After Col. Jeannie Leavitt finished pilot training at the top of her class in 1992, she was given her first choice of aircraft, with a few restrictions. Her first choice, the F-15 Strike Eagle, wasn't ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The woman who became the Air Force's first female fighter pilot in 1993 is adding another first to her list of achievements. Col. Jeannie Leavitt has become the first woman to ...

During more than a century of manned flight, a nagging problem has been how to answer nature’s call when up in the wild blue yonder. Modern fighter jets such as the F-15 Eagle top out at more than ...

Japan must do more to support the U.S. security alliance from which it so benefits. This bears consideration in light of Japan’s first female fighter pilot qualifying for operational duty. According ...

Heather Penney, who flies an F-16, was one of the first female fighter pilots. Herstory Lessons pays tribute to women whose accomplishments are hidden from history, but who have made an impact on the ...

India's first female fighter pilot to fly Rafale: A little girl who dreamt of becoming a pilot is today flying high as the face of India's rapidly modernising Air Force. Shivangi Singh has become the ...

A Southwest Airlines pilot who made an emergency landing Tuesday after the jet apparently blew an engine, got hit by shrapnel and lost a window, is being praised for her "nerves of steel" in helping ...

Sanni's latest achievement at GAFCSC is a resounding statement about Nigeria’s growing influence in regional military excellence and the NAF’s commitment to gender inclusion and elite talent ...

New Delhi: Shattering the barriers and paving way for a new era of women fighter pilots in the Indian Navy, Sub Lieutenant Aastha Poonia became the first woman to be steamed into the fighter stream of ...

Flight Lieutenant Kafayat Omolara Sanni, Nigeria’s first female fighter pilot, has again made history by emerging as the Best Allied Student and winner of the Best Assistant Commandant Paper at the ...