Fast track to spy plane training opens for Air Force student pilots
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By JENNIFER H. SVAN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: October 2, 2018
The obstacles to soaring 70,000 feet above the Earth are about to shrink for future U.S. Air Force pilots.
The Air Force is launching an experimental program to put pilots into the cockpit of the legendary U-2 spy plane faster and earlier in their careers. The move is in line with a service effort to increase pilot production in all airframes.
The change means that beginning this fall, students in undergraduate pilot training may select the U-2 on their “dream sheets,†just as they would for any other plane, Air Force officials at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., said Monday.
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