It's really hard to get a new fighter jet design off the ground. Given design challenges and costs it involves, it's amazing ...

The Air Force is trying to devote greater resources to “low-risk” conflicts—in other words, opponents without meaningful air defenses.

This video takes viewers inside the cockpits of U.S. fighter jets for an unmatched perspective of high-speed flight. From F-16s and F/A-18s to the cutting-edge F-35, it captures pilots pulling tight ...

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The first F-47, Boeing's successful pitch for the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter aircraft, is now being built and will fly for the first time in 2028, Gen. David Allvin said. (Air Force) ...

Most people consider speed to be the ultimate sign of a fighter jet's performance, but you'll be surprised to learn that the F-35, considered one of the most advanced jets in the world, is slower than ...

Venezuela on Thursday said it had detected five US fighter jets flying near its Caribbean coast. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino described the incident as a “provocation” by the United States that ...

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The Air Force will have problems meeting its goal of 1,558 combat-coded manned fighters in the next decade--a number laid out by the service in a required ...

Modern-day warfare doctrine demands control of the skies, and fighter jets are key to achieving that domination. Honed by decades of trial and error during the Cold ...

By far the best American fighter of 1939, and by far the shiniest aircraft on this list, the Curtiss Hawk 75A scored the ...