The service has nibbled at the edges of a 2,000-pilot shortage for years.
DoD is paying spouses' salaries for a 12-week fellowship with private companies during the three-year pilot program.
Kittinger, a Vietnam War fighter pilot and former POW, parachuted from 19 miles high, a record that stood for more than 50 years.
“Your body is very good at adjusting,” test pilot Lt. Col. Clifton Bell said. "I’ve yet to fly with windows that I have any concerns about.”
Retired Col. Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson, A 100-year-old World War II flying ace, received an honorary promotion to brigadier general.
The Air Force's annual pilot production goals often prove elusive.
Officials are investigating what caused the landing gear to fail.
Goodbye, T-1 Jayhawk. Hello, simulators.
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... a combat cat?
This is the eighth major T-38C mishap in the past five years.
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