Incidents of Laser Points Aimed at Aircraft Have Spiked, and It Has the Air Force Concerned Personal laser pointers, small beam projectors used for everything from professors during college lecture presentations to...
The Navy Test Pilot Who Shot Down His Own Fighter Jet Not every military test pilot can set records like Chuck Yeager, but what happened to Tom Attridge on Sept. 21, 1956, was...
911 Call Shows Bizarre Circumstances of F-35 Ejection: 'Not Sure Where the Airplane Is,' Pilot Says A military pilot whose advanced fighter jet went temporarily missing is heard repeatedly requesting an ambulance in a...
What We Know About the Marine Corps F-35 Crash, Backyard Ejection and What Went Wrong The crash of an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in South Carolina has raised numerous questions about what prompted the...
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...
3 Ospreys Made Forced Landings in Japan. The Marine Corps Said There Were No Indications of Clutch Issues. The Marine Corps says that three Okinawa V-22 Ospreys that diverted from scheduled flight paths due to "caution indications"...
A Look at Recent Vintage Aircraft Crashes Following a Deadly Collision at the Reno Air Races Two pilots died when their vintage planes collided in front of tens of thousands of spectators at the National Championship...
That Missing Marine Corps F-35 Isn't the First 'Zombie' Aircraft to Wander Off Without a Pilot While it might seem hard to believe, this wouldn't be the first time zombie aircraft kept going without a human element.
China Flies 103 Military Planes Toward Taiwan in a New High in Activity the Island Calls Harassment China’s military sent 103 warplanes toward Taiwan in a 24-hour period in what the island’s defense ministry called a recent...
Taiwan Says China Is Bolstering Coastline Military Bases Facing the Self-Ruled Island Taiwan said it will continue to monitor the Chinese activities around the island and bolster its defenses in response.
Nomination of Air Force Officer at Center of GOP's Fight Against 'Woke' Military Extended to 2025 Col. Ben Jonsson's nomination to become a one-star general was set to expire May 1 under a law that says military officer...
Camp Lejeune Sergeant Identified as Marine Killed During Training in North Carolina Sgt. Colin Arslanbas, a Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, or MEU, died Thursday evening during a training...
‘Indefinite’ Defense Department IDs Inconvenience Air Travelers, May Be Dropped as Acceptable Identification The Transportation Security Administration's Credential Authentication Technology reads the cards' INDEF date field as...
Fort Liberty Soldier Sentenced to Over 3 Years for Romance Scams, Bilked Over $350,000 from Victims Specialist Sanda G. Frimpong, who was serving on active duty until his arrest in 2023, was ordered to pay back over $350,000...
Navy Chief Petty Officer Convicted of Attempted Espionage at San Diego Court-Martial The Navy has convicted a chief petty officer of attempted espionage, among other charges, at a court-martial in San Diego...