USAF Explores Privatizing Helicopter Pilot Training

Airmen from the 23rd Flying Training Squadron land at Columbus AFB, Mississippi, in August 2020.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force wants to privatize its helicopter pilot training, turning to industry to provide all aspects of initial training for rotary-wing pilots. The service outlined its plan in a request for proposals (RFP) released Aug. 23, looking for an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity...
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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