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For years, analysts and even Air Force officials have argued that plans to procure 100 B-21 Raiders are insufficient, and that a fleet of...
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For years, analysts and even Air Force officials have argued that plans to procure 100 B-21 Raiders are insufficient, and that a fleet of...
General Dynamics built the F-16XL fighter prototype with 27 hardpoints. The standard F-16 has 9 hardpoints. The F-16XL had 120% more wing area than...
Canada committed in 2023 to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters to replace its CF-18 fleet — today it has firmly committed to...
In a sign that the B-1B bomber may not be done just yet from the Air Force’s inventory, the service just added one to...
The F-14 Tomcat was retired far too soon—and now its maker may be on the verge of winning the biggest U.S. Navy fighter contract...
On November 15, 1967, Air Force Major Michael J. Adams was killed when the third X-15 broke apart at Mach 3.93 and 65,000 feet...
The U.S. Air Force just cleared a Critical Design Review for the new B-52J Stratofortress—the most powerful version of America’s iconic bomber ever built....
In April 1986, a U.S. Air Force SR-71 Blackbird launched from RAF Mildenhall in eastern England on a routine six-hour Cold War reconnaissance mission...
How Much Longer Can The F-22 Raptor Rule The Sky?: The F-47 NGAD is already in limited production and will eventually replace the iconic...
The Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA was one of the most radical fighter concepts ever seriously studied by the United States Air Force and NASA....