United States Air Force Beechjet T-1A Retired

The US Air Force retired the Beechjet T-1A Jayhawk in August 2026, closing 34 years of multi-engine advanced training. Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma was the last unit to fly the type, and its 3rd Flying Training Squadron, part of the 71st Flying Training Wing, staged two days of sunset events on 21 and 22 August for former aircrew and maintainers; the last active-duty T-1 student pilot graduated there. Laughlin ended its operations in December 2024, NAS Pensacola in July 2025 and Columbus in March 2026, with airframes flown to Davis-Monthan for storage. No aircraft replaces the Jayhawk: the syllabus moves to the Air Mobility Fundamentals-Simulator course, with the savings redirected to the T-7A Red Hawk.