The sortie places the T-7A programme more firmly inside an Air Force effort to merge technical testing with early warfighter feedback. The service said the approach is intended to accelerate capability delivery while reducing the divide between developmental testing and operational testing. The aircraft carried a developmental test pilot from the 412th Test Wing and an AFOTEC operational weapon systems officer in the cockpit together. That pairi…
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