The military and other agencies have scrambled to comply with President Trump's sweeping executive order barring DEI programs.
The T-7 program has been beset by design, testing and production issues that have caused its schedule to slip behind.
The Air Force is retiring its aging T-1 fleet as it moves to a mobility pilot training system that relies more on simulator flights.
“At some point ... we’ve got to train and educate our own people,” Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said.
