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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...
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