Pilots regularly grapple with high “G forces” while in the cockpit—forces that the human body is not meant to handle, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In one scene from National Geographic’s new limited series about naval fighter pilots, Navy Lt. j.g. Andrew Seepe speeds back to ...

A retired fighter pilot watches his jet roar through the sky one last time. Diane Tedeschi Cesar "Rico" Rodriguez, a retired fighter pilot, attended the arrival of an F-15C at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy ...

The human body has not evolved to meet the physical demands of flying a fighter jet. High G-forces, high altitude, low oxygen—the fighter jet places the human body in an environment and in situations ...

Since World War I, aerial combat has changed significantly. Starting from simple reconnaissance and small-scale dogfights with biplanes, aerial warfare today involves complex air combat tactics with ...

As most people understand, the ejection sequence begins when the fighter pilot yanks an ejection handle, usually located either between the legs or above the head. The pulling of the handle triggers ...