Latest "pilot training" stories

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Joseph Asenuga, an F-15C student pilot with the 173rd Fighter Wing, runs through the pre-flight checklist prior to today’s training flight at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, October 15, 2020. The 173rd FW is the sole F-15C training base for the United States Air Force, training both active duty Air Force and Air National Guard pilots. (Tech. Sgt. Jason van Mourik/Air National Guard)

Can the Air Force train nearly 1,500 pilots this year?

The Air Force's annual pilot production goals often prove elusive.

By Rachel S. Cohen

7 days ago

A graduate of the 49th Flying Training Squadron's Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals course walks in front of a T-38C Talon Nov. 11, 2020, on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. The T-38 is a two-seat trainer jet used by student pilots selected for the fighter track in pilot training. (Airman 1st Class Davis Donaldson/Air Force)

Pilot safe after landing gear fails in T-38C training jet mishap

Officials are investigating what caused the landing gear to fail.

By Rachel S. Cohen

2 weeks ago

Can the Air Force train new pilots without planes?

Goodbye, T-1 Jayhawk. Hello, simulators.

By Rachel S. Cohen

3 weeks ago

Pilot safe after Air Force T-38C training jet crashes in Mississippi

This is the eighth major T-38C mishap in the past five years.

By Rachel S. Cohen

4 weeks ago

Air Force praises new pilot training but struggles to hire instructors

It's unclear how many airmen have graduated from the new pilot training program overall.

By Rachel S. Cohen

8 weeks ago

Air Force changes formation approach rules — again — after fatal training jet crash

Second Lt. Anthony Wentz, 23, died in November 2021 while attempting a two-jet formation approach with two instructor pilots on a runway at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas.

By Rachel S. Cohen

7 months ago