{"id":40079,"date":"2018-07-03T16:06:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T16:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/03\/air-force-cancels-remaining-light-attack-experiment-flights-but-effort-to-continue\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:12:02","slug":"air-force-cancels-remaining-light-attack-experiment-flights-but-effort-to-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2018\/07\/03\/air-force-cancels-remaining-light-attack-experiment-flights-but-effort-to-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force cancels remaining light-attack experiment flights, but effort will continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Air Force will not conclude the flying portion of its light-attack experiment after a June 22 aircraft crash resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/06\/24\/navy-identifies-pilot-who-died-in-a-29-super-tucano-crash-in-new-mexico\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the death of a pilot<\/a>, a senior official announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, the Air Force\u2019s top uniformed acquisition official, stressed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/02\/02\/us-air-force-kills-combat-demo-for-light-attack-aircraft\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the experiment is not over<\/a> and that \u2014 should service leaders decide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2017\/08\/10\/light-attack-demo-gives-off-the-shelf-planes-the-chance-to-show-off\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">move forward with a program of record<\/a> \u2014 its acquisition wing will be ready to initiate a competition for a new plane by the end of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force is \u201cworking multiple fronts so that we can put an RFP [request for proposals] out\u201d by December, Bunch said. \u201cSo right now, we\u2019re still progressing down that path. I\u2019ve not pulled back on the throttle on any way, shape or form in that area right now.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2018\/06\/28\/light-attack-experiment-flights-suspended-as-air-force-investigates-pilot-death\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4351549.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Light attack experiment flights suspended as Air Force investigates pilot death<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The service is still figuring out whether it should restart its light attack experiment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month\u2019s mishap involved the A-29 Super Tucano, made by Embraer and Sierrra Nevada Corp., that was being flown in a training mission over the Red Rio Bombing Range, which is part of the White Sands Missile Range north of Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Christopher Carey Short, a naval aviator, died in the accident while a second pilot was airlifted to the hospital with minor injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnytime you lose an airman, you have to pause, and you have to pause and think a little bit,\u201d Bunch told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo the loss of Lt. Short is a critical setback for America, writ large. That is a big hit to all of us. Having said that, we were trying a different approach, we believe we\u2019ve collected the data using the approach and I would see us using approaches similar to this in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the wake of the crash, Air Force officials have stressed that the incident would not unduly impact the service\u2019s deliberations about whether to procure a light-attack aircraft, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/05\/18\/light-attack-aircraft-why-stop-there\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">which proponents argue<\/a> would be able to conduct the counterterrorism mission in the Middle East at lower costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cause of the A-29 mishap is under investigation by an safety investigation board, which will likely conclude its analysis within 30 days of the incident. However, the Air Force likely will not publicize the root cause of the crash until months later, when an accident investigation board report is released. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the light-aircraft experiment continues, the service will take a \u201cmulti-pronged approach\u201d that explores everything from the manpower and logistics tail needed to support a new light-attack plane, to possible basing options, Bunch said, and it will move forward with those efforts until directed otherwise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It already gathered the flight test data it needs from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/05\/17\/light-attack-experiment-pits-at-6-against-a-29-in-high-stakes-matchup\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the A-29 and its competitor, Textron\u2019s AT-6 Wolverine<\/a>, over the past month and through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2017\/09\/05\/air-force-completes-first-round-of-light-attack-aircraft-demo\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">first part of the experiment, held last summer<\/a>, Bunch said. However, he could not immediately confirm what percentage of planned flights had been carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To complete the experiment, the Air Force will gather further logistics and sustainment information from the contractors. It also plans to test a new exportable, commercial off-the-shelf network onboard surrogate aircraft to further prove out that capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe got quite a bit of experimentation done in that area, we demonstrated that we could utilize it on those platforms,\u201d he said. \u201cNow what we\u2019ll do is we\u2019ll transition that onto some surrogate aircraft. 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