The Air Force's pilot training command must simul-taneously answer two urgent, yet contradictory requirements: Train more pilots, but to a higher standard. Even better, invest less to train each pilot-and do it in less time. USAF is short about 2,000 pilots today across all com-ponents and commands from its total requirement of about 20,000. But because the Air Force has been losing pilots at an accelerating pace in recent years this is not a problem that can be solved quickly. Best case, officiais say, the service will reach 95 percent pilot manning by the end of Fiscal 2023.
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