Celebrate 70 years of the legendary F-4 Phantom! From its origins in 1955, when the US Navy ordered McDonnell Aircraft to ...

Crewed aircraft have played a crucial role in combat since the fledgling days of aviation. It was just over 10 years since the Wright Brothers made history with Kitty Hawk's maiden flight when ...

Two daring German pilots didn’t just fly they rewrote the rules of air combat and changed the course of WWII forever.

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Since the 1950s, fighter jets have played an essential role in warfare. These expensive technological marvels are a key element of any modern military. From reconnaissance to aerial support, they play ...

When the Korean War began in 1950, the United States entered a new era of air combat it barely understood. Pilots trained for the piston-engine battles of World War II suddenly faced jet fighters that ...

U.S. Air Force A-10 jets, nicknamed Warthogs for their bulky silhouette and toughness in a fight, were first flown in 1976. The U.S. eventually acquired more than 700. The Pentagon wants to dedicate ...

The long-awaited follow-up to “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific” centers on an American aerial group nicknamed the “Bloody Hundredth” Based on a True Story Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital ...

Last week's leak of a report by a test pilot on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) team would have raised much less of a ruckus had it not been for earlier statements from program ...

The Tillamook Air Museum is preparing for the rare arrival of a combat-tested Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier jet, which will fly under its own power from California to Oregon in August. This specific ...

The age of the piloted fighter aircraft may not be over but the US Air Force has shown that it may be time to start collecting the coats, as it has designated two prototype combat drones as official ...

The Air Force warns that having a smaller fleet may increase the risk it won't be able to carry out all its missions.