A U.S. Air Force F-35 pilot spent 50 minutes on an airborne conference call with Lockheed Martin engineers trying to solve a problem with his fighter jet before he ejected and the plane plunged to the ...

Footage shows the F/A-18 Hornet jet speeding on the tarmac at the Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport in Kuantan, Malaysia, and lifting off just moments before the engines exploded. Wednesday Season 2 Part 2 ...

A Navy pilot was rescued after a $67 million fighter jet plunged into ocean waters off the Virginia coast Wednesday morning — marking the sixth pricey plane the military has lost in less than a year.

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A pilot was rescued after a U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed into ocean waters off the coast of Virginia on Wednesday morning, officials said. A little before 10 a.m. ET, a pilot assigned to ...

The design of the Harrier jump jet has allowed the Marine Corps to project air power in ways that would not have been possible with conventional aircraft. The McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II is a ...

A 'blast-like' sound in Nashik's Dindori area sparked panic, later identified as a Sukhoi fighter jet noise. The noise damaged some windows but caused no further incidents. Authorities and HAL ...

The Tillamook Air Museum welcomed a new addition on Monday, when an AV-8B II Harrier jet made its final descent into the coastal Oregon town in front of hundreds of aviation enthusiasts. Pilot James ...

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