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Saab Highlights Delivery of Second Aft Section for U.S. Air Force T-7A Red Hawk Trainer

Frank Wolfe

Monday, July 26th, 2021

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Saab Highlights Delivery of Second Aft Section for U.S. Air Force T-7A Red Hawk Trainer

Saab said it shipped this second aft fuselage for the U.S. Air Force T-7A Red Hawk trainer program to Boeing on July 24 (Saab Photo)

Saab said on July 26 that the company has delivered its second aft airframe section for the U.S. Air Force T-7A Red Hawk trainer program to Boeing's [BA] St. Louis plant from Saab's Linköping site in Sweden. The shipment came on July 24, Saab said. "On completion of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) production phase, Saab’s brand new facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA will undertake Saab’s production of the aft airframe sections for the T-7A program," according to…

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