Originally Posted by Tweetdrvr

If I had to guess, I will say the AF will be back to single track pilot training with the T-X (T-38 replacement). The numbers of fighters we are not buying in the future does not justify buying a 20-30 million dollar jet (T-50, T-100), for the 8 guys, who track select fighter track, for 3-4 dudes to get a fighter at the end of UPT. The T-1 did a great job of extending the life of the T-38, by having fewer people fly the T-38. The T-1 has been put through what no corporate jet could ever imagine in its life cycle. By the time the T-X is on property, the T-1s will be at the end of their usefulness. Economy of scale will drive the AF back to single track training. Bottom feeding catfish will be gone between solo and the first contact/transition check just like in legacy UPT before the T-1 was unleashed at Reese on class 93-12.