Want Combat Airpower? Then Fix the Air Force Pilot Crisis
Bottom line: the Air Force’s pilot corps is now too small to sustain a healthy combat force that can prevail in a peer conflict and meet the nation’s other national security requirements. Heather “Lucky” Penney discusses her new paper, “Want Combat Airpower? Then Fix the Air Force Pilot Crisis” with Lt Gen Gus Guastella, USAF (Ret) and Lt Gen Marc Sasseville, USAF (Ret).
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