US Air Force Pilots Lack Sufficient Sortie Experience for Combat Operations

US Air Force pilots lack sufficient sortie experience for combat operations

MIAS expert John Venable noted that the pilot shortage facing the US military is anecdotally 4,000 open slots, though the official number is 2,000.

️ US fighter pilots are being grounded out of combat readiness

American fighter pilots are getting so little time in the cockpit that many are nowhere near the historically considered necessary sortie rates, reports the Military Times.nondeployed fighter pilots are reportedly getting about one...

Air Force Fighter Pilots Plunge Below Sortie Minimums for Combat Readiness

America’s fighter pilots are flying far too little to meet the Air Force standard for combat mission readiness, according to a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies expert. The alarming shortfall leaves pilots receiving only a fraction of the training sorties required for a high end fight. An average fighter pilot needs roughly nine or 10 […]