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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A US Air Force pilot safely escaped after an F-35 fighter jet crashed during a training mission at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska on Tuesday, officials said. The pilot experienced an “inflight ...

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 ...

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 ...

A test pilot who made the jump from the now fifty-year-old F-16 to the new F-35 stealth fighter told Business Insider that it is a wildly different experience. Think about the informational ...

An Air Force pilot is safe after ejecting out of an F-35 fighter jet that then crashed at the Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska on Tuesday. The incident occurred around 12:49 p.m. local time and ...

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 ...