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.

Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak was born on August 18, 1921, to Vladimir Leontievich Litvyak (a railwayman, train driver, and clerk) and Anna Vasilievna Litvyak (a shop assistant). Young Lydia would ...

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 ...

Photos of the Enola Gay World War II bomber, Black military pilots and the country’s first female fighter pilot are among the tens of thousands of images flagged for removal by the Pentagon in ...

Men and women who have taken to the air on behalf of the United States expressed bewilderment after the leak of attack plans. “You’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said. By Helene ...

In a first, Flying Officer Tanuska Singh has become the first woman pilot permanently assigned to IAF’s Jaguar fighter jet squadron. It marks a significant step in gender inclusion in combat roles.