With their steely nerves and cool demeanor, fighter pilots seem born ... and top speed of an F-15—a pilot would quickly black out without his flight gear, a 40-pound collection of vital clothing ...
2021 It takes nerves of steel to be a fighter pilot. It takes something else entirely to safely fly a damaged A-10 Thunderbolt II after your canopy has been ripped off and your front landing gear ...
commander of the reactivated 356th Fighter Squadron, stepped into two separate chambers, one at minus-20 and the other at minus-40, wearing standard cold-weather gear issued to pilots. Once inside ...