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Marine Corps Blames Pilot Error for Crash of Malfunctioning F-35 in South Carolina Forest An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina last year had an electrical malfunction, and the pilot...
Tuskegee Airman and Legendary World War II Fighter Pilot Harry Stewart Dies at 100 Harry Stewart Jr. would survive World War II as one of only four Tuskegee Airmen with three air-to-air victories in a single...
Flight Testing the T-7A Red Hawk An Air Force test pilot with the 419th Flight Test Squadron describes the rigorous testing and development needed to...
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The Fighter Pilot Podcast: A Veterans Day Tribute This Veterans Day, we’re taking a walk down memory lane, revisiting some of our most memorable episodes from among the nearly...
Tuskegee Airmen, WASP History Will Stay in Air Force Boot Camp Curriculum Following Outcry The Air Force is resuming its boot camp lessons about trailblazing Black and female World War II pilots after the material...
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Hegseth and Other Top Trump Officials Just Failed OPSEC Jeff The Atlantic editor-in-chief published a bombshell article detailing how members of the administration had accidentally...
Families at Utah Air Force Base Lose Day Care Center as Pentagon Slashes Personnel Spending Hill Air Force Base in Utah has closed one of its two day care centers, harming quality of life for some service members...
As Pentagon's Top Health Nominee Prepares for Confirmation Hearing, One Senator Has a Lot of Questions Keith Bass, a retired Navy commander who previously led the White House Medical Unit and the CIA's medical service office...
Banned Books, School Walkouts, Child Care Shortages: Military Families Confront Pentagon's Shifting Rules At a public school, the protest might have led to a detention and maybe some revoked after-school privileges. But on a...
Military Veterans Are Becoming the Face of Trump's Government Cuts and Democrats' Resistance As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal government, one group is...
![John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot of the iconic Battle of Britain](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/ApNewsroom_Britain_Battle_of_Britain_91751.jpg?itok=5aGhwUKL "In this photo provided by the UK Ministry of Defence on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot of the iconic Battle of Britain, poses for a photo in front of a Hurricane on July 22, 2022. (UK MOD via AP)")
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-05/1time%20bud%20anderson%20WWII%201200.jpg?itok=5bygsxtO "Captain Clarence E. Jr. "Bud" Anderson, ace of the 357th Fighter Group, sits on the wing of his P-51 Mustang, nicknamed "Old Crow." (Imperial War Museum)")
