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First female sailor completes Navy special warfare training by   For the first time, a female sailor has successfully completed the grueling 37—week training course to become a Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crewman — the boat operators that transport Navy SEALs and conduct their own missions at sea. Navy officials said they would not identify the woman, who completed the final phases of training and graduated Thursday. (MC1 Anthony Walker/U.S. Navy via AP) WASHINGTON — For the...

Female Sailor Completes Navy Special Warfare Training For 1st Time For the first time, a female sailor has successfully completed the grueling 37-week training course to become a Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crewman. LOLITA C. BALDOR WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, a female sailor has successfully completed the grueling 37-week training course to become a Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crewman — the boat operators who transport Navy SEALs and conduct their own classifi...

Civilian-Trained Pilots May Get Leg Up in Air Force Career Through New Program Maj. Ryan Scott, 99th Flying Training Squadron “A” flight commander and T-1A Jayhawk instructor pilot, and 2nd Lt. Aimee St. Cyr, 99th FTS instructor pilot trainee, prepare to take off in a T1-A at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph May 16, 2016. (Lauren Ely/U.S. Air Force) 4 Jun 2021 Thirty-three aspiring Air Force pilots with previous flight experience they got as civilians have joined a new program that may allow...

As the U.S. government continues to charge current and former service members in relation to January 6, military courts typically aren’t the go-to option.

Air Force F-35 Stealth Fighters Now Outnumber its F-15s, A-10s U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters from the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla. perform an aerial refueling mission. (U.S. Air Force/Donald Allen) 8 May 2021 The U.S. Air Forces F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet has officially surpassed the number of F-15 Eagle jets and A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, becoming the second largest fighter jet fleet in its aircraft inventory, the services t...

Air Force Quietly Ends Program Allowing Retired Pilots to Return to Service A patch displaying the Deadly Black Eagle emblem is displayed on a flight suit of a 435th Fighter Training Squadron student pilot Jan. 5, 2016. (Beth Anschutz/U.S. Air Force) 30 Apr 2021 The U.S. Air Force has pulled the plug on a program that allowed retired pilots to come back to service. The service quietly canceled its Voluntary Retired Return to Active Duty Program, or VRRAD, program back in December, spokeswoman A...

Some Air Force Pilots Are Eligible for Up to $420K in Aviation Bonus Payments A 421st Fighter Squadron F-35A Lightning II pilot walks toward an aircraft during Red Flag 20-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 2, 2020. (U.S. Air Force/R. Nial Bradshaw) 16 Mar 2021 In its yearslong effort to get more pilots to stay in service, the U.S. Air Force is offering up to $420,000 in aviation bonuses over 12 years for some airmen, according to the services fiscal 2021 bonus program. Active-duty bomber, ...

The Air Force Wants to Outsource Some of Its Pilot Training to Private Companies Second Lt. Rafael Galvoa, 37th Flying Training Squadron student pilot, and 1st Lt. Thomas Buckley, 37th FTS instructor pilot, conduct pre-flight checks on a T-6 Texan II at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., Jan. 24, 2020. (Davis Donaldson/U.S. Air Force) 8 Mar 2021 The U.S. Air Force is looking to outsource solutions to boost its yearly pilot output and improve its training curriculum. During a two-day industry event...

Both Brown and Lyons think these efforts need to start early. “We want to better understand how can we identify these individuals during the recruitment process so that we can screen them and prevent them from joining the military, and we want to better understand what is it about the military environment that is attractive,” Brown said. Secretary Austin wrote this is just the first initiative. He closed his memo writing:  "We owe it to the oath we each took and the trust the American peop...

Air Force Reduces Exhibition Flights on New F-35 Engine Woes Bloomberg 2/10/2021 Tony Capaccio © Bloomberg An attendee takes a photograph of a U.S. Marine Corps. F-35B Lightning II fighter jet, manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corp., performing maneuvers during the Singapore Airshow at the Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Plane makers and airlines are exploring new designs to reduce fuel burn and cut carbon emissions in a warming climate. Ble...