His country had fallen. The enemy was approaching. South Vietnamese Air Force Maj. Buang-Ly knew his life and the lives of his wife, and their five young children, ages 1 through 6, were in danger as ...

Maj. Zachary Sessa’s role in leading the F-35C Lightning II’s first combat sorties as part of the U.S. mission to target ...

Navy Capt. Michael John Estocin flew many perilous missions in the early days of the Vietnam War, and a close call in April ...

The Navy said earlier that the move crew on the USS Harry S. Truman "lost control" of the fighter jet before it fell ...

US Navy pilots—known as naval aviators—undergo intense training to earn their wings and fly some of the military’s most ...

F/A-18C/D Hornets from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 will be participating in a South China Sea maritime strike drill ...

Intended to be the U.S. Navy’s next-generation stealth fighter, the NATF-23 was a carrier-ready evolution of the YF-23 Black ...

Living Legends of Aviation Awards will honor those who have made significant contributions to aviation and aerospace.

Note the wingtip droop, contra-rotating pusher propellers, and the wing intakes supplying air to the air-cooled radial engine placed behind the pilot in the fuselage. (Image credit: Wikimedia ...

“He trained right here at NAS Pensacola, and this is where he earned his wings of gold. Later, he became a World War II naval aviator. He also, by the way, came back to NAS Pensacola, and he became ...

Congress has expressed an interest in the Navy’s efforts to develop a carrier-based drone and in the future of the carrier air wing. According to the Navy’s FY2025 budget submission to ...

one of the most important parts of the job is having to rescue a downed aviator. Around 12 students from the Naval Aviation Schools Command have been training to do just that, before getting some ...