The thunderous roar of afterburners echoed across Vance Air Force Base once again on December 1, 2023, as the U.S. Air Force’s entire T-38 Talon fleet officially returned to flying status. After a ...
As the USAF moves ahead with the phaseout of its T-38 training jets, a common sight in Oklahoma since the 1960s, leadership ...
Epic Flight Academy has graduated its first group of U.S. Air Force pilots who completed Initial Pilot Training (IPT) at its New Smyrna Beach, Florida, campus. The officers trained under an ...
U.S. Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) was exceptionally demanding, characterized by a high washout rate and intense competition among students, even during periods of high pilot demand ...
Cadets march onto the terrazzo to start the Air Force Academy’s class of 2020 graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 18, 2020. There were 967 cadets who crossed the stage to ...
Pilot training costs are dependent on a number of factors—how expensive the plane is, how much maintenance it requires, how many instructors are available, and so on. Training a US Air Force pilot is ...