After training as a Navy pilot in 1949, Armstrong — who died in 2012 — served in the Korean War, flying 78 combat missions ...

As we get ready for the 2024 Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show, we thought we’d give fans a look at some lesser-known facts about the team.

VFA-86, the third squadron of the U.S. Navy to be equipped with the F ... Between 1955 and 1987, the Sidewinders flew a ...

VFA-86, the third squadron of the U.S. Navy to be equipped ... flew a variety of aircraft, including the F4-U “Corsair,” F8F-2 “Bearcat,” F9F-5 “Panther,” A4D-1 “Skyhawk,” and ...

In a technical advance off San Diego, a Navy F-35B strike fighter landed on a Japanese aircraft carrier for the first time over the weekend, proving that the two allies can jointly use one of the ...

U.S. Naval officials, on Monday, identified the two crew members who died last week in a Navy jet crash near Mount Rainier in Washington state, as two 31-year-old aviators from California.

Search and rescue teams ultimately found the remains of the aircraft in a “remote, steep, and heavily-wooded area” at about 6,000 feet east of Rainier, the Navy said.The two often flew ...