The complete base guide to Laughlin Air Force Base
Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas is the largest pilot training base in the Air Force. It’s home to the 47th Flying Training Wing and the Air Education and Training…
The Air Force just cut the time it needs to train pilots almost in half
Seven Air Force officers made history by becoming the first to graduate from a new pilot program earlier this month. The “Accelerated Path to Wings” (nicknamed XPW) program promises to…
This video shows a bizarre part of North Korean fighter pilot training
The 24-hour Korean-language YTN News Network based in Seoul, South Korea broadcasted video of North Korean dictator and alleged Swiss chocolate enthusiast Kim Jong Un looking at the “unusual” fighter training methods of the North Korean Air Force.…
Dogfighting at 9Gs: Like ‘aiming through a toilet paper roll’
If you have any hope of winning, your strength has to be greater than your opponent’s weakness. As a young second lieutenant in pilot training, I learned that lesson the hard way.
I was flying a Basic Fighter Maneuver Flight, also known as do…