Famous for his voice as Iron Maiden's frontman, Bruce Dickinson has over 7,500 hours as a pilot -- often injecting his passion for aviation into his music.
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Fortunately for movie studios, the U.S. Navy and other military forces are willing to allow directors to shoot movie scenes on their ships.
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If you want to become a fighter pilot, there may be good news for you in the Air Force's revised height standards. But there are lots of other requirements.
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Planes revolutionized warfare in the 20th Century, and these fighter jets represent the best in military innovation during their time.
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Fighter aircraft are usually stocked with guns and weapons to launch an attack or defend against one. However, not all of them are stocked with internal guns.
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The Saab JAS 39 Gripen was originally developed for Sweden and has since been used by Hungary, the Czech Republic, South Africa, Brazil, and Thailand.
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Advances in aerial warfare have necessitated improvements to the decoys that keep pilots alive, too, as exemplified by this advanced decoy system.
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What happens when the world's fastest spy plane loses power at 83,000 feet? Discover the classified Cold War rescue mission over enemy airspace.
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The Battle of Britain is one of the most famous air campaigns in history. Here are the airplanes that left the biggest mark on the conflict.
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A Blue Angels flyover got a bit too close for comfort on a beach in Florida. No one was hurt, but the Navy is reportedly looking into the incident.
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Being a pilot requires a significant amount of training, and there's a lot of rules to follow. One of those is the 1,500-hour rule. What does it mean?
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Flying either the rocket-powered X-15 or Space Shuttle would already be pretty impressive, but one man actually flew both. This is his story.
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The SR-71 Blackbird's capabilities are rightly the stuff of legend, but what might not be so well known is the preparation their crews had to go through.
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Nations are sometimes willing to try out some wacky designs in the name of getting an edge on the enemy. These mini-aircraft are a few such curiosities.
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Two pilots witnessed an unidentified aerial phenomenon that remains unexplained to this day. Here's what the TOPGUN grad had to say about it.
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A surprisingly simple innovation is helping tackle one of the F-35's most expensive risks, saving time, money, and preventing costly maintenance headaches.
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Top Gun pilots have flown their share of missions in a variety of aircraft, so you might be wondering which one is the best. This pilot has his preference.
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Military drones continue to get more complex, and things can get very interesting when many of them work together in tandem, like an alleged Iranian swarm.
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Fighter planes from World War II can be seen in various museums, but this model fired its machine guns for the first time in 80 years in a historic flight.
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Most people know that ships use nautical miles to measure distance, as it is in the name. You might be surprised, however, to learn that airplanes do too.
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The SR-71 Blackbird can fly faster than just about anything — so fast, in fact, that it broke the radar system of a jet trying to observe it in the 1960s.
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The Blue Angels are flying around the U.S. this summer, and we've rounded up some of the best and most popular places to see the shows. Here's the list.
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The SR-71 Blackbird was an incredibly complex plane, requiring the use of cutting-edge materials that were very sensitive to manufacturing conditions.
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A lot of modern fighter jets have green lights on their bodies, especially around the fuselage and the tail. What are these lights actually for?
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Irsael's Iron Beam uses a 100-kilowatt laser to zap drones cheaply and quickly. Now, the country has plans to get this system working off the ground.
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The latest iteration of Air Force One has been revealed for the first time. The plane, donated by Qatar, is only intended to be used temporarily.
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When it comes to designations for U.S. fighter planes, they generally follow a logical pattern. The U.S. has flown the F-14, F-15, and F-16, but not F-13 or 17.
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