Goldfein: Air Force has no plans to issue pilot stop-loss

By Courtney Albon / April 12, 2017 at 2:02 PM
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said this week the Air Force is not considering a stop-loss as an option to address its pilot shortfall. "I want to make it as clear as I can . . . I am not considering a stop-loss," Goldfein said during an April 12 event at The Heritage Foundation. “It's a tool in the secretary's tool bag used when we're in a state of emergency. We're not in a state of emergency.”...

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