Pentagon Efforts To Address Pilot Shortage Have Not Produced Results

Two U.S. Air Force pilots in aircraft

The Air Force is accelerating pilot training on the T-6  as it faces a persistent aircrew shortage.

Credit: Senior Airman Kailee Reynolds/U.S. Air Force
For more than five years, the U.S. Air Force has deemed its pilot shortage a crisis. It has established a task force, approved large-scale increases in retention bonuses and found ways to streamline pilot production to put more personnel into its cockpits. Come fiscal 2023, the shortage has largely...

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