Latest "pilot training" stories

Romania inaugurates an F-16 pilot training center for NATO, Ukraine

The training facility, situated at an air base in Fetesti in southeast Romania, will aim to increase interoperability between NATO allies.

3 weeks ago

Meet one of the few airmen to ever hit 10,000 flying hours

Lt. Col. Bob Volpe has flown trainer and cargo aircraft since 1990.

By Rachel S. Cohen

5 weeks ago

Air Force to fall nearly 150 pilots short of annual training goal

The shortfall makes it more difficult for the service to fill a pilot shortage of around 2,000 people that has persisted for years.

By Rachel S. Cohen

3 months ago

Ukrainian pilots will learn to fly F-16s at US Air Force’s 162nd Wing

Ukrainian pilots with prior experience flying other fighters could learn to fly the F-16 in as short as five months, the Air Force said.

By Noah Robertson and Stephen Losey

4 months ago

T-7 Red Hawk trainer jet takes its first flight

Its flight marks the beginning of the T-7′s final development phase before Boeing starts producing military-ready jets.

By Rachel S. Cohen

5 months ago

Austin hopes F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots will begin in weeks

F-16 jets will bolster Ukraine in the long run but not necessarily as part of a spring counteroffensive against Russia.

7 months ago