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Tacit Blue made its first flight at Area 51 on 5 February 1982 under the Battlefield Surveillance Aircraft-Experimental programme. The programme ended in 1985...
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Tacit Blue made its first flight at Area 51 on 5 February 1982 under the Battlefield Surveillance Aircraft-Experimental programme. The programme ended in 1985...
The F-16XL doubled payload, extended range and lost to the F-15E before NASA used two prototypes for decades of supersonic research.
Upgrades can’t make the jet stealthy or fifth-generation. But the F-16’s longevity demonstrates how important growth potential can be for keeping an aircraft relevant...
The F-4 Phantom set 16 world speed and altitude records between 1959 and 1962, which prompted the Vietnam veteran Dick Anderegg's line that it...
The X-62A VISTA first flew in April 1992 as the NF-16D, a General Dynamics and Calspan variable-stability testbed. Thirty-four years later the same airframe...
Steve Balestrieri reports Ukraine's Air Force confirmed the loss of a fourth F-16 after an in-flight emergency on a frontline mission — the pilot...
France introduced the Dassault Mirage 2000 in 1984 as an affordable delta-wing fighter meant to defend French airspace against Soviet aircraft. Fly-by-wire controls offset...
The military aircraft boneyard outside Tucson, officially the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, covers 2,600 acres and normally holds about 3,200 aircraft, 6,100...
Shutting down F-22 production made every remaining Raptor more expensive. Without a continuing line the program lost its economies of scale, spare parts stopped...
At Red Flag 17-1, 13 F-35As recorded 145 simulated air-to-air kills against seven losses. F-16 aggressors came in repeated waves, forcing some engagements into...