Under a contract worth up to $9.2 billion, Boeing’s St. Louis factory will construct at least 350 of the aircraft, designed jointly with Sweden’s Saab, to replace the worn-out Northrop T-38 Talon.

After more than six decades of training U.S. Air Force (USAF) pilot candidates, the T-38 Talon is set to be phased out. The T-38’s replacement is the winner of the T-X program contract—the ...

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Airmen conduct pre-flight operations with the T-38 Talon training jet as part of undergraduate pilot training at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Dec. 9, 2021. (Airman 1st Class Christian Soto/Air ...