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Posted On: May 15th 2026, 02:00 pm
Modern warfare is gradually removing pilots from combat in favor of drones and cost efficiency. But when the fighter pilot is gone, we no longer will have a shared figure who reflects the best version of ourselves.
A former Air Force pilot trainee traces the rise, and slow death, of the fighter-pilot myth. Head to link in bio to read.
Pictured: American fighter pilots of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, 1940s. Photos by Reuben Saidman/Getty Images.
A former Air Force pilot trainee traces the rise, and slow death, of the fighter-pilot myth. Head to link in bio to read.
Pictured: American fighter pilots of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, 1940s. Photos by Reuben Saidman/Getty Images.
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