Lessons Learned from Madame le General—Doctor, Pilot, Hero She was the woman in the floppy jungle hat, standing in front of a Hiller 360 helicopter—young, with a confident smile...
Last Surviving Pilot from the Battle of Britain, John 'Paddy' Hemingway, Dies at Age 105 The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who...
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Marine Corps Blames Pilot Error for Crash of Malfunctioning F-35 in South Carolina Forest An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina last year had an electrical malfunction, and the pilot...
Tuskegee Airman and Legendary World War II Fighter Pilot Harry Stewart Dies at 100 Harry Stewart Jr. would survive World War II as one of only four Tuskegee Airmen with three air-to-air victories in a single...
Flight Testing the T-7A Red Hawk An Air Force test pilot with the 419th Flight Test Squadron describes the rigorous testing and development needed to...
How to Land an F-35B on an Aircraft Carrier A former U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B-turned-F-35B Lighting II pilot details efforts to develop a formal landing signal officer...
The Fighter Pilot Podcast: A Veterans Day Tribute This Veterans Day, we’re taking a walk down memory lane, revisiting some of our most memorable episodes from among the nearly...
Tuskegee Airmen, WASP History Will Stay in Air Force Boot Camp Curriculum Following Outcry The Air Force is resuming its boot camp lessons about trailblazing Black and female World War II pilots after the material...
How the First Female Pilot to Die on Active Duty with the US Military Cultivated Her Love of Flying Women Airforce Service Pilots, created in August 1943 after WAFS and WFTD merged, flew at 126 military bases, handling 80% of...
4 Soldiers Charged in Alleged Sexual Assault in Barracks at Washington State Base Four soldiers have been charged in an alleged sexual assault that took place in the barracks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in...
Fire Extinguished After 12-Hour Fight on USS New Orleans Off Okinawa Two sailors received minor injuries in the response, U.S. 7th Fleet officials said.
A Look at Those Trump Has Targeted in Tactic of Revoking Security Clearances The Trump administration's announcement this week that it would rescind the security clearances of 37 current and former...
Major Russian Attack on Western Ukraine Hits an American Factory During US-Led Push for Peace The aerial assault on a part of Ukraine that has largely avoided such focused attacks was one of Russia's biggest this year...
14 with Ties to Washington Deported to ‘Third Countries’ and Guantánamo Bay As the Trump administration lines up ever more countries to accept deported immigrants, a report to be released Thursday...
![John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot of the iconic Battle of Britain](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/ApNewsroom_Britain_Battle_of_Britain_91751.jpg?itok=5aGhwUKL "In this photo provided by the UK Ministry of Defence on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot of the iconic Battle of Britain, poses for a photo in front of a Hurricane on July 22, 2022. (UK MOD via AP)")
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-05/1time%20bud%20anderson%20WWII%201200.jpg?itok=5bygsxtO "Captain Clarence E. Jr. "Bud" Anderson, ace of the 357th Fighter Group, sits on the wing of his P-51 Mustang, nicknamed "Old Crow." (Imperial War Museum)")
