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Teamwork: Simon Sinek Don't forget to push yourself outside of your comfort zone. "It is that well-oiled machine that makes the pilots and the United States Air Force such a remarkable organization."   |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2008
Susan Karlin |
James Brown: Above & Beyond This experimental test pilots are aviators trained in engineering and can convey problems and improvements for plane development. |
National Defense
December 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Drills Emphasize `Expeditionary' Combat Skills With the number of aircraft expected to shrink in the years ahead---particularly fighter jets---the service will require a different talent mix, and eventually will end up with fewer fighter pilots and more officers in other specialties considered more relevant to the war on terrorism |
National Defense
March 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Pilot Stress, Aging Equipment Cause Angst at D.C. Air Guard Defending the nation's capital from an aerial attack might seem a good enough reason to give a wing commander whatever he needs. But it has not worked out that way for the aviators of the District of Columbia Air National Guard. |
National Defense
July 2005
Michael Peck |
Air Force, Air Guard Pilots Merge in F/A-22 Wing Air National Guard pilots are training to fly the F/A-22 Raptor as part of an experimental combat unit that combines active duty and Guard fighter members. |
National Defense
July 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Eglin Prepares to Open F-35 Training Center Lockheed Martin Corp. is building a high-tech training center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., which will be used by all F-35 pilots and maintainers. |
Popular Mechanics
April 1, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
Inside the War Games for U.S. Air Force Fighter Pilots This week, warplanes from the Air National Guard 174th Fighter Wing will be flying training missions over the desert outside Nellis Air Force Base, trying desperately to compete during simulated combat over the high Nevada desert. |
National Defense
December 2015
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F-35 Program Ramps Up Training for Pilots, Technicians The F-35 joint strike fighter program is transitioning to a day when its pilots will come fresh out of flight school and the new jet fighter will be their first assignment. |
AskMen.com
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How To: Get A Private Pilot's License We are at a point now where human flight is open to just about everyone, even the likes of flyboys Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Accordingly, it's become painless for someone to get their private pilot's license. |
AskMen.com
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The Life Of A Test Pilot Find out what it's like trying to break airplanes for a living. |
National Defense
August 2008
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Predator Ground Stations Need Redesign, Say Pilots The demands for aerial surveillance in Iraq and Afghanistan grow by the day, and that means more Predator unmanned aircraft and pilots are needed. |
National Defense
September 2013
Dan Parsons |
Prime Contractors Chasing Big Business Retooling Old Fighters For the United States and its allies, the F-16 has proven time and again to be the perfect all-around, multi-mission fighter aircraft, and with ongoing delays in developing a revolutionary new plane, air forces are preparing to keep it flying for decades to come. |
Salon.com
August 23, 2002
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Ask the pilot How hard is it fly an airliner? And why can't I keep my tray table down during takeoff? |
National Defense
December 2013
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Air National Guard Considers Replacing Manuals With Tablets The Air National Guard is studying whether pilots may be able to replace paper copies of reference manuals with electronic versions stored on a tablet. |
National Defense
April 2010
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Fighter Pilot Simulation Depicts Nighttime Weapons Launch Some fighter pilots are now training with a simulator that can depict the effects of firing a weapon while using night vision goggles. |
Salon.com
July 12, 2002
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Up, locked, and loaded Should guns be allowed in the cockpit? Possibly, says Salon's aviation expert, but not at the expense of other solutions to air terror. |
PC Magazine
September 18, 2007 |
Resurrected on YouTube Thanks to YouTube, many failed pilots are finding new life online. In most cases, however, it is apparent that they shouldn't. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2005 |
Air Force Uses SGI Servers for Flight Simulator Leaders at the U.S. Air Force will use a new training facility designed by Lockheed Martin, MultiGen-Paradigm, and Silicon Graphics for night vision goggle training of its F-16 pilots. |
