The F-4 Phantom II began as a U.S. Navy fleet defender and became the West’s do-everything jet: fighter, bomber, ...

On a spring night in 1989, Soviet fighter pilot Aleksandr Zuyev staged one of the Cold War’s boldest defections—stealing a ...

The USAF commands the world’s largest pilot corps — 14,486 strong — and here’s how many aircraft they fly and how to join ...