US federal authorities charge Raul Castro and five Cuban fighter pilots over the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue plane downing near Cuba, AP reports.

After two years in China, authorities allege the retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot appeared to return home to sell a condo. FBI agents said they found fake currency and a fake passport in his home office. By Kyle Rempfer Published May 5, 2026 4:41 PM ...

New legislation known as the “Maverick Act” would authorize the transfer of several retired F-14 Tomcats to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center for preservation and possible public demonstration use. The bill would allow the historic aircraft to be restored under strict limitations preventing any combat capability from returning.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) — Affiliate of Iran state TV claims a US fighter pilot ejected from an aircraft in southwest Iran.

Both crew members have been found after an intense search-and-rescue effort by hundreds of special forces troops following the crash of an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter in Iran, President Donald Trump announced early April 5. The crew of the two-seater F-15 ...

THE COPILOT WAS RESCUED IN A SEPARATE MISSION ON FRIDAY. A LOCAL INSTRUCTOR SAYS THAT PILOT DID WHAT HE WAS TRAINED TO DO. KETV NEWSWATCH 7 MADISON SHARES WHAT THAT TRAINING ENTAILS. MADISON. LVIV. I MET UNO’S CAMPUS AFTER SPEAKING WITH A RETIRED ...

Luke Diaz is a freelance military writer with experience with active duty experience in the US Navy as well as defense and industrial engineering. He is a former Naval Flight Officer who performed tactical air control on the carrier-based E-2 Hawkeye.

Only 5% of fighter pilots in World War II achieved ace status — yet that 5% accounted for nearly half of all air-to-air kills during the war. In Korea, just 38 jet aces were responsible for more than a third of the 823 MiG-15s shot down by the Fifth Air Force.