An Air Force instructor pilot died Tuesday morning from injuries sustained after an ejection seat activated during ground operations Monday afternoon. On Wednesday, the Air Force identified the pilot as Capt. John Robertson of the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas....
The Air Force's annual pilot production goals often prove elusive. ByRachel S. Cohen Maintainers work on an F-15E at RAF Lakenheath, England, in 2019. The Air Force wants to smooth the transition from tech school to operational units. (Senior Airman Malcolm Mayfield/Air Force) Rethinking th...
Col. Bob "Legend" Volpe, an instructor pilot at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, reached an uncommon milestone: 10,000 hours in the cockpit. He got there through a combination of years in the Air Force Reserve, avoiding command jobs that would have taken him out of the cockpit and ...
USAF Instructor Flight School, 1 October 1949 – 1 December 1951 USAF Interceptor Weapons School, 20 August 1956 – 1 March 1970 73d Air Division, 1 July 1957 – 1 April 1966 4756th Air Defense Wing, 1 July 1957 – 1 January 1968 4756th Drone Squadron 1957 年 7 月 1 日 - ...
Staff sergeants and technical sergeants could already teach and mentor prospective officers at the U.S. Air Force Academy and Officer Training School, but not at ROTC. That began to change with a pilot program last year. Eight enlisted airmen with the academy’s leadership ...
Air Force Rpa Pilot in California: $100,129. Airpower will always be in high demand, and our operational readiness hinges on retaining a force of skilled and experienced aviators, said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., As we explore and employ a variety of tools to assist ...
Learn more Personalized training "I was a bit scared that it was a small school... but with a lot of different courses. "Now after I finished my courses, I'm pretty much the opposite... "...having a couple educations from before, and my background in the Air Force, it...
She had, until 1969, held the record for being the youngest female pilot to hold an instructor's licence. She was the first woman in the UK to fly a 'prop-jet' on a scheduled service, and in 1968 she became the first woman to fly as a First Officer on a jet aircraft, when she...
Never a dull moment at the flight school. One of my fellow CFIs, an older and I thought wiser former US Air Force fighter pilot, took off when a massive thunderstorm was just about to hit the field. On board were a father and his 11 year-old daughter. I was looking out the first ...
The Boeing T-X aircraft, officially called the T-7A Red Hawk, is a new advanced training system being offered by Boeing in partnership with Saab for the T-X advanced pilot training programme of the US Air Force (USAF). Prime contractor Boeing entered a joint development agreement with Saab...