Hawk,” according to Air Force Acting Secretary Matt Donovan. He made the announced Sept. 16 at AFA's 2019 Air, Space & Cyber Conference. The ‘Red Hawk’ designation evokes and honors the Tuskegee Airmen of WWII, who were known as the “Red Tails,” - and the P-40 Warhawk fighter that the group flew in European combat operations. In making the announcement, Donovan was joined onstage by Tuskegee Airman Col. Charles McGee. Three other Tuskegee Airmen were in the audience. The T-7A will be the “new staple” of the AF pilot training experience, he said, and its technologies are symbolic of the service’s march toward a more sophisticated future. The first will arrive at Randolph AFB, Texas, in 2023. (Source: AF Magazine 09/16/19) http://www.airforcemag.com/Features/Pages/2019/September%202019/Red-Hawk-T-X-Designated-T-7A-Named-for-Tuskegee-Airmen.aspx