Evaluator Pilot News Today

Tuesday, public officials honored Air Force Thunderbird Major Stephen Del Bagno, who was killed when his plane crashed during a routine demonstration and training flight in Nevada five years ago.

Lt. Col. Brian Sikkema flies air-to-air refuelling missions all over the world in the KC-135 Stratotanker for the US Air Force

The “Tell Me How” Ode to Flight. A New Classic? The “Tell Me How” Ode to Flight. A New Classic? Pilots the world over know the wonderful ode to flight written in the 1940s called High Flight. For seven decades this masterpiece has stood the test of time and could certainly be considered one of the classic poems of modern aviation. Now comes an entirely new ode, but equally emotional one, this ode written in 2020 by a F-35A Evaluator Pilot frustrated by the increasing reliance on simulat...