Air Force Invested $134 Million to Repair 39 T-1A Jayhawk Jets Damaged in Texas Storm Written 26 March 2021
A T-1A Jayhawk on a training flight near Randolph Air Force Base, Texas | Credit: U.S. Air Force photo; Lt. Col. Russell Hopkinson
The Drive reports that the US Air Force “invested $134 million in repairs for 39 T-1A Jayhawk twin-engine jet trainers grounded after being severely damaged in a Texan hailstorm,” for an average of $3.4 million per jet. The two repair lines “were at an L3 Harris facility in Waco, Texas, and at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.” The latter facility “required special certification to repair commercial-derivative aircraft, the T-1A being a military version of the Beech 400A.”
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