USAF’s Pilot Shortage Worsens As Aircraft Issues Limit Training

A T-38 takes off for a pilot training mission at Sheppard AFB, Texas, in December 2021.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force lost some of its progress in addressing a lingering pilot shortage in 2022, with a reduction in pilot training coming in part because of problems with the aging Northrop T-38C Talon II training jet. At the end of fiscal 2022, the Air Force’s total force pilot shortage rose to 1...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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