Sam Eckholm. Step Inside the Fighter Pilot Academy: Training for the Battlefield. Posted: May 8, 2025 | Last updated: July 11, 2025. Fighter pilots undergo intense training in high-stakes ...

CNN goes inside the academy preparing air traffic controllers to manage the high-stress and high-stakes skies ...

The Academy is now the “busiest” it has ever been, Wilbanks said, with roughly 800 to 1,000 more trainees in the pipeline than a year ago. The FAA pays training at the academy and students ...