Navy Capt. Curt Goldacker, commander of Training Air Wing One at NAS Meridian, Miss., wants to join forces with the Air Force at Columbus AFB, Miss., to train pilots. According to the Associated Press news service, Goldacker and Columbus officials are working on a dual training plan called the “Good Neighbor Project.” One thing they might do, he says, is exchange instructor pilots.
In the face of Chinese war plans to disrupt U.S. command-and-control networks in the event of a conflict, the Air Force needs to focus less on its “connect everything” efforts and prepare its combat aviators to fight without a constant connection to higher-ups, according to a new report from AFA’s…
