Every part of a fighter jet has a job to do. Even the tiny things that don't seem important at first, like that thin metal rod sticking out from the nose in jets like F-16, actually serve a purpose.

Investigators have determined that a Transavia Boeing 737-700 brought out of storage during the pandemic departed Rotterdam without its pitot-static pressure lines being connected to their air-data ...

Investigators have determined that an Antonov An-124 aborted its take-off run from Leipzig, after protective covers were inadvertently left on the pitot-static tubes. The Antonov Airlines aircraft was ...