Pilot shortage: new report calls for more Air Force fighters and larger Reserve

stlbeacon.org - 1/25/2025

The Air Force has long struggled with a shortage of fighter pilots, with 1,150 empty billets in 2024, and aviators leaving the service in droves. How can they turn things around? Buy more planes and keep more pilots in its reserve component, says a new policy paper from a prominent aerospace think tank.

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