JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — “My first flight was mind blowing,” Capt. Chas Ballard, a F-22 pilot in training, said. “As soon as I took off and started pulling back on the stick for the first time ...

The T-6 Texan is an ideal teacher’s airplane: it doesn’t coddle new students, nor does it punish them relentlessly.

In the wake of a string of deadly military aviation accidents over the past several years, the U.S. Army is launching a major overhaul of how it trains new pilots that focuses on getting back to the ...

In about 1940, the United States was planning a buildup in Army Air Force (AAF) strength. The number of airplanes produced was to be increased to around 50,000, but the AAF's flying school in Texas ...

Fort Leonard Wood Soldiers are learning to operate unmanned aircraft systems, commonly called a UAS or drone, so they can ...