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 ...

Empathy is under attack lately. The all-important ability to see the world through another person’s eyes is now being recast as something corrosive. The argument goes like this: if you’re empathetic, ...

Of the 61 missions that Racine native Robert Goebel flew over Italy and southern Europe during World War II, one of them left a particularly vivid memory in the P-51 Mustang fighter pilot's mind. As ...

A recent survey by the German pilots’ union, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), reveals that widespread in-flight napping is a common practice among German pilots. The survey collected responses from more than ...

Most well-funded air forces offer their pilots compensation in a similar ballpark with fighter pilots making the same as ...