The U.S. Air Force has flown some of the greatest fighter jets in history, but there are a few stinkers, too. These are the ...

The MiG-21, a Cold War icon, became one of the most successful fighter jets in history with over 11,000 units produced. This ...

California, taught me to appreciate the iconic aircraft that paved the way for the cutting-edge jets that dominate today's skies. America's first jet trainer The US was among several countries around ...

If you were asked to sum up fighter jets ... Guinness World Records. It's not enough to have raw speed in a fighter's locker, though. It's got to be maneuverable enough to make the best use ...

All five contractors were asked to indicate which jet engine manufacturer's prototype powerplant would best suit their vision of a JSF ... but not to the level of serious consideration in any current ...

I had the rare opportunity to fly in a historic jet trainer ahead of the Pacific Airshow in October. The T-33 Shooting Star was used to train US Air Force pilots on jet aircraft until the early 1960s.

Originally intended for long-range heavy bomber escort missions over Japan during World War Two ... the second day of the war by two North Korean Yak-9 fighter aircraft. A fuel depot was set ...

Revelations of an “unprecedented” next-generation Chinese fighter jet suggest that Beijing is ... amid Germany’s ramp-up for the Second World War,” he wrote in an article on military ...

NATO fighter ... aircraft is significant because the instances of Russia violating international airspace rules are seemingly more frequent, and it may be signaling a shift in Moscow's war tactics.

I flew in a Cold War-era jet that trained US fighter pilots. It showed how far military aviation has come.

Before getting into the weeds of what each generation entails, two points to be noted. First, the notion of aircraft generations came up only in the 1990s. It has thus been retrospectively applied to ...