With their steely nerves and cool demeanor, fighter pilots seem born to fly. Yet even the toughest human beings are unequipped to survive, much less thrive, in today's combat airplanes.

"As a fighter pilot, pulling Gs, so I would fight the jet ... said the Navy loves to capitalize on the "cool" factor of flying jets popularized with movies like Top Gun, but fails to warn pilots ...

In fiction, they can be iconic and instantly cool — think “Iceman ... viral on social media. The pilot and his F-15E are part of the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, which recently ...

Cory Kuhn: It's just revolutionized what fighter aircraft are capable of. Narrator: And these are the pilots training to fly that $100 million aircraft. Michael Watts: A lot of people just think ...