The Air Force's Virtual Reality Fighter Training Is Working Best for 5th-Gen Pilots The Air Force is finding that virtual reality fighter pilot training is working best for students who want to fly the most...
After Fatal Jet Crash, the Pilots Got Blamed. Then the Air Force Banned the Flight Maneuver A student pilot and his instructor died in the November 2019 accident.
Is Augmented Reality the Future of Dogfight Training? This Company Thinks So A company wants to prepare more Air Force fighter pilots to dogfight Chinese and Russian opponents by using artificial...
This New Air Force Training Center Will Prep Pilots for War with China and Russia The Air Force is looking to link real and simulated environments at a new training center.
The Air Force Is Making Changes to Its Enemy Capture Survival School The U.S. Air Force's survival school is putting a new training model to the test during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Air Force Shortens Recruit Training, Shifts to New Base Amid Pandemic Officials are also working to reschedule recruit accessions into BMT to better filter trainees through the pipeline.
Special Tactics Airman Who Died During Training Swim Identified Multiple agencies joined in a search effort.
Special Tactics Airman Dies During Combat Dive Training A Special Tactics airman died while participating in the Air Force Combat Dive Course at the Naval Support Activity Center.
The Air Force Is Calling Off Its 'Fly-Only' Track Experiment Despite high hopes, there are only two airmen currently utilizing Air Mobility Command's Aviator Technical Track.
Air Force Announces New Entry Program for Enlisted Special Warfare Training The U.S. Air Force has created a new single-entry program for recruits interested in special warfare careers.
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...