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.
Army Pilot’s Invention Enables Hyper-Realistic Low-Visibility Flight Training Using a smartphone app, an instructor can cause the visor to appear cloudy and partially or fully obscure the pilot's vision.
New Round of Incentives Aims to Keep Navy Pilots in Service Three key aviation bonus programs are expanding amid a Pentagon-wide aviator shortfall.
Coronavirus Pandemic Could Mitigate the Air Force's Pilot Shortage, General Says The head of the service's training command is hopeful some pilots may return during this difficult time.
Female Air Force Pioneer's Message to Women: 'Don't Ever Accept a Barrier' Retired Lt. Col. Kathy La Sauce, known as a mobility legend within the community and the Air Force, broke barriers.
The Air Force's Pilot Shortage Got Worse in 2019 The U.S. Air Force's pilot shortage continues to worsen, even after years of multi-pronged efforts to fix the problem.
The Air Force Is Calling Off Its 'Fly-Only' Track Experiment Despite high hopes, there are only two airmen currently utilizing Air Mobility Command's Aviator Technical Track.
Air Force Generals to Elon Musk: The Fighter Jet Era Isn't over Yet Musk ruffled feathers when he told a room full of pilots that "locally autonomous drone warfare is where it's at."
Air Force Misses New Pilot Goal Again as Service Pushes to Revolutionize Training The U.S. Air Force will fall short in its year-end production goal of reaching 1,480 pilots by the end of fiscal 2020.
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
'It's a Lottery': Why Foreign Volunteer Fought in Russia-Ukraine War Jack de Santis is a Croatian-born volunteer of the Ukrainian army who used his engineering, drone expertise to help fight...
Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, was indicted in April 2024 on four charges: wire fraud, stolen valor, theft of government funds, and...
Bravo Company Vietnam Veterans Honored with Long-Overdue Bronze Stars While it took more than five decades, 14 veterans of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, were...