Being a fighter jet pilot is undoubtedly one of the most demanding roles in aviation, requiring exceptional physical and mental strength, knowledge of technical systems and an astute tactical ...

He was the pilot who made the first aerial kill of D Day. But who was Roy Lelong? This is the full story of the New Zealand ...

The Mitchell Institute recommends retaining experienced fighter pilots from Air Force Reserve components like the Air National Guard, shown here at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, in 2024. (Staff Sgt ...

In one scene from National Geographic’s new limited series about naval fighter pilots, Navy Lt. j.g. Andrew Seepe speeds back to base in his T-45 Goshawk trainer following a successful skills test.

The human body has not evolved to meet the physical demands of flying a fighter jet. High G-forces, high altitude, low oxygen—the fighter jet places the human body in an environment and in situations ...

Martha McSally, the first female American Air Force fighter pilot to fly in combat, and the first female to command an Air Force fighter squadron (here at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base), is one of the ...

Who is Dan "Razin" Caine? The retired fighter pilot and CIA vet-turned chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has brought vision, grit and outsider energy to America's top military job after President ...

Emil Šneberg, a veteran fighter pilot and one of the last living participants in the Prague Uprising at the end of the Second World War, died on Wednesday at the age of 94. His death was confirmed by ...