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Vincent Aiello’s first solo flight in a T-2 Buckeye occurred at Naval Air Station Meridian in Mississippi on Aug. 4, 1994.
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Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot...

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The Air Force is rolling back policies that would allow pregnant aircrew members to fly early in their pregnancy and are...

Valérie André with a Hiller UH-12/360 helicopter outside Lanessan hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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She was the woman in the floppy jungle hat, standing in front of a Hiller 360 helicopter—young, with a confident smile...

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The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who...

Clarence 'Bud' Anderson, Last World War II Triple Ace, Didn't Stop Flying Till Age 90

Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson died in his sleep at his home in Auburn, California, on May 17, 2024, just a little over a year...

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