With their steely nerves and cool demeanor, fighter pilots seem born ... and top speed of an F-15—a pilot would quickly black out without his flight gear, a 40-pound collection of vital clothing ...

The strategies of Eddie Rickenbacker’s era live on today with pilots flying F-22 Raptors in the 94th Fighter Squadron. On October 28, 1916, German pilot Oswald ... s landing gear tore a strip ...