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Air Force needs more fighter pilots for more airpower, report says

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The number of fighter pilots is decreasing. But a Washington think tank has an idea for how to stem the tide and bring seasoned airmen back into the fold.

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Air Force facing severe pilot, plane shortage for combat against top adversaries: Report

The U.S. Air Force doesn't have enough pilots to prevail in a conflict against a peer adversary like China or to meet the nation's other national security requirements, according to a recently released study by a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

26 days ago·United States

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Air Force Times

Air Force needs more fighter pilots for more airpower, report says

The number of fighter pilots is decreasing. But a Washington think tank has an idea for how to stem the tide and bring seasoned airmen back into the fold.

27 days ago·United States

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AVweb

Fighter Pilot Shortage Threatening Readiness

An aerospace think tank says a shortage of Air Force fighter pilots is being compounded by a shortage of airplanes and threatens its combat readiness. The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies says the impact of the shortages is exacerbated by declining pilot experience, which is threatening pilot survivability as a whole. “The Air Force’s pilot corps is now too small and poorly structured to sustain a healthy combat force that can prevail in…

27 days ago

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outono.net

Two former Spanish pilots talk about the Mirage III and Mirage F1 fighters

For several decades, the Spanish Air Force operated two notable French-made supersonic fighter aircraft. Supersonic 'Planchetas': an old film of the Mirage III of the Ala 11 of the Spanish Air Force The new life of some old Spanish Mirage F1 fighters as aggressors in the United States The Dassault Mirage III The first of […]

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