Huge opportunity The U.S. Air Force is facing a substantial pilot shortage. In addition, it’s short approximately 3,000 mechanics.If I were young again, between the ages of 22 and 28, with good eyesight, as opposed to the myopia I was born with, I would run, not walk, to the nearest Air Force recruiting station and ask: “What do I need to do to become a pilot?”To climb into the cockpit of an F-22 Raptor, for example, and cruise along at approximately 1300 knots, does it get any better than that? I think not.Problem is, out of every 1,000 people who ...