Air Force Sets Goal of 20 Flight Hours Per Month for Pilots Gen. David Goldfein said there is a push to get pilots more flight time, in tandem with producing more pilots in the ranks.
Some T-6s Will Fly Next Week to Test Maintenance Technique: General The Air Force is giving the green light to launch at least 24 flights of the T-6 Texan II trainer aircraft next week
T-X Trainer Is Coming But What About Light Attack? The Air Force is set to award a contract for its T-X trainer, and should get a funding boost in 2019.
USAF Short About 200 Maintainers, Pilot Training Continues: SecAF After boosting its maintainer ranks in recent months, the Air Force says it's now only 200 airmen short in the field.
Enlisted Drone Program Expands as Air Force Seeks More Operators The Air Force Personnel Center will decide on 40 new airmen out of 134 applicants by next month.
Air Force to Roll Out PT Test for Specific Career Fields This marks the first time specific career fields will have "occupationally specific and operationally relevant standards.
New Air Force Pilot Training Study to Include Enlisted Airmen The announcement of the inclusion comes as the Air Force suffers from a growing pilot shortage.
Air Force Special Operations Forces Train for Next Dynamic Battlefront From engaging in firefights to confined space rescue, the goal for special operators will be to balance all demands put on...
Peterson Air Force Base Hosts High-altitude Training for Afghan Pilots Afghan pilots, maintainers and instructor pilots from the 81st Fighter Squadron came to conduct high-altitude training in the...
Special Tactics Airmen Execute Amphibious Training Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron conducted an amphibious training operation along the west coast of Okinawa...
Top Enlisted Leaders Say They Support Extending Parental Leave Period to 2 Years Two House lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require the Defense Department to standardize parental leave policies...
Trump Administration Fires Female Vice Admiral Amid Widening Purge of Military Officers Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield who began her career as a helicopter pilot and was the first woman to be president of the Naval...
Troops Booted over COVID-19 Vaccine Are Being Offered Back Pay But Not Huge Payouts The Pentagon, acting on orders from President Donald Trump, has begun to lay out the details of its plan to woo back...
Veterans, Service Members Detail Health Struggles from Toxic Exposure at Domestic Bases Leading Democrats in Congress are turning their attention to service members exposed to toxins at domestic military bases and...
Top Marine Says Service Has Finally Settled on 13-Grunt Rifle Squads The commandant said that the changes were informed by bottom-up feedback from Marines in the fleet, "empowered by our...
