(Photo courtesy of Vincent Aiello) Writing a book about his circuitous journey to becoming a fighter pilot and teaching in the Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program -- more popularly ...

US Navy pilots—known as naval aviators—undergo intense training to earn their wings and fly some of the military’s most advanced aircraft. The journey includes flight school, survival courses, and ...

Navy Commander Philip "Rowdy" Yates knows how to fly fighter jets ... NOVA: What advice do you have for those interested in becoming test pilots? Yates: First, you need to have that engineering ...

It's a rite of passage that distinguishes Navy pilots from their peers, and one that a new class of aviators is facing ...