aviator

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Watch how this small chopper flown inside a C-130 transport plane was used to rescue the U.S. aviator trapped in Iran after his F-15 was shot down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The aviator survived and evaded capture for 36 hours in a remote, mountainous part of Iran, with local forces trying to hunt him down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Reid Wiseman, a 50-year-old former naval aviator and test pilot who was also a deputy chief of NASA's astronaut office, will be in command.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Reid Wiseman, a 50-year-old former naval aviator and test pilot who also formerly served as a deputy chief of NASA's astronaut office, will be in command.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Grinning, I tried to picture her with an aviator hat and imagined her still wearing her ginormous flower poking out the side.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas