Midknight Review -- new and revised: Did you know that the Air Force is 2,000 fighter pilots short of being at full force.

Did you know that the Air Force is 2,000 fighter pilots short of being at full force.

The Air Force has long grappled with fighter pilot shortage. A number of factors contribute to creating a shortage, a 2015 Rand Corporation study noted and explained:

The key elements that determine the size of the pilot inventory are the capacity to train new pilots (production), the capacity to introduce new pilots into operational units and give them enough flying time to turn them into experienced pilots (absorption), and the retention of experienced pilots that largely determines how many new pilots are required each year (sustainment).

The commercial airline industry poses the biggest threat to Air Force recruitment, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gina M. Grosso told Congress in March and noted an “unprecedented” hiring spree to fill an upcoming retirement surge among elderly pilots.
“These annual hiring levels are expected to continue for the next 10 to 15 years,” she declared.
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The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

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Did you know that the Air Force is 2,000 fighter pilots short of being at full force.

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