A photographer captured the jaw-dropping moment a seagull smashed through the windshield of an $85 million fighter jet at a Spanish airshow in a sky-high scare that wasn’t even noticed by spectators ...

As terrible recent conflicts have shown, the fighter aircraft is far from dead and can prove vital for a nation’s survival. The most modern fighters can shoot down an enemy aircraft at a range of 100 ...

-The sleek airframe is markedly different from other known prototypes, and the lack of a visible cockpit has observers questioning if it is a manned sixth-generation fighter or a large, unmanned ...

As time has gone on, innovations in fighter jet technology have made “bubble cockpits” steadily more useful to pilots—and ...

The skies of the 20th century were awash with the roars of fighter aircraft, and few, if any, nation produced as many impressive machines as the United States. From the 1940s onwards, the US created ...

One feature that stands out with the F-14 Tomcat is its cockpit built for two. It's not a common configuration on other fighter jets except on particular variants, specifically ones used for pilot ...

Actively in service with many European military forces, the Eurofighter Typhoon is one of the best fighter planes and jets of all time. However, if you were suddenly thrown into the cockpit of this ...

The days where the pilot was forced to interpret multiple data streams simultaneously are over; the aircraft performs the synthesis now. As anyone who has glanced inside the cockpit of an older ...

The United States, Russia, and France are the world’s three largest exporters of fighter aircraft—but other emerging players are closing in. The global fighter jet export market can be viewed as a ...

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II is promoted as the most advanced fighter jet in the world, and it has an outsized impact in North Texas. Final assembly primarily takes place in Fort Worth, but the ...

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The skyline of fighter jets is changing quick with the addition of modern fifth-generation aircraft to air forces around the world The art of silhouette recognition has long been essential for pilots ...