pilot shortage

Air Force pilot shortage may take decades to fix, but service is making headway

It may take 20 years or more before the Air Force has its pilot shortage situation back to where it is breaking even.

Air Force

Senior Airman Peter Reft/Senior Airman Peter Reft

Air Force cuts number of occupations available for reenlistment bonuses as retention flourishes

Air Force

(Staff Sgt. Kayla White/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Air Force filling its employment holes, looking to improve leadership

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(U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Haley Stevens)

Army’s 18th Airborne Corps picks first winner in innovation challenge

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, right, sitting next to Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert B. Neller, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on long-term budgetary challenges. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

First Look

More pilots are staying in the Air Force and others may come home this fall

Air Force

U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard gets new icebreaker, still needs more to compete in Arctic

Federal Newscast

Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chelsea Troy Milburn

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Joe Tyson, front, and Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Jake Anderson, both assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), man MK 38 MOD 2 mount consoles in the ship's pilot house during an integrated training team (ITT) drill. Dewey is on a scheduled deployment to conduct operations in the Indo-Pacific region. It will also support the Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) in order to advance U.S. Pacific Fleet's Up-Gunned ESG concept and will train with forward-deployed amphibious ships across all mission areas.

Navy’s pilot shortage may be shored up by 2023, but then the real challenge begins

Navy

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Wing, RAF Mildenhall, U.K., performs a flyover during the Mi Amigo 75th anniversary flypast event at Endcliffe Park, Sheffield, U.K., Feb. 22, 2019. The aircraft flew over the park where thousands of U.K. residents honored the memory of the ten fallen U.S. Airmen who died when their war-crippled B-17 Flying Fortress crash landed to avoid killing residents and nearby children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Zima)

New study shows grim outlook for future of Air Force pilot shortage

Reporter's Notebook

The U.S. flag flies at half-staff during a public viewing of Thomas S. Monson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. Monson spent more than five decades serving in top church leadership councils, making him a well-known face and personality to multiple generations of Mormons.
He died on Jan. 2 at the age of 90. (Kristin Murphy/Deseret News via AP)

Office of Government Ethics to feds: ‘We know how to rebuild the public’s trust’

Federal Newscast

Air Force beefing up pilot pipeline in 2019 budget to deal with shortage

Air Force

Oldies but goodies: Air Force looks to retirees to help pilot shortage

Air Force

Navy, Congress put money on pilot shortage

The Navy announced its bonus reenlistment numbers for pilots in 2018. Meanwhile, Congress is trying to give more money to the Air Force to retain pilots.

Air Force

Pilots with the 33rd Fighter Wing prepare to take off during exercise Northern Lightning at Volk Field, Wis., Aug. 26, 2016. Northern Lightning is a joint total force exercise that gives the Air National Guard, Air Force and Navy a chance to practice offensive counter air, suppression and destruction of enemy air defense and close air support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stormy Archer)

New Air Force secretary announces new pilot incentives, bashes budget unpredictability

In one of her first public appearances, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson gives pilots more flexibility in contract lengths.

Air Force

Air Force puts money where its mouth is to retain airmen

Air Force

The 2018 budget proposal funds programs that will keep airmen in the service and better their life outside the military.