Faced with a chronic pilot shortage and further affected by an inability to produce enough aviators to fill the gap, the U.S. Air Force has overhauled its initial pilot training program again by ...

Because everything can be heard by somebody.” A former Air Force fighter pilot, Maj. Anthony Bourke, added, “When you disclose operational security, people can get killed.” He said that ...

A separate Navy contract for its version of the NGAD fighter is still under competition between Northrop Grumman and Boeing.

a dozen Air Force and Navy fighter pilots said. Worse, they said, is that going forward, they can no longer be certain that the Pentagon is focused on their safety when they strap into cockpits.