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handle is hein.crs/govefcd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional a Research Service Unexpected FY2022 Air Force Program Announcements January 7, 2022 Since June 2021, elements of the United States Air Force have announced intentions to pursue several new major programs. Each of the programs would likely be of congressional interest on their own, but they are more unusual in aggregate, for at least three reasons: The programs were announced outside the usual cycle, not as part of a budget submission, and after the relevant committees had substantially completed work on the FY2022 defense authorization and appropriations bills. Two of the three had not appeared in previous budget documents and had no identified sources of funding, while the third represented an acceleration of an existing program that would require relatively large shifts of funds to earlier years than programmed. The Air Force is already facing a significant modernization bill for a variety of systems. Advancing any of the newly proposed programs could potentially force slowdowns in existing efforts that Congress has authorized and appropriated. The programs are described below. Advanced Tactical Trainer On October 12, 2021, the Air Force issued a request for information (RFI), seeking industry input on the acquisition of at least 100 Advanced Tactical Trainer (ATT) jets. In FY2021, the Air Force had begun acquiring 351 T-7A jet trainers (discussed in CRS Report R44856, Air Force T-7A Red Hawk Trainer). Both the ATT and the T-7A were intended to replace existing T-38 Talon trainers, but in different roles. The T-7A would be used to get future fighter pilots accustomed to jet aircraft, while the ATT, according to the RFI, would be for more advanced courses like fighter combat training and simulating adversary aircraft for training engagements. Commentators noted that the ATT would have more aspects of a modern fighter, including an integrated cockpit and afterburning engines. The Air Force has not explained the reason requirements unique to the ATT were not included in the solicitation that resulted in the T-7A. Much of the advocacy for T-7A centered on its modern, reconfigurable cockpit. As the Boeing design that became T-7A was created from scratch, arguably Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11837 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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