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In a sobering reminder that no aircraft is truly invincible, an American F-35 stealth fighter recently survived a direct missile strike over Iran. Journalist...
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In a sobering reminder that no aircraft is truly invincible, an American F-35 stealth fighter recently survived a direct missile strike over Iran. Journalist...
The Raptor 2.0: Inside the F-22’s Mojave Desert Stealth Upgrades New pictures have emerged of the upgraded F-22 Raptor. Aviation photographer Jarod Hamilton snapped...
Commanding the Swarm: How the F-47 Rewrites the Rules of Aerial Warfare The U.S. Air Force’s F-47, developed by Boeing under the Next Generation...
Despite recent headlines, Australia isn't abandoning the F-35. Journalist Georgia Gilholy breaks down Canberra's strategic pivot to pause a 28-jet order, opting instead to...
F-35 Radar Delays Mean New Jets Won’t Be Combat Ready The U.S. military is reportedly preparing to accept new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters that...
The 25-Jet Fleet: Why Russia’s Su-57 Program is Paralyzed by Sanctions There are three countries currently that claim to have produced 5th Generation stealth...
British defense researcher Jack Buckby examines the U.S. Air Force's radical shift in SEAD warfare. By combining the 6th-generation F-47 (NGAD) with Northrop Grumman's...
National security journalist Stephen Silver breaks down the first instance of a U.S. F-35A being hit by enemy fire during the 2026 Iran campaign....
China is narrowing the stealth production gap. Experts warn that Beijing’s aviation infrastructure expansion now exceeds Lockheed Martin’s F-35 complex, with a capacity to...
The F-47 (NGAD) and F/A-XX programs face an unavoidable delay until the mid-2030s, forcing the U.S. to extend the service lives of the F-22...