The Air Force Wants to Overhaul Pilot Training. But It Has to Win Over the Skeptics First Critics are dubious of the plans to increase reliance on virtual technologies in place of hands-on experience.
After 110 Years of Aviation, Navy Gets Its First Black Female Fighter Pilot Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle recently completed the service's Tactical Air (Strike) training program in the T-45C Goshawk.
Air Force F-15 Pilot Makes 1st Flight Since Near-Death Electrocution Experience Air Force Lt. Col. Jonathan Kassebaum earned his wings back with a training sortie.
The Air Force Risks a Drone Pilot Shortage, GAO Finds The U.S. Air Force needs to distribute and retain drone pilots and sensor operators more effectively.
Air Force Takes First Step to Buy Maternity Flight Suits Last year, the Air Force announced it had begun allowing some female pilots to stay in the cockpit longer while pregnant.
Two Jet Pilots from Carrier Roosevelt Safe After Ejecting in Philippine Sea An F-A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the carrier Theodore Roosevelt took a swim in the Philippine Sea.
For the First Time in a Decade, the Air National Guard Will Miss Its Retention Goal The Guard will fall roughly 1,000 members short of its projected 107,700 goal.
Air Force Preparing for Furloughed Commercial Pilots to Request Return to Duty 200 pilots have chosen to stay in the Air Force as major airlines operate in a limited capacity during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Marine Recruiters Want Cutting-Edge VR Flight Simulators to Attract Pilots The goal is not only to attract pilots with the cutting-edge systems, but also future maintainers and crew chiefs.
The Air Force Will No Longer Reject Pilot Applicants for Being Too Short The service has decided to ditch the initial height requirement altogether to court more aviators.
Marine Recruiter Who Wrote ‘Memoir’ About Teenage Recruit Sentenced to Prison Nearly a year after then-Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne self-published a memoir about his inappropriate relationship with...
Five Chinese Nationals Charged with Covering Up Midnight Visit to Michigan Military Site U.S. authorities charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks, more than a year after they were...
Air Force Has a Problem Recruiting for Special Warfare Jobs, New Report Finds The Rand Corp. released a study detailing the issues the Air Force has faced in getting recruits to join Special Warfare...
1,000 Active-Duty Soldiers Called Up to Assist with Hurricane Helene Response The 1,000 troops, an Infantry Battalion Task Force formed from the XVIII Airborne Corps, are from the 82nd Airborne Division...
Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East The Army was testing at least one armed quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle at an installation in Saudi Arabia.