Air Force 1st Lieutenant Beats 4-Star Dad in Livestreamed Dogfight Game Score a win for the Viper pilot in the battle over which Air Force fourth-generation aircraft brings the heat.
Military Pilots Reported 1,700% More Medical Incidents During the Pandemic. The Pentagon Says They Just Had COVID The Defense Department said that more than 3,887 medical diagnoses among pilots in 2022 that triggered reporting requirements...
Navy Quietly Adds Women to Crew for Super Bowl Flyover Aimed at Honoring Female Aviators The new plan, as described in a Navy document, now features 16 aviators, including 11 female pilots and flight officers.
100-Year-Old Flying Ace Is Promoted to Honorary Brigadier General by Air Force Chief Retired Col. Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson flew 116 combat missions in the European theater and shot down 16 enemies in his P-51...
Navy Pilot Training Hampered by Grounding of T-45s over Mechanical Failure Navy leaders emphasized that the choice to ground the planes was made "out of an abundance of caution and concern for the...
Pilot Error Blamed for Marine Osprey Crash in Norway Investigators weren't able to determine which of the two pilots had control at the time of the crash and said there are...
Air Force's F-35s Flying Again After Ejection Seat Worries Grounded Fleet Earlier this year, Martin-Baker, a U.K. manufacturer, identified a problem with explosive components used to launch the...
Air Force Testing Autonomous Control on Transport Planes amid Pilot Shortage The U.S. Air Force is partnering with a Boston-based technology company to test using an autonomous co-pilot on its cargo...
World War II POW Describes Being Shot Down over the English Channel World War II veteran Bill Geiger, whose pilot was a West Pointer, wanted to be a pilot all my life.
How a Naked Skydive Inspired a Way to Keep Pilots Oriented in Flight Dr. Angus Rupert stayed oriented as he fell to earth because of the rush of air coming at him, no matter how much he spun...
Marine Recruiter Who Wrote ‘Memoir’ About Teenage Recruit Sentenced to Prison Nearly a year after then-Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne self-published a memoir about his inappropriate relationship with...
Five Chinese Nationals Charged with Covering Up Midnight Visit to Michigan Military Site U.S. authorities charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks, more than a year after they were...
Air Force Has a Problem Recruiting for Special Warfare Jobs, New Report Finds The Rand Corp. released a study detailing the issues the Air Force has faced in getting recruits to join Special Warfare...
1,000 Active-Duty Soldiers Called Up to Assist with Hurricane Helene Response The 1,000 troops, an Infantry Battalion Task Force formed from the XVIII Airborne Corps, are from the 82nd Airborne Division...
Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East The Army was testing at least one armed quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle at an installation in Saudi Arabia.