Michelle “MACE” Curran made history after she became the second-ever woman to fly as Lead Solo Pilot for the United States Air Force demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, in 2019. Her powerful ...

A Chinese air force pilot told state media he flew his fighter jet upside down within 50 feet of a foreign military aircraft during a near encounter last year, in a maneuver reminiscent of those in ...

Pete Hegseth has taken flight in a F-18 fighter jet dressed in Top Gun attire from a Nevada naval air base. On Sunday (19 October), the Secretary of Defense took a tour of the skies in the same ...

“Top Gun” and its sequel may be fictional stories, but fighter pilots are, of course, very real — and their job is pretty demanding. As such, National Geographic is taking fans into the cockpit to ...

A new six-part series on National Geographic promises to take viewers along the journey to the real “Top Gun” training grounds as cameras follow pilot students from the Navy and Marine Corps through ...

Tom Cruise introduced audiences around the world to the Top Gun training and pilots. He and the filmmakers tried to make the films as realistic as possible to represent the real program and pilots.