Pilots regularly grapple with high “G forces” while in the cockpit—forces that the human body is not meant to handle, and that lead to stress-related injuries over time.

This is one of the most coveted positions in the United States Air Force.

Business Insider spoke with Spanish pilots who are deployed to Lithuania to contribute to NATO air policing missions.

Seventh generation fighters are being designed around a simple, unsettling premise: the human body is becoming the limiting factor in air combat. As engineers push toward hypersonic speeds, ...