A US Air Force ... the pilot identified as “Troy 21” tells a local air traffic controller in Los Angeles at 2:30 p.m. “But I just had something pass underneath my wing.

The 97th Air Mobility Wing in Altus, Oklahoma, is primarily a training base for many aspiring pilots and boom operators who join the U.S. Air Force. Many pilots and boom operators will get months ...

Faced with a chronic pilot shortage and further affected by an inability to produce enough aviators to fill the gap, the U.S. Air Force has overhauled its initial pilot training program again by ...