US Air Force (USAF) officials have proposed cutting the service's flight training budget in an effort to scale back costs, according to the recently released Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 budget request.
In the fighter community, pilots of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stand to lose most flying time. The budget recommends cutting 7,382 hours in 2012 – about 33 per cent of what the aircraft flew in 2010.
