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T-X program
The T-X program has been established to enable the United States Air Force to buy a new two-seat jet trainer for fast-jet training to replace the Northrop T-38 Talon; the average age of the T-38 fleet is over 43.5 years.〔.〕 About 350 aircraft are expected to be ordered to replace the T-38, but further purchases could push the overall purchase to over 1,000.〔 The notional in-service date for the replacement trainer was 2017,〔.〕 but shrinking budgets have pushed initial operating capability to around 2023.〔.〕 The program is expected to begin in FY 2017.〔.〕 ==History== The USAF's Air Education and Training Command (AETC) has been developing requirements for the T-38 replacement program since 2003. Originally, the replacement trainer was expected to enter service around 2020. A fatigue failure in 2008 killed the two person crew of a T-38C, advancing the target service date to 2017.〔.〕 In the Fiscal 2013 budget proposal the USAF suggested delaying the initial operating capability to FY2020 with the contract award not expected before FY2016. Shrinking budgets and the need to fund higher priority modernization projects have pushed the IOC the T-X aircraft to "fiscal year 2023 or 2024." The delay was a direct result of budget constraints, so the T-X was pushed back to support higher Air Force priorities. Although the program was left out of the FY 2014 budget entirely, the service still views the trainer as a priority.〔 In February 2013 there was an expectation that the program might succumb to budget pressures in the USAF. In May 2013, the T-X industry day was postponed "until further notice" due to the fiscal climate.〔.〕 In December 2013 the head of the program said there were no plans for 2014 or 2015, but that he would speak to the chief of staff about the program either in February 2014 or later. On 20 March 2015, the T-X program requirements were released by US Air Force officials.〔http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/581073/t-x-future-t-38-jet-replacement-requirements-released.aspx〕
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