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...
Legacy, 5th-generation Aircraft Unite at Checkered Flag Checkered Flag 16-1, a large-force exercise which gives a large number of legacy and fifth-generation aircraft the chance to...
Facing Pilot Shortfall, Air Force Challenged to Train Foreign Aviators U.S. Air Force is challenged to train a rising number of foreign aviators, the service's top civilian said.
The Email Chain Heard 'Round the Corps: Top Enlisted Leader Makes Surprise Visit to Corporal's Graduation Cpl. Andrew Hundley never expected fame, but after becoming a Marine Corps sensation overnight, he wields it with humility...
Retired Rear Admiral Who Served Under Trump Warns of Plans to Politicize Military Justice System Retired Rear Adm. Jim McPherson warned that the Trump administration and leaders in the Pentagon have politicized the...
Pentagon Proposes Ending 14 Advisory Panels, Including Historic Committee Focused on Women in the Services As part of a review to determine whether the boards provide value and contribute to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's vision...
Army Faces Backlash over Plan to Divert Barracks Funds to Border Mission The decision, reported last week by Military.com, would gut a key portion of the Army's Facilities Sustainment, Restoration...
US Soldier Gets 23 Years for Killing His Pregnant Wife with a Machete And Dumping Her in the Trash Pfc. Dewayne Johnson II pleaded guilty earlier in the week to voluntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice and providing...