Air Force chief of staff: Pilots getting half the training they need
Phillip Swarts, Air Force Times 5:03 a.m. EDT August 14, 2016
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Air Force pilots today are receiving about half the home-station training that new Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said he received when he was a captain flying F-16s.
“On average I would go to three flag exercises a year, plus I would do a rotation with the National Training Center, with the Army, and that would be a normal battle rhythm,” Goldfein said Wednesday during his ‘State of the Air Force’ briefing at the Pentagon with Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James.
“Today’s pilot, based on the size of the force, the age of the force, and continuing op tempo demand in Central Command, is getting about half of that,” he said. “We’re able to maintain a higher state of readiness forward, where the combat commanders need it, but the bill payer is home station.”
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