Diving deeper into the last true 'pilot's fighter jet' of naval aviation.

“What happens to a jet when it loses its engine? It becomes a rock.” The blunt aphorism recalled by retired U.S. Navy Naval Flight Officer Josh Bennet sums up one of the most decisive factors in a ...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – For Navy Flight Officer (NFO) Lt. j.g. Colleen Purdy, a native of Ballston Spa, N.Y., the path to the cockpit wasn’t conventional, but it was certainly extraordinary.

Capt. Michael Haymon, a career naval officer who enlisted in 1998 and was commissioned an ensign through the officer candidate school, will succeed Capt. Shane Tanner on Friday as commanding officer ...

Ens. Zachary Ryan Eckhart, age 25, of Orefield flew his final flight as a Naval Flight Officer on April 12, 2010 when the plane he was on crashed in northern Georgia. He was the husband of Sarah L.