When a young Nicole Malachowski was dreaming about becoming a fighter pilot, she couldn’t have imagined the heights she’d fly as part of the elite Thunderbirds ...

Women in aviation have long had to fight for space in the cockpit, beginning with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II. They proved their skill and courage even as they were ...

They soar into the desert skies, piloting some of the most sophisticated aircraft the world has ever seen. They have an innate understanding of high-performance aircraft and are always pushing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman was killed and a pilot was seriously injured after a two-seater glider crashed at a private airfield in Tasmania’s ...

(Columbia-AP) -- An Easley High School graduate has become the first woman pilot killed in Iraq. Family spokesman Ken Porter says 27-year-old Captain Kimberly Hampton died yesterday after her OH-58 ...

It was a revelation to learn earlier this summer that women were allowed to fly in combat during World War II. Not American women mind you. (There were laws against that.) They were Russian women, and ...

Becoming a pilot seemed "ridiculous, impossible" after she finished high school. But Carole Hopson is living proof that the seemingly impossible isn't necessarily a barrier. She remained resolutely ...

When author Becky Aikman decided in 2019 to write a book about the 25 American female pilots who flew planes for the Royal Air Force during World War II, she discovered that all but one of the women ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Theresa Claiborne recently went viral on TikTok for her career in the USAF and at United Airlines. The moment comes as efforts to ...

TULSA, Okla. — The first woman to pilot and command a NASA space shuttle was in Tulsa on Thursday. Eileen Collins was at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum for their new 'Women in Aviation' exhibit, where ...