The McDonnell Douglas Phantom II was one of the most successful and widely used fighter aircraft of the Cold War, and its ...

As a light fighter-bomber armed with 250- or 500-lb bombs, the Whirlwind was effective, proving itself in sweeps of the ...

The de Havilland Mosquito was a fast British multi-role combat aircraft that flew in 1940. Powered by two Rolls-Royce Merlin ...

The United States and China are the two obvious contenders for sixth-generation fighter programs—and various European nations ...

When you think of Second World War fighters, the sleekly compact Spitfire and petite Zero come to mind. But some of the war's most awe-inspiring machines were vast, often ugly, flying juggernauts of ...

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 ...

As the US Air Force prepares to fly two prototype designs in coming weeks, American manufacturers report strong international interest in their autonomous combat platforms, potentially outpacing ...

The most widely flown Russian aircraft is not actually any single MiG fighter jet The Mi-8/17 series was originally introduced in the 1960s but its newer variants came about in the 1980s, and these ...

An unpainted J-35 stealth fighter jet takes off at an airfield of the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation under the Aviation ...

Let’s take a look at some of the most interesting details you might not have noticed on your favorite aircraft. Across the variety of aircraft types operating worldwide past and present, there are a ...