While some future Air Force pilots wait for cockpits to open up so they can start training, they’re doing everything from public affairs to marshaling aircraft on the flight line, the head of the 19th Air Force said recently—highlighting the persistent problems the service faces ...
The Air Force has fully implemented its new syllabus for training pilots, Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT), formerly known as "UPT 2.5," the head of the service’s flying training enterprise said recently. But more tweaks might be coming, Maj. Gen. Clark Quinn, the commander of the ...