Ukraine claims an F-16 was able to gun two Russian missiles after its missiles ran out during a December engagement.

NOVA: Will computer simulation or unmanned fighter planes ever make test pilots obsolete? Yates: In my lifetime I don't think so. But we're not too far away from a culture in which we have UCAVs ...

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.

"For the first time in the history of the Fighting Falcon, an F-16 fighter jet destroyed six Russian cruise missiles in one combat mission," a post read.

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 ...

As a professional fighter pilot, you should keep up with what's ... It's three months of the most intense tactical flying lectures, simulators, and training. Even if you get in, that doesn't ...

“We reinforce the AI’s learning with more and more data put into the dogfight simulator.” One of his objectives is to address the information overload fighter pilots endure. His colleague ...