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Erick Gibson, 55, of New Orleans, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor criminal possession of a weapon and was released after posting a $200 bail.

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Robert Hoover became a prisoner of war after his plane was shot down during World War II, but made a daring escape by stealing a German fighter plane.

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Witnesses said the jets were practicing for the weekend airshow when suddenly there was a loud boom and large billow of black smoke and flame.

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When Hassan Mohamed Mahmoud started experiencing technical problems with his plane, he ejected in an attempt to save himself, but subsequently took his own life.

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Katie Higgins is a third-generation military aviator who got her first pilot license when she was 17-years-old. She said she was "definitely inspired" by watching the Blue Angels as a child.

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Once the copilot has the Snickers bar in his grasp, he gives his pilot a thumbs up to let him know everything is good to go.

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The graphic video shows the pilot doused in a flammable fluid, with a trail leading out of the cage to an ISIS terrorist who sets the line ablaze, and watches the man burn to death before his body is covered in rumble and mauled over with a bulldozer.

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R/C enthusiast Mac Hodges recently crashed his B-29 R/C plane with attached rocket-powered Bell X-1 during a Warbirds airshow in Deleware. The plan was for the Bell X-1 to disengage and rocket away, but the massive B-29 replica barely managed to make it off the deck. It yawed left at takeoff and veered into some tents, […]

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A new enhanced “drone cockpit” looks more like a gamer’s paradise and less like a tactical battle station. The enhanced cockpit by drone-maker General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, called the Cockpit Block 50 Ground Control Station, not only affords pilots a better view of the battlefield, but also makes it easier to fly the drones and […]

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An off-duty Air Force B-1B Lancer pilot who was a passenger aboard a commercial 737 helped safely land the plane after the captain suffered a heart attack.

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Artists installed a giant poster of a young Pakistani girl in a village near the border of Afghanistan to deter drone pilots from striking. The title of the image is called “not a bug splat,” and refers to “bug splat,” a term used by Predator drone operators when referring to the people that were killed […]

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An F-16 fighter pilot snapped the ultimate selfie and captured the moment an air-to-air Sidewinder missile was fired. The Royal Danish Air Force pilot sports the very high-tech Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS), which gives pilots a high degree of situational awareness and allows them to target enemy craft with a simple nod of […]

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