The Air Force said in early 2022, when announcing plans to start retiring the Jayhawk, that new pilot training techniques, such as virtual reality, would allow it to phase out the T-1 ...

The T-1A Jayhawk is a medium-range, twin-engine jet trainer used in the advanced phase of specialized undergraduate pilot training for students selected to fly airlift or tanker aircraft.

Laughlin Air Force Base's last T-1A Jayhawk was flanked by pairs of T-6A Texans and T-38C Talon trainers as it departed Laughlin on Dec. 17. (Staff Sgt. Nicholas Larsen/Air Force) ...