This is one of the most coveted positions in the United States Air Force.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Ukrainian pilot called the Gripen the only jet "for which I am ready to sell my soul." Vadym Voroshylov said the Swedish jet is ...

The email arrived in Michelle Curran’s inbox at a most inconvenient time, shortly before she was to report to Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico for her next assignment. Under almost any other ...

Lt. Dustin "Thud" Kopp, an Oregon Air National Guard pilot from Battleground, Washington, will fly a F-15EX jet over the ...

The race to build the next era of airpower is no longer just about speed, stealth, or altitude. It is about whether a human being needs to sit in the cockpit at all. As defense planners sketch out ...

Arthur Van Haren Jr. was one of the top fighter pilots of WWII. He also was my grandfather. I called him “Tata,” a nickname for grandfather in Spanish. He didn’t tell me much about World War II. Tata ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lt. Col. George Hardy, the youngest fighter pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation's first Black military pilots, has died. He was 100.

A Phoenix man sought to honor his grandfather, a decorated World War II fighter pilot, after learning of his struggles with PTSD. Lt. Arthur Van Haren Jr., a Latino fighter ace, shot down nine enemy ...