Three US fighter jets were accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti air defences in the Gulf, the United States admitted on Monday.

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 ...

The air forces of Europe are a complex patchwork of varying size, modernity, and strategic purpose. Most of the strongest European armed forces work together under the North Atlantic Treaty ...

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 ...