The U.S. Navy has selected the Gentex Pursuit helmet as the Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet (NGFWH) to equip flight crews ...

MILTON, Fla. -- Training Air Wing Five at Naval Air Station Whiting Field is giving student aviators a look at their future ...

Flying a fighter jet is often compared to being in a car crash over and over again. Retired Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot Matthew “Whiz” Buckley, a TOPGUN graduate and former instructor, remembers being ...

The Navy completed a demonstration of its manned-unmanned teaming capabilities to further the development of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) initiative, Naval Air Systems Command announced ...

Naval aviation took off on San Diego’s North Island in 1911 with the help of pioneer aircraft manufacturer Glenn Curtiss.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The USS George H. W. Bush aircraft carrier has been an airport at sea since 2009. Over 5,000 sailors are on board when the ship is at capacity, and the F-18 and F-35 pilots ...

With a thunderous bang, a Navy F/A-18 slammed onto the deck of the USS Carl Vinson on Feb. 16, snagging a steel wire with its tailhook to complete a “trap,” the Navy’s term for a safe landing on the ...

Pilots' Licenses Collection, NASM.XXXX.0650, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Naval Aviator certificate issued to Beckwith Havens by the United States Navy Department. Dated 22 ...

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, an ace naval aviator who resigned from Congress in disgrace after pleading guilty to corruption charges, died Wednesday at age 83. The San Diego Union ...

Diving deeper into the last true 'pilot's fighter jet' of naval aviation.

Adam Estes examines the legacy of the Battle of Midway through the story of "Midway Madness," the last surviving Douglas SBD ...