On August 9, 1952, during the Korean War, a flight of four Hawker Sea Furys took off from the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier, HMS Ocean, headed to bomb a railyard located between Pyongyang and Munchon, ...

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 ...

Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the aircraft (such as its shape). The A-10 Thunderbolt got ...

Enter Northrop Grumman’s Stand-In Attack Weapon (SiAW) developed for the United States Air Force. This new air-to-ground missile is designed to achieve one main mission for the U.S. military ...

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 ...