A US Navy fighter pilot has become the first American woman to score a victory in air-to-air combat, the service has revealed ...

Some websites on retired Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, the Air Force's first female fighter pilot, and the World War II-era WASPs have been pulled offline.

It's not clear if the object was ever identified. The New York Times reports that the US Department of Defense programme was shut down in 2012. Several states have been hit with heavy rain ...

US President ... the next Navy Chief of Staff in an unprecedented decision. If confirmed, Franchetti, 59, would be the first woman to become a Pentagon service chief and the first female member ...