Clark Griswold

T-7 offered with local assembly for the RAF The War ZoneT-7 Red Hawk Jet Trainer Offer To United Kingdom Includes...The Royal Air Force needs a replacement for its Hawk T1s, flown by the Red Arrows aerobatic team, and its Hawks T2s, used for advanced training. The Royal Air Force needs a replacement for its Hawk T1

That’s awesome On and on and on, keep on rocking baby till the money’s gone.

Army Aviation changing up flight training also https://breakingdefense.com/2025/11/inside-six-helo-companies-gunning-for-the-armys-flight-school-next-program/

I know, you’d have to get a contractor and I’m sure there would be some mods, Viperjet proposed a mil trainer version, it probably could be done relatively cheaply.

Don’t want to veer off topic too much and fantasize this plane or that one but…. this jet, yes it’s a kit plane, could be the basis for what could be a great ACE CT aircraft https://www.kitplanes.com/viperjet-redux/ Like a modern Folland Gnat, small light quick nimble and cheap in jet aircraft terms. It would be modified some for sure if adopted for an ACE or CT aircraft but the basics I think are handled.

Really? That’s at least one thing possibly moving in the right direction Probably so but if the Bobs get a win they don’t lose face and the Line gets the flying it needs, so be it. I think if the staff wanted to approach the Hill and justify they could with fairly defensible points: - Delays in delivery of new MWS platforms causing excessive waits / BITs - UPT production is high, no corresponding increase in FTU capacity hence low flying time for newly winged aviators - Need for proficiency and experience building prior to and during MWS training with tasks / general flying that are cross platform reinforcing - Fewer MWSs now than historically per pilot in the Air Force hence there is a need for an affordable, capable training aircraft(s) or program(s) to achieve flying experience targets

I’m not arguing against OHWS, if this prevents injury / promotes pilot health I’m for it. I’m arguing that there is enough money in all the different areas of the AF, cobbled together, to provide a decent, equitable level of training, if it can’t be in a resurrected Phase 3 then a resurrected ACE. Baffling that if one institution (AETC) is unable, unwilling or indifferent to that which should be done, arguing for an alternate method implemented by other institutions (AMC, AFSOC, AFGSC) to achieve the same effect?

I get it but assigned to each squadron and somehow we managed to not collapse wheezing on the way to jet prior to these? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

All true and all good points. This has a very low probability of execution but you advocate for what you think ought to be done. Boomer, how in the ever living fornication is a squadron strength / happy ending coach being justified. Unless said coach in a 20 year female intern who also models lingerie then there is no saving the AF …

I get it, the death of Phase 3 in SUPT for heavy tracked pilots (for now) and the deleterious effects of that policy choice causes discussion that really shouldn’t happen but here we are. This is only serious on Base Ops and in this thread. AMC, AFSOC, AFGSC should combine resources and resurrect this program IMHO, the inevitable protest of AETC be damned. Contracting out is likely the easiest way to do this. Contractor based COA, 3 course ACE program: COs first report to their assignment, fly one contractor based ACE program then attend FTU, remaining two ACE courses after FTU. 1st course: Multi-engine experience course, simple piston twin based. 2 weeks basic training in aircraft, 4 training trips, fly through multiple Class B & C airports. FTU 2nd course: Tailwheel, STOL / backcountry flying program, about 6 weeks; return to base, fly there another 3 or so months. 3rd course: Tailwheel based acro aircraft, solo acro & form, about 6 weeks; return to base, complete. Just my opinion and looking at the present state of the training enterprise, this seems to be a way to get training & experience despite the course AETC has set and the delays Boeing is delivering.

Yup, the advocacy for ACE 2 would still be there but the call would not be as loud. The overall point of ACE to me would be to make a stronger pilot in a formative point in their career. High enough performance to make neurons fire fast and build the overall awareness of flying, airmanship, regardless of flying the ACE aircraft or in their primary MWS. What aircraft could do that affordably and feasibly (easy enough to learn and maintain currency / proficiency) is a pickle.

Yeah, it is technically the T-50 not the actual Su-57 which presumably is what Algeria will receive next year The prototype T-50s appear to not have the build quality the Su-57 one would expect a 5th gen to have, I guess Lowe’s is a sub for the T-50 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Felon showing off the goods https://www.twz.com/air/su-57-felon-brandishes-its-loaded-weapons-bays-for-the-first-time Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

One more idea, in another thread this may have come up but what if ACE 2 were run at one or several centralized bases and participants TDY’d in for recurrency and a set training profile, like recurrency flights then an intense 2-3 weeks flying schedule. Figure 3-5 training programs. Since it would be about a one month TDY, the interference factor from home base could be eliminated.