As most people understand, the ejection sequence begins when the fighter pilot yanks an ejection handle, usually located either between the legs or above the head. The pulling of the handle triggers ...

Michelle "MACE" Curran is a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot. She is only the second woman in history to serve as the lead solo pilot for the elite show team, "The Thunderbirds." She speaks about ...

“Top Gun” and its sequel may be fictional stories, but fighter pilots are, of course, very real — and their job is pretty demanding. As such, National Geographic is taking fans into the cockpit to ...

This past September, China’s new J-35 stealth fighter successfully launched from its Fujian aircraft carrier for the first time. This marked a major milestone for their naval aviation program, and a ...

Empathy is under attack lately. The all-important ability to see the world through another person’s eyes is now being recast as something corrosive. The argument goes like this: if you’re empathetic, ...

On March 3, 1945, James Huston Jr., a 21-year-old pilot from Pennsylvania, took off from the Navy escort carrier Natoma Bay on a mission to strike transport vessels and was shot down by the Japanese ...

Empathy is under attack lately. The all-important ability to see the world through another person’s eyes is now being recast as something corrosive. The argument goes like this: if you’re empathetic, ...

At Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, a test bed for a new kind of air force, Major Trent McMullen is a fighter pilot learning to fly alongside the XQ-58, a drone piloted by artificial intelligence.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Indian fighter jet crashed Friday at the start of a demonstration flight in front of a crowd of spectators at the Dubai Air Show, killing its sole pilot. The Indian ...

TAIPEI: Taiwan's Air Force said on Tuesday (Jan 6) it has launched a search for a pilot believed to have ejected from a F-16 ...

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