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Veteran fighter pilots try to help close training gap
Veteran fighter pilots try to help close training gap
(EXCERPT) Associated Press SUMTER--The Air Force is dealing with a training gap, By pairing veteran Reserve fighter pilots with less-experienced fliers. While the Air Force needs 330 to 380 new pilots a year, it has the resources to train only 302, a Defense Department study found. Years of military downsizing and better commercial pilot pay has thinned the nation's military aviator ranks. "Now, we're trying to capture that experience that's walking out the door," Lt. Col. David "Picker" Cotton said. Reserve officers like Cotton have been helping close that gap through the Air Force's Fighter Associate Program. Cotton, a Reserve unit commander, and three other Reserve pilots are in the program at Shaw Air Force Base's 55th Fighter Squadron in Sumter. Cotton is the 55th's full-time instructor pilot. The 43-year-old Columbia native and Desert Storm veteran has more than 2,600 hours flying an F-16. He works in all phases of flying -- from mission planning through debriefing -- with less experienced pilots like Lt. Ted Schultz, 26, who has just 100 hours. A fighter pilot generally needs 500 flight hours to be considered fully... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 02 Dec 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.charleston.net/stories/12...02pilots.shtml --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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