{"id":46194,"date":"2020-09-17T14:06:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T14:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/17\/the-us-navy-is-short-almost-100-fighter-pilots\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:09:27","slug":"the-us-navy-is-short-almost-100-fighter-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/09\/17\/the-us-navy-is-short-almost-100-fighter-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Navy is short almost 100 fighter pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 A rash of technical and safety problems has left the U.S. Navy\u2019s fleet short by about 90 fighter pilots. Fixing the issue is an uphill battle, a top aviator said last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy has seen a slew of issues, including problems with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/02\/19\/inside-the-navys-fitful-fight-against-cockpit-oxygen-loss\/\" target=_blank>the oxygen flow to the pilots causing negative and unsafe physiological responses<\/a> in pilots and trainees, as well as readiness and engine trouble with aircraft. All of this has extended the time it takes to create a fighter pilot from three to four years, and the issues have created a gap in the number of pilots in the fleet, naval air training chief Rear Adm. Robert Westendorff said at a virtual Tailhook symposium on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can\u2019t just snap our fingers and produce those immediately. The time to train of a strike fighter pilot is about three years; due to the bottlenecks we\u2019ve had, its getting closer to four years,\u201d Westendorff said. \u201cWe\u2019re doing everything we can to get that back down to the three-year mark. But the recovery plan is a three-year plan. And if we stay on track, it should take us about three years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An issue with the T-45\u2032s engines \u201cdramatically reduced\u201d the availability of the aircraft this year, but the program is getting back on track, Westendorff said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the general shortfall of F\/A-18 Super Hornets throughout the fleet has impacted training, but Naval Aviation has been focused on bringing those numbers back up in recent years by fixing jets unable to fly for mechanical reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naval air training has been beset in recent years with controversy over the so-called physiological episodes, the cause of which has been very hard to pin down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy now believes it\u2019s a complex issue involving air flow and air pressure related to the breathing apparatus, and measures have been put in place to mitigate it, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2020\/06\/18\/navy-clear-on-causes-of-physiological-events-in-pilots-final-recommendations-released-for-pe-mitigation\" target=_blank>USNI News reported in June.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Navy is battling to get its fighter pilot training program back on track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":27222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":88,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[29,116,15,88],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3387],"class_list":["post-46194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-left-column","category-news","category-your-military"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"6GHAKLZJS5EPZCWRVANAIGNIB4","arc_canonical_url":"\/naval\/2020\/09\/17\/the-us-navy-is-short-almost-100-fighter-pilots\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The US Navy is short almost 100 fighter pilots - Military Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The US Navy is battling to get its fighter pilot training program back on track.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2020\/09\/17\/the-us-navy-is-short-almost-100-fighter-pilots\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The US Navy is short almost 100 fighter pilots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The US Navy is battling to get its fighter pilot training program back on track.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/09\/17\/the-us-navy-is-short-almost-100-fighter-pilots\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Military Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-17T14:06:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T22:09:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David B. 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