CONTROLLING the skies as US special forces swooped in to extract Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump’s “Night Stalker” pilots are ...

By the time of the Second World War, a nation could not guarantee its survival without air power. Bombers pummelled cities, ...

“Post-stall maneuvering” gives a plane excellent maneuverability—but the equipment needed to boost it comes with tradeoffs, as all advanced aircraft features do. The post-stall maneuvers, like the ...

On March 3, 1945, James Huston Jr., a 21-year-old pilot from Pennsylvania, took off from the Navy escort carrier Natoma Bay on a mission to strike transport vessels and was shot down by the Japanese ...

During World War II, the American F4U Corsair was one of the fastest fighter planes ever built—and one of the most dangerous to fly. This story follows U.S. Navy and Marine Corps pilots, along with ...

Empathy is under attack lately. The all-important ability to see the world through another person’s eyes is now being recast as something corrosive. The argument goes like this: if you’re empathetic, ...

A 100-year-old Korean War veteran involved in a secretive dogfight with seven Russian fighter planes more than 70 years ago would be eligible for the Medal of Honor upon the passage of a new defense ...

Just before 8 a.m. — 84 years ago today — Dec. 7, 1941, nearly 200 Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft took the United States and O‘ahu by surprise when they attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.

A Ukrainian Mirage 2000 pilot said his fighter has a nearly perfect kill rate against Russian targets. The Ukrainian Air Force showed cockpit footage of the French jet destroying aerial targets. Its ...

NEW DELHI/DUBAI – An Indian Tejas fighter jet crashed in a ball of fire in front of horrified spectators during an aerial display at the Dubai Airshow on Friday, Nov. 21, and the Indian Air Force said ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Indian fighter jet crashed Friday at the start of a demonstration flight in front of a crowd of spectators at the Dubai Air Show, killing its sole pilot. The Indian ...