This may be a first. The Air Force has selected two instructor pilots, who happen to be husband and wife, to train as B-2 bomber pilots. Currently, Capt. Rob Makros and Capt. Beth Makros serve as T-38 IPs at Vance AFB, Okla. They will transfer to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, Mo., in July. They have not always been this lucky, spending much of their six years in the Air Force apart.
Amid a high-profile recruiting crisis, Air Force leaders and experts have increasingly noted the challenging long-term trends the service will face in enticing young Americans to sign up—decreasing eligibility to serve, less propensity to do so, and less familiarity with the military. But while those same leaders say there’s no “silver…