fighters

The current CEO of Dassault Aviation gets a vote of confidence from the family company’s leadership.

The dogfight involved two small, unmanned, fixed-wing aircraft—one operated by AI, and the other controlled by a human from the ground.

It is possible to fly to on-base air museums after filing for permission.

The USAF produced a slick recruitment ad featuring high-speed F-35 and F-22 maneuvers to run before Top Gun: Maverick in theaters.

‘If DOD moves forward as planned, it will have bought a third of all F-35s before determining that the aircraft is ready to move into the full-rate production phase,’ GAO warned.

They’ve responded to an uptick near Allied territory, according to a new report.

Despite having one of the largest aircraft inventories in the world, Russian air force fixed-wing combat aircraft have been noticeably absent from the Ukrainian battlefield, prompting some observers to question the invading force’s fleet readiness. Five days into its launch of the bloody invasion of Ukraine and Russia troops had yet to take control, according […]

Finland plans to fully replace its aging fleet of F/A-18 Hornets with the stealth fighter by 2030, according to defense officials.

On December 20, 1941, an all-volunteer group of American mercenary pilots took on Japanese bombers in their first air combat mission to protect China.  By day’s end, the American Volunteer Group (AVG)—better known as the “Flying Tigers”—would go on to down nine out of 10 Japanese bombers in the first of many air battles in […]

Future U.S. Air Force combat readiness will rely on a streamlined fleet of four fighter aircraft platforms, a top USAF commander said Wednesday. The retooling of the USAF aircraft fleet comes as the service looks to reposition for potential conflict with China, which it says is actively seeking to exploit limitations created by European basing […]