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The U.S. Air Force’s F-47 (NGAD) fighter faces a decade-long wait, with operational availability now pushed to the mid-2030s. Rep. Rob Wittman confirms that...
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The U.S. Air Force’s F-47 (NGAD) fighter faces a decade-long wait, with operational availability now pushed to the mid-2030s. Rep. Rob Wittman confirms that...
The decision to extend the F-22 Raptor’s service life into the 2060s marks a tectonic shift in U.S. air superiority doctrine. As of March...
The "White Emperor" represents one of the most successful accidental psychological operations in modern aviation history. What began as a terrifying glimpse into a...
Red Flag 21 at Nellis Air Force Base marked a historic shift in aerial combat training by introducing high-fidelity "stealth-on-stealth" simulations. The exercise pitted...
China's Y-20 "Chubby Girl" cargo aircraft is being converted into a aerial tanker capable of refueling J-20 stealth fighters, J-16 strike jets, and H-6N...
Christian D. Orr, former Air Force Security Forces officer and Pentagon contractor, revisits the 2012 RED FLAG Alaska exercise in which German Luftwaffe Eurofighter...
Georgia Gilholy, UK-based journalist published in Newsweek and The Spectator, reports on Lockheed Martin's "Raptor 2.0" configuration unveiled at the Air and Space Forces...
The YF-23 represents a fundamental design philosophy that prioritized all-aspect stealth and high-speed persistence over dogfighting agility. In the 2026 strategic landscape, where long-range...
The delay in 6th-generation fielding is a pragmatic acknowledgement of the "industrial saturation" at play in 2026. With major programs like the B-21 Raider...
The F-47 NGAD doesn't just improve on the F-35 — it rethinks what a stealth fighter is. A blended wing-body with no vertical structures...