USAF looks to replace aging T38 Talon

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Air Force looks to replace aging T-38s

The next approach to teaching future Air Force pilots — be it a jet, a simulator or a mix of both — must be reasonably priced but do as good of a job as the aging trainer it will replace, according to the official in charge of analyzing the options.

Fighter and bomber pilots have been learning to fly some version of the T-38 Talon for the last 50 years and the time has come to find a successor, said Gen. Stephen Lorenz, outgoing commander of Air Education and Training Command at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

“It takes years to procure a new trainer, so we need to start the process now,” Lorenz said. “The T-38 is getting old.