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そういうのもいるが、色々だ。
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/t-x-how-the-us-air-force-will-train-its-elite-fighter-pilots-16521
Indeed, the situation now is such that the Air Force has had to move two-thirds of the pilot training
tasks that were originally intended to be completed in undergraduate pilot training
into formal training units that fly fighters like the F-15, F-16, F-22 and F-35.
The practice is expensive because of the high cost of flying those aircraft and
because it eats up precious airframe life on those pricey machines.
“The goal with T-X is to pull those tasks back into the advanced pilot training program,” Hinman said.

本来はT-38を卒業したら、戦闘機で訓練するのだが
戦闘機は高価であり訓練で飛行時間寿命を使うわけにはいかないので
1/3をT-7Aで代替できないか検討しているそうだ

" “transferable” skills such as flying air-to-air, night flying, operating complex avionics and aerial refueling."
こんなのを練習機でやりたい
逆に言うと依然として、2/3は実際の戦闘機で組んレしないといけない。
米空軍でもT-7Aでは残り2/3のタスクは無理と誓いしている。
日本は訓練に使える余剰の単座戦闘機すらないので、安い高等練習機が必要ってわけだ。