Do you think you’re too short or too tall to become a pilot in the world’s greatest Air Force? Fear not, you may still have a chance.
The Air Force is encouraging aspiring aviators who don’t meet height, or anthropometric, standards to continue to pursue their dreams of flying and apply for waivers to reach their goal.
fter an 18-year break in service, Staff Sgt. Nino Rosado, a Virginia native, started his new Air Force career off by earning a 100% average in the 363rd Training Squadron F-22 aircraft armament apprentice course, earning the ace award.
During the 12-block, 37 academic-day course, Rosado and other students in the course learn how to load, unload and position munitions on an aircraft; check and electrically test aircraft weapons release and...
First Lt. Russell Driggers had just finished his fourth or fifth night of combat operations as an F-15C Eagle pilot in 1999 as part of Operation Allied Force, a NATO-led effort to end the ethnic cleansing of Kosovar Albanians in Serbia.
He was watching a CNN report before he reported to work the next morning, he said, when images of an elderly Kosovar Albanian woman fleeing persecution were shown. He said it was the first time he felt the...
To maintain the title of the world’s greatest Air Force, it is imperative to keep moving forward. To commit to never being stagnant. To find creative solutions, think outside the box, and always adapt and overcome.
Sheppard AFB has made the commitment to growth through innovative training on the ground and in the sky through the use of virtual reality for student pilots and Airmen in technical training. Some of this technology will be...
Air Education and Training Command hosted a fly-in event in Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 18-21, 2019, one that brought together a small sorority of Air Force aviators ranging from fighter to cargo pilots, boom operators and load masters to special aviation operators.
The AETC Women’s Fly-In Event took aim at recognizing, valuing and leveraging the differences and similarities which make the Air Force better and stronger, a diversity that is...
