According to Raytheon, producer of the T-1A advanced military trainer, the aircraft has passed the one million flying hour mark in service with the Air Force. USAF uses the Jayhawk to train student pilots to fly airlift and tanker aircraft.
The attack should make the Air Force think about balancing its force design between high-end platforms with “exquisite” capabilities and cheaper, attritable platforms like the one-way drones Ukraine employed, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin told the fourth annual Exchange on Innovation and National Security June 2.