An Air Force Thunderbird pilot thought she would retire as a general but a tick-borne illness left her unable to fly.

Carlsbad’s Nancy Stratford, now 106, is the last survivor of the 25 American women pilots who served in the Royal Air Force’s ...

The retired Colonel’s dream to become a fighter pilot started at just six years old. Weeks was on a military refueling tanker known as a KC-135 with her father, an Air Force veteran, and her sister.

Air Force pilots held a piano burning at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia on April 25 in memory of a stunt pilot killed on the base the day before. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Micaiah Anthony.

Air Force researchers have found being dehydrated can cut a pilot’s ability to tolerate gravitational force by as much as half. The lower tolerance can cause pilots to experience “G-induced ...

U.S. Air Force Capt. Taylor "FEMA" Hiester, F-16 Viper Demonstration Team commander and pilot, center, poses for a photo following a discussion of the aircraft’s capabilities with Peruvian Air ...