Business Insider spoke with Spanish pilots who are deployed to Lithuania to contribute to NATO air policing missions.

Arthur Van Haren Jr. was one of the top fighter pilots of WWII. He also was my grandfather. I called him “Tata,” a nickname for grandfather in Spanish. He didn’t tell me much about World War II. Tata ...

Part I. The War to End all Wars : 1914 -1918 -- From Flight to Fight -- Killer Scouts : 1914-1916 -- The Crucible -- The Year of the Fighter : April 1917-April 1918 -- Darkness Crumbles -- Part II. In ...

The fighter pilot that died after crashing off the coast of northern England has been identified as 1st Lt. Kenneth Allen, the U.S. Air Force said Tuesday. Allen, assistant chief of weapons and ...

If you were wondering whether U.S. Air Force fighter pilots use the same type of jet, the answer is yes. After earning USAF pilot wings in Undergraduate Pilot Training (flying the T-38 Talon), and ...

On May 12, 1944, Luftwaffe ace Gunther Rall, in a dogfight over Germany with American fighter pilots, had already shot down two P-47 Thunderbolts. Rall suddenly discovered that he was targeted by four ...

As most people understand, the ejection sequence begins when the fighter pilot yanks an ejection handle, usually located either between the legs or above the head. The pulling of the handle triggers ...