“With this roll out, we honor our storied history and the heroes who wrote the chapters,” Clark said, “and we usher in an exciting new era of aviation and a new generation of heroes who will write the next chapters.” George Hardy, a Tuskegee Airman, along with Yvonne and Ron McGee, children of the late Brig. Army Air Forces’ first African American fighter squadron.Īttending the ceremony was retired Lt. The Red Hawk name is derived from the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, one of the aircraft flown by the 99th Fighter Squadron, the U.S. The production aircraft sport the iconic “Red Tail” symbol of the famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. “Today we honor the heroes of our past, while also looking toward our future as an Air Force on an incredible pace of change, innovation and progress,” said Lt. This is the first of 351 aircraft to be delivered to the Air Force under terms of a $9.2 billion contract awarded to Boeing in September 2018. The first T-7A Red Hawk training aircraft rolled off the production line at the Boeing Defense, Space & Security building April 28 at Lambert International Airport in St.

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