A P-38J-10-LO Lightning fighter of the United States Army Air Forces (42-68008) flying over California in 1944 (Photo: U.S.

The Paradox of Speed It seems logical that modern fighter jets would be faster than those that flew half a century ago.

An unclassified U.S. Air Force report, mandated by the 2025 NDAA, included figures of the required combat fleet, calling for an increase of nearly 300 ...

As, and the additional aircraft would take its planned fleet to 50 airframes. Nearly seven months after German media ...

According to the Heritage Foundation's Index of U.S. Military Strength in 2024, at the close of FY 2023, the Air Force’s ...

A U.S. Navy stealth fighter pilot was forced to eject from a $100 million F-35C Lightning II jet moments before the plane slammed into a California cotton field, say officials. Plumes of black smoke ...

Over the past 80 years, the air forces of the world have ripped through the skies in five generations of jet fighters. The common denominator of all five generations is the jet engine, an invention so ...

A new US Air Force report to Congress says 1,558 combat-ready jets are needed, requiring faster F-15EX and F-35A production ...

The wavy lines on some fighters' canopies signify an ejection system that explodes the canopy before hurtling the pilot away ...

With Algeria’s recent purchase of Russian Su-35 fighter jets, it seems almost certain that Morocco will buy American F-35s.