{"id":29105,"date":"2018-12-05T02:07:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T02:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/05\/pilot-training-commander-takes-t-x-for-a-spin\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:50:17","slug":"pilot-training-commander-takes-t-x-for-a-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/12\/05\/pilot-training-commander-takes-t-x-for-a-spin\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot training commander takes T-X for a spin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maj. Gen. Patrick Doherty, commander of the 19th Air Force, last week became the first airman to fly a sortie in the service\u2019s next training aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doherty flew in Boeing\u2019s T-X aircraft<\/a>, which will replace the T-38C Talon as the Air Force\u2019s next-generation fighter and bomber trainer<\/a>, on Nov. 27 at the company\u2019s facility in St. Louis<\/a>, the Air Force said in a news release Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He received a mission brief, flight and debrief for his T-X sortie, and spent time in the T-X simulator, the Air Force said. The 19th Air Force trains more than 30,000 U.S. and allied students to be pilots and other air crew members each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maj. Gen. Patrick Doherty (left), 19th Air Force commander, taxies out to the flightline with a Boeing pilot for a T-X trainer familiarization sortie in St. Louis Nov. 27. (Boeing)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe T-X will revolutionize how we train pilots in the future,\u201d Doherty said. \u201cFrom the performance, flight characteristics, data management, avionics, higher angle of attack \u2014 the T-X brings a high level of realism, 5th-generation capabilities and futuristic training concepts that we simply do not have at this time. I\u2019m excited for the future of the flying training community and how it will make us more lethal, competitive and agile with our production pipelines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t