Hollywood can exaggerate to the point of lunacy, and that's especially true of many military films. But when you see an actor remove his mask while pretending to fly a fighter jet, it may not actually ...

Action movies usually depict ejecting from a fighter jet as a badass way to escape certain death at the hands of an airborne enemy. Sure, "Top Gun" reminded us that ejecting can involve danger, but ...

Conventional wisdom might suggest that a fighter pilot's salary could be cleanly reduced to a single number. However, in the United States Air Force, it is really a stack of pay lines that change with ...

Pilots regularly grapple with high “G forces” while in the cockpit—forces that the human body is not meant to handle, and that lead to stress-related injuries over time. Flying a fighter jet is often ...

Below, Michelle “MACE” Curran shares five key insights from her new book, The Flipside: How to Invert Your Perspective and Turn Fear into Your Superpower. Michelle spent over a decade as a fighter ...

– More Than Just a Bed: Inside the Fighter Pilot’s Sleeping Space – The Real Challenge: Sleeping on a Floating Airfield – Beyond the Bunk: The Broader Context of Carrier Life – Frequently Asked ...

When it's cold in your home, you turn on the heater, and when you're sweltering in the heat, you turn on your smart A/C. This is very simple, understandable logic, but only if you're sitting at home.