There are 60 Black fighter pilots in the Air Force, or 2 percent of the community. Navy data show 15 Black pilots out of 1,124, about 1.3 percent. Those figures could be higher, ...

E ugene Bullard survived some of the deadliest battles in military history, became the world’s first Black fighter pilot, and ...

When Rochelle Kimbrell, the first Black female fighter pilot in the history of the U.S. Air, Force, decided she wanted to be a mom, she embarked on an entirely different kind of mission.

Tuskegee Fighter Pilot, 100, Receives Honorary Promotion to Colonel Retired lieutenant colonel James H. Harvey III was the military's first Black fighter jet pilot to fly in Korean airspace and ...

The film stars Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell, and tells the story of Jesse Brown, the Navy’s first Black fighter pilot who became best friends with fellow pilot Thomas Hudner Jr. while ...

Hoosier native, Major Charles Hall, was the 1st U.S. Army Black fighter pilot to shoot down enemy aircraft as part of the Tuskegee Airmen. Hall Jr. now carries on the Hoosier hero’s legacy, ...

The Kremlin trolled the US Friday by handing out state awards to the Russian fighter pilots who brought down an American surveillance drone over the Black Seat this week.. Russian Defense Minister ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with director J.D. Dillard about his new movie "Devotion." It's about the trust built between a Black pilot and his wingman as they fight in the Korean War.

But the Black pilots — and Black Americans — still faced headwinds. Davis, who became the 332nd Fighter group’s commander, challenged efforts to block Black pilots in combat.

WASHINGTON >> The Air Force fighter pilot tapped to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff got his call sign by ejecting from a burning F-16 fighter jet high above the Florida ...

Eugene Bullard survived some of the deadliest battles in military history, became the world’s first Black fighter pilot, and even had his own monkey sidekick—and all before the age of 30.He ...