'Failure Will Be a Catastrophe:' A Marine Pilot Tests Spaceships for Virgin Galactic For many people, the work of test pilots holds the same fascination as that of BASE jumpers and free soloists.
The Air Force Wants to Outsource Some of Its Pilot Training to Private Companies The U.S. Air Force is looking to outsource solutions to boost its yearly pilot output and improve its training curriculum.
Army Pilots to Learn Bold New Tactics to Fly Future Helicopters The aviation center has launched an effort to train pilots to fly in large-scale combat operations.
Navy Helicopter Crews May Be Getting a New Armored Survival Vest The Navy's looking for vests that will work for crews in a variety of rotorcraft platforms.
Pilotless Black Hawk Takes Flight As the military tests out new unmanned aircraft platforms, are pilots soon to go the way of the dodo? On this episode, we...
Air Force Ends Program That Trained Afghan Pilots to Fly the A-29 Super Tucano The service graduated its final class of Afghan student pilots as part of the 81st Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force Base.
Air Force Will Now Offer Enlisted Troops a Path to Pilot Training The program works as a stepping-stone to get the necessary flight training to become a student pilot someday.
Air Force Tests New 'G-Suit' Designed for Female Pilots For 20 years, the Air Force's Advanced Technology Anti-Gravity Suit was designed for men only.
1st Air Force Pilot Reaches 1,000-Hour Milestone in F-35A Joint Strike Fighter Lt. Col. Jared "Vic" Santos reached 1,000 flight hours in the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter stealth jet.
The Marine Corps Just Created a New MOS for MQ-9 Reaper Officers The move to create an officer career path for MQ-9s emphasizes the Corps' planned investment in the hunter-killer systems.
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
'It's a Lottery': Why Foreign Volunteer Fought in Russia-Ukraine War Jack de Santis is a Croatian-born volunteer of the Ukrainian army who used his engineering, drone expertise to help fight...
Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, was indicted in April 2024 on four charges: wire fraud, stolen valor, theft of government funds, and...
Bravo Company Vietnam Veterans Honored with Long-Overdue Bronze Stars While it took more than five decades, 14 veterans of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, were...