If you've watched "Top Gun," you might've noticed that the F/A-18's countermeasures use chaff/flare. While both chaff and flares are used by military aircraft to defend against incoming missiles, they ...

Questions abound as investigators try to determine why Delta Airlines flight 4819 crashed as it attempted to land at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon. In a video that has ...

Airbus stock fell Monday as the jet maker worked to fix flight controls on thousands of jets that could be impacted by solar flares.

In commercial aviation, landings are designed to be gentle, with the idea that travelers will avoid planes with rough landings—but military aircraft place far less emphasis on comfort.