NatGeo's 'Top Gun: The Next Generation' Will Go Behind the Scenes of Elite Naval Aviator Training Would-be naval aviators won't be competing against each other, but they will be competing to fly the F-35C Lightning II, the...
Air Force on Course to Again Miss Pilot Goal as Problems with Training Aircraft Persist With little more than a week until the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, the Air Force is set to finish with 1,350 new aviators...
I'm a Top Gun-Trained Fighter Pilot. I'd Make More Money as an Airline Pilot, But It Wouldn't Be as Fulfilling. The Naval Academy wasn't on my radar in high school, but being a successful swimmer got me noticed by their college...
Airmen on HIV Drug Can Return to Flight Sooner After Change Championed by LGBTQ+ Advisory Group Under old policies, pilots who wanted to use HIV PrEP could not fly for 30 days when starting the medication. That has...
Her Flight Instructor Sexually Harassed Her. The Marine Corps Tried to Kick Her Out. Nearly two dozen current and former flight students and instructors painted the naval aviation training program as an...
Federal Authorities Have Been Probing Roughly 5,000 Pilots Suspected of Withholding Major Health Issues, Report Says Veterans Affairs investigators discovered that thousands of American pilots may have falsified their medical history.
This Former Marine Cobra Pilot Saw Combat in Afghanistan. Now, She’s Commanding Her First Space Mission Marine Lt. Col. Jasmin “Jaws” Moghbeli is about to go where very few helicopter pilots have gone before.
Air Force Pilots Have One Month to Extend Contracts for Up to $50,000 Per Year in Bonuses The new bonus also comes as the Air Force, as a whole, struggles with its toughest recruiting environment in decades.
Air Force to Its Experienced Pilots: Here's $50,000 to Extend Your Service Certain pilots -- including remote piloted aircraft pilots, air battle managers and combat systems officers -- can apply for...
Army Pilots Are Flying Way Less, as Fatal Incidents Pile Up Much of the dip in flight time is attributable to the Global War on Terror winding down, with combat operations slowing down...
Top Enlisted Leaders Say They Support Extending Parental Leave Period to 2 Years Two House lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require the Defense Department to standardize parental leave policies...
Trump Administration Fires Female Vice Admiral Amid Widening Purge of Military Officers Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield who began her career as a helicopter pilot and was the first woman to be president of the Naval...
Troops Booted over COVID-19 Vaccine Are Being Offered Back Pay But Not Huge Payouts The Pentagon, acting on orders from President Donald Trump, has begun to lay out the details of its plan to woo back...
Veterans, Service Members Detail Health Struggles from Toxic Exposure at Domestic Bases Leading Democrats in Congress are turning their attention to service members exposed to toxins at domestic military bases and...
Top Marine Says Service Has Finally Settled on 13-Grunt Rifle Squads The commandant said that the changes were informed by bottom-up feedback from Marines in the fleet, "empowered by our...