If you've ever traveled on an airplane, you know that masks can drop down to supply oxygen in the case of an emergency. Airline oxygen masks have about a 15-minute supply and typically fall when an ...

Fighter pilots are in constant proximity to their own mortality. All servicemembers face these thoughts to some extent—but pilots are unique in that they usually face them alone. The physical dangers ...

Fighter pilots go through rigorous training before flying front line fighters like the F-35 or F/A-18. A key part of that process involves lead-in fighter jets such as the Hawk 127. These aircraft ...

Below, Michelle “MACE” Curran shares five key insights from her new book, The Flipside: How to Invert Your Perspective and Turn Fear into Your Superpower. Michelle spent over a decade as a fighter ...

– More Than Just a Bed: Inside the Fighter Pilot’s Sleeping Space – The Real Challenge: Sleeping on a Floating Airfield – Beyond the Bunk: The Broader Context of Carrier Life – Frequently Asked ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former Navy fighter pilot Matthew "Whiz" Buckley about the U.S. rescue mission for the crew members of an F-15 fighter jet shot down over Iran. Let's now turn to the ...

Pilots regularly grapple with high “G forces” while in the cockpit—forces that the human body is not meant to handle, and that lead to stress-related injuries over time. Flying a fighter jet is often ...