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August 11, 2016

Stretched US Air Force faces fighter shortage
Washington (AFP) Aug 10, 2016
The US Air Force is facing a fighter pilot shortage as it scrambles to service an ever-growing array of air campaigns around the world, top officials said Wednesday. The shortfall will likely rise to more than 700 pilots (from a force size of 3,500 fighter pilots) by the end of this fiscal year, and as high as 1,000 in two years time, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and the service's Chief of Staff, General David Goldfein, told reporters. Goldfein said the situation was a "crisis." Air ... read more

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