Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, was injured...
Ejection Seat Misfire Kills Air Force Instructor Pilot at Texas Base The pilot's death marks the latest incident with the T-6 and comes on the heels of a grounding of the aircraft two years ago...
Air Force on Course to Again Miss Pilot Goal as Problems with Training Aircraft Persist With little more than a week until the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, the Air Force is set to finish with 1,350 new aviators...
Bird Smashing into Cockpit Caused T-38 Trainer Crash in Mississippi The instructor pilot from Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi, who was not named in the report, had to eject and landed in...
Air Force Faces 2-Year Delay on New T-7 Training Jets as Old Aircraft Continue to Have Mishaps An Air Force spokesperson told Military.com that "estimated first delivery of production aircraft will occur in December 2025...
Mississippi Lawmakers Want to Keep Aging T-1A Training Jet in Service The Air Force was hoping to phase out many of it T-1A training aircraft this year, around the same time as the new T-7 Red...
Navy Training Plane Crashes in Alabama; Pilots Eject The T-6B Texan II is a two-seat turboprop used to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots in flight school.
New Air Force Trainer Jet Facing Delays as Mishaps with Old Training Aircraft Mount Software issues and ejection seat concerns are causing delays in getting the T-7A Red Hawk to pilots.
T-38 Training Jet's Landing Gear Fails in Mississippi, Marking Second Incident This Month An Air Force pilot's landing gear failed at Columbus Air Force Base forcing the airman to skid the belly of the T-38C Talon...
Boeing Offers Up Its T-7A Trainer Jet to Replace Navy's T-45 Goshawk Boeing Co. is in discussions to replace the U.S. Navy's aging T-45 Goshawk training aircraft with the company's T-7A Redhawk...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
'It's OK Not to Be OK': Special Operations Wing Orders Stand-Down After Roger Fortson's Police Killing The Air Force special operations wing in Florida where Senior Airman Roger Fortson served before he was shot and killed by...
VA Says It Can't Change New Urn, Plaque Benefit that Precludes Future Burials in National Veteran Cemeteries Both the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs and the National Funeral Directors Association lodged...
'Unspeakably Cruel': Army Ranger Sentenced for Murdering Security Guard in Washington State A U.S. Army Ranger formerly stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for beating a...