Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

The Blue Angels flying team includes some of the most accomplished and skilled pilots in the U.S. Navy. Here are some facts ...

The Dorito-shaped aircraft was built for the US Navy and Marines as a replacement for the Grumman A-6 Intruder (instead ... its size and maneuverability (compared to the contemporary F4F Wildcat). The ...

"We can't forget about Ham." The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed to USA TODAY that investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the passenger ...

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD — The U.S. Navy announced today that it has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a $3.5 billion contract ... Demonstration Test Articles (SDTAs) and up to six aircraft ...

A Cathay Pacific flight departing Boston was forced to turn around shortly after takeoff following reports of smoke in the cabin and cockpit. Footage posted online purportedly shows smoke ...

His father, Leroy “Roy” Grumman, co-founded Grumman Aircraft Engineering in 1929. The firm now is part of aerospace and defense giant Northrop Grumman. David Grumman attended Deerfield Academy ...

An officer found the pilot “seated in the cockpit performing pre-flight checks,” the incident report by airport police said. It said the pilot gave off ”a strong odor of what seemed to be alcohol” and ...

A Southwest Airlines pilot was removed from the cockpit ahead of a Wednesday flight from Georgia to Chicago and was booked on a charge of driving under the influence, a source familiar with the ...