Army Orders More Helicopter Pilot Training After Spate of 12 Crashes Kills, Injures Soldiers The Army will have its helicopter pilots conduct hours of additional training after a rash of a dozen crashes that has killed...
Warrant Officers Are Coming Back to the Air Force, But They Won't Be Pilots The Air Force announced this week that it is bringing back warrant officer ranks, but officials clarified Tuesday it is not...
As Laser Pointer Incidents Spike, Airmen Are Getting Updated Eyewear That Provides Better Protection The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Human Systems Division is starting to field new, upgraded eyewear that can...
'Masters of the Air': Everything We Know About the Highly Anticipated WWII Series "Masters of the Air" is based on a thoroughly researched source, honors the courage and sacrifices of real U.S. service...
The First Time an Aircraft Took Off from a Navy Warship Eugene Ely's daring and fortitude paid off, and he eventually ushered in the age of U.S. naval aviation by successfully...
Report: Air Force Leaders Want More High-Tech Flight Simulators to Train New Pilots for War The focus on investing in high-tech simulators comes as tensions grow with China and the Pentagon works to compete with the...
NatGeo's 'Top Gun: The Next Generation' Will Go Behind the Scenes of Elite Naval Aviator Training Would-be naval aviators won't be competing against each other, but they will be competing to fly the F-35C Lightning II, the...
Air Force on Course to Again Miss Pilot Goal as Problems with Training Aircraft Persist With little more than a week until the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, the Air Force is set to finish with 1,350 new aviators...
I'm a Top Gun-Trained Fighter Pilot. I'd Make More Money as an Airline Pilot, But It Wouldn't Be as Fulfilling. The Naval Academy wasn't on my radar in high school, but being a successful swimmer got me noticed by their college...
Airmen on HIV Drug Can Return to Flight Sooner After Change Championed by LGBTQ+ Advisory Group Under old policies, pilots who wanted to use HIV PrEP could not fly for 30 days when starting the medication. That has...
Fort Stewart Soldiers Who Fought Gunman, Provided Care to Wounded Recognized for Valor The soldiers were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for what Secretary of the Army Dan Driscol described as a combination...
US Air Force to Deny Retirement Pay to Transgender Service Members Being Separated from the Service The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of...
VA to End Bargaining Agreement Contracts with Most Unions The Department of Veterans Affairs said the move supports an executive order from President Donald Trump that canceled...
Fort Stewart Army Base Shooting Raises Questions About Military Gun Policies A shooting that injured five soldiers at one of the country's largest military bases has resurfaced questions about a long...
A South Carolina War Hero Is the Namesake for the Navy’s Newest Destroyer The U.S. Navy is adding a new battleship, and its namesake will be a South Carolina war hero.
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-10/1time%20masters%20of%20the%20air%201200.jpg?itok=bsF38VK- "Austin Butler as Maj. Gale "Buck" Cleven in "Masters of the Air." (Apple TV+)")
![President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-08/ApNewsroom_Obama.JPEG.jpg?itok=UKIqEhsJ "President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, Thursday, June 19, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)")