The Air Force says that airmen using CLEP—the College Level Examination Program—and Excelsior exam program to gain college credit without attending class, saved the government some $300,000 this past year. The service doesn’t know how much each airman saved, but the programs save both dollars and time in a classroom. Want to know more, read here.
The crash of a T-38 trainer jet this May—which caused a weekslong pause in flights across the fleet—was caused by an improperly installed pin for one of the jet’s horizontal stabilizers, according to a new accident report released Oct. 30. When the pin disengaged midflight, it created the slightest amount…