Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michelle “MACE” Curran made history after she became the second-ever woman to fly as Lead Solo Pilot for the United States Air ...

In the summer of 1987, as Operation Earnest Will sought to protect oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats faced a deadly test. Flying over the Strait of Hormuz, two American pilots ...

Long after sanctions and isolation set in, Iranian F-14 pilots were still fighting and winning. Flying one of the most complex fighters ever built without outside support pushed crews to their limits.

“Top Gun” and its sequel may be fictional stories, but fighter pilots are, of course, very real — and their job is pretty demanding. As such, National Geographic is taking fans into the cockpit to ...

To make “Top Gun: Maverick” soar, the movie’s stars entered the danger zone. Glen Powell, Monica Barbaro and Lewis Pullman depict elite Navy pilots in the sequel and underwent a rigorous flight ...

Tom Cruise introduced audiences around the world to the Top Gun training and pilots. He and the filmmakers tried to make the films as realistic as possible to represent the real program and pilots.

Andrew Seepe always dreamed of sitting behind the controls of an F-18 Super Hornet. When he was a boy and his mother -- a medical officer in the Navy at the time-- was stationed at Marine Corps Air ...