Raytheon announced the delivery of the 300th T-6A Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) at its Wichita, Ka., facility Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Gregory Feest, Air Education and Training Command’s deputy director of air, space, and information operations for flying training, accepted the aircraft, which is replacing USAF’s T-37 as the primary undergraduate pilot training aircraft. To date, the Air Force and Navy have ordered 418 aircraft, with 251 delivered to the Air Force and 49 to the Navy.
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr. assumed leadership of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, succeeding Navy Adm. John Aquilino at a change of command ceremony, urging action amid China's “increasing intrusive and expansionist claims,” on May 3