WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
Just over a year after overhauling its flight training enterprise, the Air Force is on track to graduate 1,500 new pilots this fiscal year - validating a modernized model built with the speed and agility needed to meet rising global operational demands.
According to Air Education and Training Command (https://www.aetc.af.mil/) officials, crossing this threshold confirms the Future of Undergraduate Pilot Training (FUPT) initiative as a viable, sustainable framework to help close the service's nearly 2,407-pilot shortfall.
"Reaching 1,500 pilots is a milestone, but it is not the finish line," said Lt. Gen. Clar...