Thread: Air Force may recall up to 1,000 retired military pilots to address 'acute shortage'
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Old October 22nd 17, 01:51 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Default Air Force may recall up to 1,000 retired military pilots to address 'acute shortage'
On 2017-10-21 23:42:04 +0000, "Byker" said:

"Miloch" wrote in message news

http://abcnews.go.com/US/air-force-r...ry?id=50629597

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United States Air Force could recall as many as 1,000 retired military
pilots to active-duty service to address an acute shortage in its ranks.

Sounds like "stop-loss" to me. If these pilots are of retirement age,
how well are they expected to perform in the cockpit of, say, an F-35?

My 94 year old P-47/P-38/P-51 pilot father was thinking the same thing,
but then he went into reserve in 1947.
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Savageduck