The Fifth-Generation Fighter Pilot Force.

The article offers the author's insights on the fifth generation of combat fighter aircraft pilots in the U.S. Air Force (USAF). Topics mentioned include the cost for the needed combat capability, the history and status of the F-35 and F-22 program, and the measuring of the combat capability where less time on the ground means more time in fighting. It also mentioned the ratio of crew pilot and aircrafts in a fighter squadron and the suggestion to use the original program.