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

Three U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II fighter jets conduct a formation flight over Eglin Air Force Base, FL on February 1, 2019.

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 ...

Joe May reviews Luigino Caliaro's Aeronautica Macchi Fighters in his Travel For Aircraft Bookshelf column-a rich look at ...

The MoU between Airbus and AED Cluster Portugal is paving the way for pitching the Eurofighter Typhoon to the Portuguese Air Force. Airbus has a good cooperation with Portugal, and holds a 46% stake ...

The first F-35A Lightning II designated for in-country service with Belgium’s air force arrived at Florennes Air Base on Tuesday. Lockheed Martin officials joined a ceremony hosted by the Belgian Air ...

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 ...

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 ...

With over a thousand F-35s built and thousands more on order, the F-35's flyaway costs can be lower than some ...

A Royal Navy F-35B fighter jet is finally undergoing repairs after more than three weeks stuck at an airport in southern India. Britain’s High Commission in India said engineers had reached ...