Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

Red Hawk returns to Climatic Lab

Published May 12, 2025
By 96th Test Wing Public Affairs

A T-7A Red Hawk, sits outside the McKinley Climatic Lab.

Pilots sit in the cockpit of a T-7A Red Hawk.

A T-7A Red Hawk, sits outside the McKinley Climatic Lab.

A pilot sits in the cockpit, holding his helmet and smiling.

Air crew members assist pilots off-boarding a T-7A Red Hawk

T-7A aircraft sits inside a chamber.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- A T-7A Red Hawk, the U.S. Air Force's new advanced trainer aircraft arrived May 2, 2025 at McKinley Climatic Lab, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., to undergo the second phase of climatic testing. Imagery by Michelle Gigante and 2nd Lt. Hannah Lancaster

Pilots sit in the cockpit of a T-7A Red Hawk.

A T-7A Red Hawk, sits outside the McKinley Climatic Lab.

A pilot sits in the cockpit, holding his helmet and smiling.

T-7A aircraft sits inside a chamber.