Sub Lieutenant Astha Poonia has become the first woman to enter the fighter pilot stream of the Indian Navy. She may fly the MiG-29K one day. Women are already serving as pilots and officers in ...

In 1993, Leavitt became the first woman to serve as a fighter pilot in the U.S. military when she graduated from flight training and began flying the F-15E Strike Eagle. During her 31 years in ...

On just her second sortie in April 1942, she proved her worth, downing a Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 88 bomber and a Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter, thus becoming the first female pilot to shoot down an ...

Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief moderated his stance to get the job but is now pushing for change in the name of high standards.

When Defense Secretary Les Aspin ordered the services to drop restrictions on women flying combat missions in 1993, she became the Air Force’s first female fighter pilot.

The problem is a bigger challenge for a growing segment of Air Force flight crews — the 118 female fighter pilots in jets such as the F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor, F-35 ...

Nigeria’s first female fighter pilot, Sanni, emerged as the Best Allied Student and clinched the Best Assistant Commandant Paper award at the prestigious Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff ...

In May, a U.S. Navy jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier was lost to the Red Sea after the pilot and weapons ...

Sub Lieutenant Astha Poonia has become the first woman to be trained as a fighter pilot of the Indian Navy. She may eventually fly the MiG-29K or the naval version of the Rafale fighter jet off ...

Flight Lieutenant Kafayat Omolara Sanni, Nigeria’s first female fighter pilot, has again made history by emerging as the Best Allied Student and winner of the Best Assistant Commandant Paper at ...

Mariam Al Mansouri, the first Emirati female fighter jet pilot prepare to take off on June 13, 2013 in United Arab Emirates. Born in Abu Dhabi, Mansouri is one of eight children.