NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Air Force is looking at taking a step back from the specialized pilot training that it began investing in back in the 1990s and reverting to generalized pilot training -- a move that would call for the purchase of additional advanced trainers, known as the T-X aircraft. Gen. Edward Rice, the commander of Air Education and Training Command, told reporters today during the annual Air Force Association conference that if the Air Force reverted to...
