Air Defense Training: Contract Cost for Replacing T-33 Aircraft Training Mission

摘要

The report concerns the Air Force's plan to retire obsolete T-33 aircraft owned by the Air National Guard and used primarily for providing airborne electronic countermeasure (ECM) training. The 5-year cost of replacing the T-33 aircraft with the T-39 is slightly higher than continuing to use the T-33s. This is primarily due to the high cost of retrieving and restoring the retired T-39s.