Did a U.S. female fighter pilot recently score her first air-to-air kill? Explore the story behind this potential milestone in aviation history and its impact on the role of women in combat aviation.

blue-eyed beauty as for the 12 victories as a member of a crack fighter unit.” Sadly, she didn’t live to see the end of the war; she presumably was killed in action on August 1, 1943—a ...

Multiple webpages and media relating to retired Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, the Air Force's first female fighter pilot, are no longer online amid the Trump administration's purge of diversity ...

“You’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said. By Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington The intelligence breach was bad enough, current and former fighter pilots sai ...