Now in its second week of training this month in Columbus, Indiana, Civil Air Patrol’s U.S. Air Force Rated Preparatory Program (AF-RPP) gives CAP instructor pilots the unique opportunity to help train active-duty officers and enlisted members aspiring to fly.
“This is a great opportunity for the Air Force to generate more pilots in a time of need,” said Ron Olienyk, CAP’s deputy director of operations. “It also gives our volunteers a chance to give back. Many of our instructor pilots are retired military flyers, so they feel like this is kind of paying back for the opportunity they had.”
This is the fourth year of the program, which provides essential preparatory flight training for officers and enlisted members to achieve their goal of earning their Air Force wings.
To date, nearly 300 airmen have participated in AF-RPP — launched in 2019 as an experimental initiative to identify future pilots, navigators, and other crewmembers to help address the Air Force’s potential pilot shortage.
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