Despite claims of Mach 2.54, pilots report that the fastest speeds achieved in practice are Mach 2.25–2.3 in brand-new ...
The final run -- a strafing pass with the jet's 20-mm cannon -- vibrated through the airframe. It was disorienting, visceral, ...
The crew of an Air Force CV-22 Osprey that suffered a hard landing in late 2024 had just completed safety training on similar ...
The government refused to accept delivery of new F-35s for a year between 2023 and 2024, which led to jets being stockpiled ...
The brothers, one a KC-135 refueling pilot, the other an F-35 fighter pilot, met in the sky on a refueling mission in ...
The F-117 Nighthawk isn’t “coming back” in the Hollywood sense—no squadrons are redeploying to kick down modern air defe ...