One of the newest aircraft to enter service in the U.S. Air Force is the F-35 Lightning II, which is a fifth-generation stealth fighter. It can hit speeds up to 1,200 mph or Mach 1.6 The F-22 ...

Among the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of combat aircraft, a few stand out for their incredible velocity. (Nearly 900 of this stealth fighter jet take to the skies worldwide.) While the latest fifth ...

The F-15 Eagle, a fourth-generation fighter first introduced in the 1970s, has been America’s premier air superiority jet, ...

The Swedish supersonic aircraft will immediately replace the Air Force’s outdated Mirage F-2000, which has already been deactivated, and in the medium to long term, will also replace its F-5M and A-1M ...

The following is the Nov. 4, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, U.S. Air Force Next-Generation Air ...

The idea behind the JSF was that different versions of it would work equally well flying from land, from aircraft ... stealth ...

The F-22 Raptor remains the most dangerous stealth fighter in the world ... maneuverability. The US Air Force is planning major updates to modernize the aircraft and keep it competitive in both ...

In July, the Pentagon announced that it would upgrade Kadena's air power by replacing the aging F-15C/D Eagle fighter jets with the successor F-15EX Eagle II aircraft, while the U.S. Air Force ...

Attack aircraft conduct operations targeting the ground or surface of an ocean and are not equipped for air-to-air combat. Fighter jets are essential for maintaining air superiority and have ...

As the U.S. Air Force looks to a new generation of unmanned aircraft to accompany its fighter jets into the future, Yuba-Sutter officials see an opportunity to bring the early-stage mission to ...

Ukraine has received fighter planes and aircraft parts to bolster its air force in the face of Russia’s invasion, the Pentagon said Tuesday (19 April), declining to specify the number of ...

While Clark says Lockheed will shift its focus more toward an expendable aircraft for its next CCA proposal, he predicts the air force’s expectations for its autonomous fighter jets will ...