A U.S. Navy search-and-rescue team known as the "Dust Devils" played a pivotal part in the rescue of an Air Force pilot who ...

TRONA, Cali. (KOAA) — A U.S. Air Force Thunderbird pilot is recovering after ejecting from an F-16 fighter jet during a training mission in Southern California. The pilot was hospitalized with ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An F-16 Thunderbird fighter jet from Nellis Air Force Base crashed near China Lake in San Bernardino County, California, on Wednesday, according to the county’s fire ...

Military officials say a fighter jet with the Air Force's Thunderbirds demonstration squadron has crashed in the Southern California desert. The pilot managed to eject safely and is being treated for ...

Ejector seats are designed to be as safe as possible—but there are obvious inherent dangers in a rocket-powered ejection from a fast-moving aircraft. Ejecting from a fighter jet is a wrenchingly ...