Female Fighter Pilot Breaks Gender Barriers
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Col. Jeannie Flynn Leavitt is not only a decorated fighter pilot; she has broken through gender barriers few thought possible. She was recently named the Air Force’s first female wing commander, commanding 5,000 airmen…
US Lauds Syrian Pilot’s Defection
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon on Thursday praised the bravery of a Syrian Air Force pilot, who defected to Jordan in a Russian-made fighter jet.At a press briefing, spokesman George Little told reporters, “We have long called for m…
Syrian Fighter Pilot Defects, Asks for Asylum in Jordan
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(CAIRO) — A Syrian fighter pilot has defected and requested political asylum in neighboring Jordan.The colonel was flying a training mission in southern Syria in a MiG-21 Thursday morning when he went missing. Syria’s state…
More F-22 Fighter Pilots Concerned About Their Safety: Congressmen
U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Kasey Close(WASHINGTON) — Several more pilots have come forward to say they too are concerned about the oxygen problems plaguing America’s most expensive fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor, according to lawmakers.On the sa…
Air Force Contradicts Itself in Blame for F-22 Fighter Crash
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson(WASHINGTON) — Three months after the Air Force placed blame squarely on an F-22 fighter pilot who died when he crashed in the service’s most expensive plane after his oxygen system failed in mid-air, a top Air Force off…
Air Force Asks for New Search of F-16 Pilot Troy Gilbert’s Remains in Iraq
TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Air Force has agreed to a family’s plea that the Pentagon renew the search for the body of Major Troy Gilbert, whose F-16 fighter jet crashed in Iraq in 2006 as he came to the rescue of troops pinned …
Navy Fighter Pilot Implicated in Coronado Murder-Suicide
David De Lossy/Thinkstock(CORONADO, Calif.) — A Navy fighter pilot is implicated in the shooting deaths of three others and himself in Coronado, Calif., according to new information released by authorities Wednesday.Police say that John Robert Reeves,…