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Summary and Key Points: Chuck Yeager reportedly loved the F-20 Tigershark, a privately funded Northrop upgrade of the F-5E that aimed to dominate the...
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Summary and Key Points: Chuck Yeager reportedly loved the F-20 Tigershark, a privately funded Northrop upgrade of the F-5E that aimed to dominate the...
Summary and Key Points on F-16 and the Future of this Fighter: First fielded in 1978, the F-16 Fighting Falcon has stayed relevant because...
Key Points and Summary on F-16XL Fighter – The F-16XL was a radical “what-if” aircraft featuring a cranked-arrow delta wing designed to transform the...
Key Points and Summary – Denmark is massively upgrading its air combat capabilities with a new $951 million deal to acquire 236 AMRAAM air-to-air...
Key Points and Summary – Israel’s airpower advantage isn’t just about the stealthy F-35I Adir. The Israeli Air Force’s F-15I Ra’am remains a centerpiece...
Key Points and Summary – Turkey’s failed 2016 “coup” became the pretext for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to remake the Turkish military and crush...
Key Points and Summary – Portugal is moving toward the F-35A as its “preferred” replacement for its aging F-16 fleet, with Air Force chief...
Key Points and Summary – The JF-17 Thunder is Pakistan’s answer to aging legacy jets and a partial stand-in for the coveted F-16. Co-developed...
Key Points and Summary – U.S. Air Force F-16 pilots near Germany’s Spangdahlem Air Base recently reported multiple blue-laser illuminations on approach, triggering a...
Key Points: Japan’s F-2 “Viper Zero” is a stretched, up-engined F-16 derivative built around one mission: defending Japan’s sea lanes. -With enlarged composite wings,...