Air Force revamps its special warfare training pipeline

Starting in November, Air Force special warfare students will go through a 16-week “Zulu Course" on combat skills after the ...
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The U.S. Air Force Will Soon Have 32 Extra F-22 ‘Combat Coded’ Stealth Fighters

The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with a plan to upgrade its oldest, training-only F-22 Raptors (Block 20) to a ...
Military.com

Lessons from the Korean War: How Air Combat Then Still Shapes U.S. Tactics Today

When the Korean War began in 1950, the United States entered a new era of air combat it barely understood. Pilots trained for the piston-engine battles of World War II suddenly faced jet fighters that ...

This Air Force program forged ties with foreign militaries. Now it's on the chopping block.

Thousands of foreign troops and pilots have studied English and sampled American culture at Lackland Air Force Base. The ...
Flightglobal

US Air Force test pilots ferried Super Tucanos with ‘zero formal flight training’

The US Air Force (USAF) has formally begun operations with the Embraer A-29C Super Tucano turboprop, which is being incorporated into the service’s test pilot programme at Edwards AFB in California.
The Aviationist

U.S. Air Force Student Pilots Will Train at the International Flight Training School in Italy

For the first time the U.S. Air Force has chosen a foreign school to train its pilots, with the first 10 students arriving soon in Italy. The Italian Air Force and the U.S. Air Force announced a ...