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It joined a pair of T-6A Texan IIs and a pair of T-38C Talons as the centerpiece of a five-plane flyover, which twice passed over Laughlin\u2019s airfield and air traffic control tower. After the other planes split off, the T-1 continued to its final resting place at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/02\/09\/davis-monthan-air-force-base-begins-retiring-a-10-fleet\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Boneyard,\u201d<\/a> an airplane graveyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe stand on the shoulders of giants,\u201d Lt. Col. Nathan Hedden, commander of the 86th, said in a Thursday release. \u201cAll of the [pilots] who have done this before have left a legacy of excellent performance and excellent training. This unit has offered so much to the Air Force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airmen have learned the basics of piloting cargo planes or tanker aircraft by flying T-1s for more than three decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the twin-engine jet \u2014 originally built by Raytheon subsidiary Beech \u2014 is aging, and the Air Force started paring down its fleet of 177 T-1s in 2023. The Air Force had 75 T-1s last year, and aims to further cut them to 53 in 2025 as the service prepares to bring on the new T-7A Redhawk trainer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force said in early 2022, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2022\/03\/28\/air-force-would-cut-150-aircraft-including-a-10s-buy-fewer-f-35s-in-2023-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\">announcing plans to start retiring the Jayhawk<\/a>, that new pilot training techniques, such as virtual reality, would allow it to phase out the T-1. Improvements to the T-6 would also let aspiring pilots learn to fly mobility planes on a single aircraft, the Air Force said. This is allowing the service to retire the least-capable T-1s, which would otherwise need to have their engines replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aspiring Air Force pilots first fly the T-6 during undergraduate pilot training, and then roughly 900 students are selected to move on to learn to fly mobility aircraft. Under the old system, those students flew the T-1 for about five months before moving on to more mobility-specific lessons. 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