On June 20, 1981, Theresa Claiborne was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force’s first Black female pilot, Claiborne would become the first Black woman to command and ...
The United States Air Force uses specific planes to train its future pilots. Here is the history behind the planes the USAF ...
Martha McSally is a former U.S. Air Force colonel, as well as a former member of both the U.S. Senate and House.
Erie native Jim Greider commanded a perilous nighttime mission described at the time as the most dangerous peacetime ...
Most people can withstand up to 4g to 6gs. Fighter pilots with training and special suits can withstand G forces of around 9g ...
There aren’t many current and former U-2 spy plane pilots in the world, but I recently had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with one of them. Stan Rauch, who turns 80 this month, grew up at Lake ...
As prep for a Kansas trip to participate in a KC-135 mid-air refueling, we thought it would be interesting to revisit other ...
Boeing overcharged the Air Force nearly $1 million for spare parts on C-17 cargo planes, including an 8,000% markup for ...
The annual Fleet Fly In allows aviators to try before they fly as they begin selecting what aircraft they want to fly during their service.
You might imagine that one of the first things a Blue Angels pilot needs to do is demonstrate their ability to pilot a jet in ...
A former US Air Force pilot accused of kidnapping a nine-year-old girl outside Harrods and then sexually assaulting her has been found not guilty. Robert Prussak approached the girl at the central ...
The stunts that US Air Force demo teams perform derive from real combat scenarios. Airshows offer a glimpse at the fighter ...