Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee pushed Air Force officials on Tuesday for a near-term plan to ameliorate the service's burgeoning fighter pilot shortage, a deficit that is projected to increase to 834 by 2022. During a March 8 hearing on Air Force modernization, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) noted the service is currently 511 fighter pilots short of its total manning requirement. While Air Force officials assured the committee the service would bring forth a plan next year to...
