December 31, 2021
Naval Aviators Warn of Training Deficit to Prepare for War with China
The Navy’s pilots aren’t ready to do battle with a high-tech foe such as China, according to a 2019 panel of young aviators.
by David Axe Follow @daxe on Twitter L
Here's What You Need to Remember: China’s rise as an economic and military power, and Russia’s own military resurgence, ended the calm -- and revealed that U.S. naval aviation was unprepared for major warfare.
A panel of young aviators voiced a harsh warning to the audience at the U.S. Navy’s annual Tailhook aviation convention in Nevada in September 2019.
The Navy’s pilots aren’t ready to do battle with a high-tech foe such as China. The sailing branch’s planes must improve. Its training, too.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/naval-aviators-warn-training-deficit-prepare-war-china-198681
