The Most Read Stories This Week on Military.com -- April 6, 2018

Here's a look at the most popular stories this week on Military.com.

Air Force May Approve Enlisted Pilots for First Time in 75 Years

Eugene Taylor remembers how eager enlisted airmen like him were to fly. Taylor, who enlisted in 1968 and deployed to Vietnam, first worked as an avionics technician. Nearly a decade later, Taylor, a tech sergeant, became a T-37 and T-38 flight simulator instructor with the 71st Flying Training Wing at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. He became so adept that he was occasionally given the chance to fly the T-38, with permission from the pilot, during stateside flights.

By Oriana Pawlyk | Read more

Shulkin's Trip Scandal Hurt Fight To Slow 'Choice Effect' On VA

Concerned Veterans for America, a group of policy advocates funded by the billionaire Koch brothers, who want to shrink the size of federal bureaucracies including the Department of Veterans Affairs, appears to have won a major victory with President Trump’s firing of Dr. David Shulkin as VA secretary.

By Tom Philpott | Read more

Virginia Governor OKs Paying 'Norfolk Four' $3.5M

Gov. Ralph Northam has signed legislation to provide nearly $3.5 million in compensation to the "Norfolk Four," the U.S. Navy sailors who were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for a 1997 rape and murder.

By Logan Bogert | Read more

Most Read in Army

• Army May Extend Basic Training, Introduce New Fitness Regime
• 3 Former US Army Soldiers Go on Trial in Contract Killing

Most Read in Navy

• Former Navy Sailor Convicted of Distributing Video of Drowning Puppies
• Naval Aviators Say They Were Kicked Out of Training Due to Racial Bias

Most Read in Air Force

• Air Force Veteran Sues After Being Pulled from Ceremony Mid-Speech
• Racial Slurs on Air Force Facebook Group Spark Investigation

Most Read in Marine Corps

• Body Found off Interstate 95 Identified as Missing Marine Recruit
• Marine Corps Identifies Four Killed in Super Stallion Crash

Most Read in Technology

• Army Hopes to Start Fielding New Binocular-Style NVGs by Fall
• Russia Sells Turkey Missiles It Claims Can Take Out F-35s

Most Read in Gear and Fitness

• Army Investing in More Night Vision Goggles, Thermal Weapon Sights
• 10 Things to Consider When Training for Any Tactical Fitness Goal

Most Read in Business

• Navy Adds $57 Million to Pay for Repair of Damaged Destroyer
• SOCOM Supply Snafu Results in Millions of Dollars in Excess Gear

Most Read in Spouse and Family

• Yes, Military Proxy Weddings Are Still a Thing
• United Airlines Confirms: Troops Can Ship Their Pets from Guam

Most Read in Entertainment

• 9 Top Fitness YouTubers Who Are Veterans
• 21 Ridiculous Things You Only Know If You Lived There: Fort Bragg

Most Read in Pay and Benefits

• The 3 Biggest Mistakes Service Members Are Making With Their Money
• Use These Money Routines to Rescue Military Life

Most Read in Veterans

• Vet: Family to Join Adopted Daughter in South Korea if She Is Deported
• Louis Loftus, Afghanistan Veteran Known for 2010 NBC Interview, Dies at 30

-- Sean Mclain Brown can be reached at sean.brown@military.com. Follow him on Twitter at @seanmclainbrown