Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pilot who ejected from a malfunctioning F-35B in heavy rain over South Carolina last year — which kept flying on autopilot for ...

Two general aviation pilots get into an airplane… It sounds like the opening to a joke, but it's not-and you shouldn't treat it like one. Sharing time in an aircraft with another pilot is much more ...

When I was completing my new-hire training to work as an instructor in my flight department, I hit a series of delays that offered me important lessons later on. Finally, I was on the penultimate ...

U.S. Air Force Col. Paul Tibbets IV beside a 93rd Bomb Squadron B-52H Stratofortress which wears the nose art resembling what was on the side of a B-17 bomberpiloted by his grandfather during World ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A woman in Western New York is taking inspiration to new heights. Her name is Bekki Hunter, and she is Mercy Flight’s first-ever female pilot in command. The civilian-trained ...

A Chinese fighter pilot nearly crashed into an American B-52 bomber over the South China Sea during a nighttime intercept on Tuesday, according to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. The Chinese pilot ...

Pilot ranks, denoted by stripes on uniforms, signify a pilot's seniority, experience, responsibilities, and compensation within an airline or military. Pilots advance through ranks, typically starting ...

An improper co-pilot command preceded Friday’s in-flight breakup of Virgin Galactic’s rocket, according to investigators, when movable tail surfaces deployed prematurely. Photo: Getty Images MOJAVE, ...

Last February, Air Force Reservists from the 14 th Test Squadron, which does operational testing and evaluation of space and cyber systems, embarked on a three-week Space Test course with a view to ...

Eileen Collins in space in 1995, when she became the first woman to pilot a space shuttle. NASA via Getty Images “Houston, Columbia. Wheels down,” said Col. Eileen Collins, 20 years ago, just as the ...