The Mitchell Institute recommends retaining experienced fighter pilots from Air Force Reserve components like the Air National Guard, shown here at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, in 2024.

The U.S. Navy took on a secret project to learn more about brain injuries suffered by its most elite fighter pilots and now congressional lawmakers are demanding more information about the effort.

To reach these speeds — or stop traveling at those speeds — fighter jets pull gravitational force, or g-force. This is the acceleration or deceleration force that the pilot experiences when ...

He was a World War II fighter pilot, an author of a memoir, a robust gymnast and a strong swimmer who at nearly 90 years old was out-swimming his son on Lake Michigan. He was also an avid sailor ...

This article’s headline is not much of a challenge. Years ago, an Air Force colonel described the ideal fighter pilot to me: “Blond hair, blue eyes, square jaw, steel muscles, instant reflexes ...

Though, he never quite traded in his horse... If you guessed Dennis Weaver's Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of, well, McCloud fame, then you would be right. This neo-Western cop drama ran for seven ...

and stealth platforms like the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter allow pilots to fly at higher altitudes without worrying as much about surface-to-air missiles. But that capability could be ...

An Air Force fighter pilot is in the hospital after an F-35 jet crashed at Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska, dramatic video shows. The F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday at 12:49 p.m ...

The Air Force has long struggled with a shortage of fighter pilots, with 1,150 empty billets in 2024, and aviators leaving the service in droves. How can they turn things around? Buy more planes ...

Jiří Klůc (left) collected hundreds of birthday cards for World War II fighter pilot Antonin Fajkus (right) and delivered them to Fajkus during a celebration of his 101st birthday at the ...

In 1965, with war looking increasingly likely, Wing Commander Ahuja (Akshay Kumar)—flight sign ‘Tiger’—is tasked with training a squadron of elite fighter pilots. As per genre rules ...

The U.S. Air Force needs to address its dwindling number of fighter pilots if it wants to remain combat ready, according to a recent report by a Washington aerospace think tank. A Mitchell ...