Boeing [BA] said on Feb. 23 that U.S. production of the U.S. Air Force T-7A Red Hawk trainer has begun at the company's St. Louis plant, as Boeing awaits delivery of the aircraft's aft section from Saab next month. Flight testing may start late this year or early next year, as Boeing looks into possible variants of the digitally designed trainer for light fighter/light attack missions domestically and abroad. As the Air Force and the Pentagon’s Office of Cost Assessment…
