'Failure Will Be a Catastrophe:' A Marine Pilot Tests Spaceships for Virgin Galactic For many people, the work of test pilots holds the same fascination as that of BASE jumpers and free soloists.
The Air Force Wants to Outsource Some of Its Pilot Training to Private Companies The U.S. Air Force is looking to outsource solutions to boost its yearly pilot output and improve its training curriculum.
Army Pilots to Learn Bold New Tactics to Fly Future Helicopters The aviation center has launched an effort to train pilots to fly in large-scale combat operations.
Navy Helicopter Crews May Be Getting a New Armored Survival Vest The Navy's looking for vests that will work for crews in a variety of rotorcraft platforms.
Pilotless Black Hawk Takes Flight As the military tests out new unmanned aircraft platforms, are pilots soon to go the way of the dodo? On this episode, we...
Air Force Ends Program That Trained Afghan Pilots to Fly the A-29 Super Tucano The service graduated its final class of Afghan student pilots as part of the 81st Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force Base.
Air Force Will Now Offer Enlisted Troops a Path to Pilot Training The program works as a stepping-stone to get the necessary flight training to become a student pilot someday.
Air Force Tests New 'G-Suit' Designed for Female Pilots For 20 years, the Air Force's Advanced Technology Anti-Gravity Suit was designed for men only.
1st Air Force Pilot Reaches 1,000-Hour Milestone in F-35A Joint Strike Fighter Lt. Col. Jared "Vic" Santos reached 1,000 flight hours in the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter stealth jet.
The Marine Corps Just Created a New MOS for MQ-9 Reaper Officers The move to create an officer career path for MQ-9s emphasizes the Corps' planned investment in the hunter-killer systems.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...