RAF Training Pipeline Improving After 'External Shocks,' Chief Says

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Credit: USAF
LONDON–Throughput of the UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF) pilot training pipeline is improving, the head of the service insists, after student pilots faced a seven-year wait to reach the front line. The current wait for students to reach the front line is five years and will fall to four years in 2024...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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