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For the first time in aviation history, a Chinese fighter has flown organized air combat training against the Dassault Rafale. It did not happen...
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For the first time in aviation history, a Chinese fighter has flown organized air combat training against the Dassault Rafale. It did not happen...
In 2012, the 195th and final F-22 was delivered before the production lines were completely shut down. Since then, the aircraft has received several...
Rostec has announced sixteen separate deliveries of Su-35S fighters since 2022, each consisting of two or three aircraft. That puts Russian receipts somewhere between...
The US Navy has said for months that it will select a final prime contractor for the sixth-generation, carrier-capable F/A-XX by the end of...
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...