An Air Force pilot is safe after ejecting out of an F-35 fighter jet that then crashed at the Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska.

The number of fighter pilots is decreasing. But a Washington think tank has an idea for how to stem the tide and bring seasoned airmen back into the fold.

Nicholas Rowe flew for the U.S. air force for 20 years, and told his students at the WMU College of Aviation to avoid jumping to conclusions.