July 1, 2025 Red Hawk endures ice, winds, sun in new phase of climate tests Temperatures ranging from 110 degrees to minus 14 degrees Fahrenheit, cockpit icing as well as 190 mile-per-hour manufactured wind streams. All those weather events were created within the lab’s 55,000 square foot test chamber.
May 12, 2025 Red Hawk returns to Climatic Lab for second phase of testing Part of a second round of T-7A climate tests
Jan. 15, 2025 Air Force updates T-7A Red Hawk acquisition approach to deliver AETC safe, suitable, sustainable platform A framework to adjust aspects of the T-7A Red Hawk acquisition approach to meet AETC's operational needs and deliver a platform that is safe, suitable, and sustainable to replace the aging fleet of T-38C Talon has been agreed upon.