US Aviation Academy has secured a 10-year contract worth $835m from the US Air Force (USAF) to provide Initial Pilot Training ...

The newly awarded contract reflects broader efforts by the Air Force to modernize training, expand capacity, and reduce ...

US Aviation Academy has won an $835.6M US Air Force contract to provide early-stage pilot training through 2035 under a ...

The T-7 Red Hawk is meant to teach student pilots how to fly fifth-generation aircraft such as the F-35. Air Force officials laid out their plans for teaching instructor pilots on the T-7, and then ...

Lt. Col. Michael Trott has already achieved his childhood dream of becoming an Air Force pilot. Now he’s preparing to mark a milestone in the Air Force’s goal to modernize pilot training. Trott, call ...

Air Force Lt. Col. Phillip “Clean” Bourquin, 99th Flying Training Squadron director of operations, and Steve “Bull” Schmidt, Boeing test pilot, prepare to disembark the T-7A Red Hawk after its ...

However, not all Air Force bases are expansive hubs filled with combat aircraft and long flight lines. Some of the service’s ...

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (KOAA) — The shelves in Samantha Weeks' home office are filled with reminders of her 23 years as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force. The retired Colonel's dream to become a ...

For the first time the U.S. Air Force has chosen a foreign school to train its pilots, with the first 10 students arriving soon in Italy. The Italian Air Force and the U.S. Air Force announced a ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - The Air Force is laying the groundwork to start incorporating the T-7A Red Hawk into its pilot training operations. But the service is still about two years away from the first ...