His helmet has the red star and yellow bars of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), which is very different from the IAF’s usual tricolour roundel.

He flew 269 combat missions, including 79 over North Vietnam. In 1974, Newton became the first African American pilot in the Air Force’s Thunderbirds. He retired from the Air Force in 2000 as a ...

In order to pilot the F-35 Lightning II, you have to become an officer in the Air Force and then go through several stages of training. No plane is guaranteed.

The pilot was inside a T-6A Texan II, a single-engine two-seat aircraft that serves as a primary trainer for Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps pilots. The ejection seat activated during ground ...

F-22 Pilots Are Now Testing the Air Force's Helmet of the Future The high-tech design allows for more visibility, mobility, and comfort—and it's a better fit for female pilots. By Sascha Brodsky ...

The Air Force’s Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet sits ready for another testing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 46th Test Squadron engineers have begun developmental testing on NGFWH with F ...

Theresa Claiborne retired from United as a captain in 2024. Courtesy of Theresa Claiborne. On June 20, 1981, Theresa Claiborne was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.

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 on Tuesday. The incident occurred around 12:49 p.m. local time and ...

Rob Holland, a well-known aerobatic pilot, died on Thursday when his custom-built carbon fiber plane crashed at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, where he had been preparing to fly in an air ...

U.S. Air Force pilots graduating from training courses with the T-38 Talon may be required to fly non-fighter or bomber aircraft as a result of pilot shortages, according to a new Air Force policy.