It has been decades since enlisted airmen had the chance to sit in the cockpit. But as the Air Force faces the greatest pilot shortages since its inception, service leaders are contemplating a ...

Noncommissioned and senior noncommissioned officers interested in transferring to the Air Force's new Enlisted Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pilot (Air Force Specialty Code 1U1X1) have until Nov. 15 ...

The US Air Force might have a successful program on its hands, after 800 airmen applied to become the service's first enlisted drone pilots. According to an Air Force Personnel Center press ...

Certain retired officers and enlisted personnel could return to ... focused on bringing back Air Force pilots. However the Air Force ended it at the close of 2020. It received more than 300 ...

A prior enlisted airman, Schmitz got his pilot ... but “never gave up on his lifelong goal of flying for the United States Air Force as a pilot.” After receiving his commission through ...

Becoming fighter pilots Air Force Maj. Tyler "Slasher" Clark ... backseat flying, and seeing the enlisted personnel in action. Select candidates join the demo early in the show season to see ...

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Jim Akin carried an estimated 10,000 paratroopers as a pilot, and when he skydived at 99 years old ...

Women first came Fort Jackson, the Women Auxiliary Army Corps came to fort Jackson in April of 1943, 133 ladies were assisted ...

The United States Air Force (USAF ... All Thunderbird pilots fly with the display team for two years, while enlisted personnel who look after the aircraft and logistics serve three to four ...

A pilot who ejected from an F-35B over ... About Stephen Losey Stephen Losey is the air warfare reporter for Defense News. He ...

Air Force Maj. Tyler "Slasher" Clark, a right-side formation pilot, said he was inspired to become a fighter ... The tryouts consist of multiple rounds of interviews, backseat flying, and seeing the ...

Air Force Maj. Tyler "Slasher" Clark, a right-side formation pilot, said he was inspired to ... and seeing the enlisted personnel in action. Select candidates join the demo early in the show ...