A federal judge has ordered the Defense Department to give him more time to consider a lawsuit challenging the rollout of its new National Security Personnel System, directing DOD to delay the rollout of the system until March 1. No sweat, since Pentagon officials just last week postponed Phase 1 rollout until April 30.
The Air Force is on track to reach its annual goal of graduating 1,500 new pilots that had proved elusive to this point, one year after the service launched a sweeping overhaul of its undergraduate pilot training program, Air Education and Training Command said Sept. 14.


