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Highly Modified Air Force Test Pilot School F-16 Is Now An X-Plane

Highly Modified Air Force Test Pilot School F-16 Is Now An X-Plane

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 31, 2021
Lawmakers Are Skeptical About The Services’ Focus On Next Generation Fighters Over Existing Designs

Lawmakers Are Skeptical About The Services’ Focus On Next Generation Fighters Over Existing Designs

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 29, 2021
Navy’s New Jamming Pods For EA-18G Growler Eyed For Air Force Fighters

Navy’s New Jamming Pods For EA-18G Growler Eyed For Air Force Fighters

By Brett Tingley and Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jul 28, 2021
Air Force Tweet Showing F-35As Protected By Lightning Rods Asks “Which Lightning Strikes Harder?”

Air Force Tweet Showing F-35As Protected By Lightning Rods Asks “Which Lightning Strikes Harder?”

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 27, 2021
Final F-14 Demo Crewman Remembers Legendary Tomcat Demo Pilot Dale “Snort” Snodgrass

Final F-14 Demo Crewman Remembers Legendary Tomcat Demo Pilot Dale “Snort” Snodgrass

By LCDR Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka
Updated on Jul 26, 2021
Aircraft Spotter Thanked By F-15E Pilot After Alerting Him To Malfunctioning Jet

Aircraft Spotter Thanked By F-15E Pilot After Alerting Him To Malfunctioning Jet

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 24, 2021
Russia Threat Could See U.K. Fighter Jets Operating From Highways Once Again

Russia Threat Could See U.K. Fighter Jets Operating From Highways Once Again

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 21, 2021
Russia’s Checkmate Light Tactical Fighter Is Officially Unveiled (Updated)

Russia’s Checkmate Light Tactical Fighter Is Officially Unveiled (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 21, 2021
Russia’s New Fighter Design Seen Uncovered For The First Time (Updated)

Russia’s New Fighter Design Seen Uncovered For The First Time (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 19, 2021
Now We Know Russia’s Mysterious New Fighter Is A Single-Engine Design (Updated)

Now We Know Russia’s Mysterious New Fighter Is A Single-Engine Design (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 17, 2021
Russia’s New Fighter Jet Design Breaks Cover (Updated)

Russia’s New Fighter Jet Design Breaks Cover (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 16, 2021
A Fifth Of The Air Force’s Combat-Coded F-22 Stealth Fighters Are Headed For Guam

A Fifth Of The Air Force’s Combat-Coded F-22 Stealth Fighters Are Headed For Guam

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 16, 2021
Arctic Pit Stop A First For British Typhoon Fighter Jets

Arctic Pit Stop A First For British Typhoon Fighter Jets

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 15, 2021
Fifteen Percent Of U.S. Air Force F-35s Don’t Have Working Engines

Fifteen Percent Of U.S. Air Force F-35s Don’t Have Working Engines

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 14, 2021
Check Out This F-15E Strike Eagle Spewing Sparks After Takeoff

Check Out This F-15E Strike Eagle Spewing Sparks After Takeoff

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 14, 2021
Presidential Presser Cut Short After Typhoon Jets Have To Scramble To Intercept Russian Planes (Updated)

Presidential Presser Cut Short After Typhoon Jets Have To Scramble To Intercept Russian Planes (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 9, 2021
Switzerland Chooses F-35 As Its Next Fighter Jet

Switzerland Chooses F-35 As Its Next Fighter Jet

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 1, 2021
Draken Becomes The Next Red Air Private Contractor To Acquire F-16 Fighter Jets

Draken Becomes The Next Red Air Private Contractor To Acquire F-16 Fighter Jets

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 1, 2021
F-35B From British Carrier Flies Over Russian Forces Training To Sink Enemy Warships

F-35B From British Carrier Flies Over Russian Forces Training To Sink Enemy Warships

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jun 28, 2021
The Air Force Might Make Two Distinct Versions Of Its Next Multirole Stealth Fighter

The Air Force Might Make Two Distinct Versions Of Its Next Multirole Stealth Fighter

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jun 18, 2021
Questions Remain After Report That F-22s Scrambled Due To Major Russian Naval Exercise Near Hawaii (Updated)

Questions Remain After Report That F-22s Scrambled Due To Major Russian Naval Exercise Near Hawaii (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 17, 2021
Hawaii-Based F-22s Scrambled On FAA’s Request But Nobody Will Say Why (Updated)

Hawaii-Based F-22s Scrambled On FAA’s Request But Nobody Will Say Why (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 15, 2021
Texan F-16 Viper Appears In Vietnam-Era Green And Tan Camouflage

Texan F-16 Viper Appears In Vietnam-Era Green And Tan Camouflage

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 10, 2021
Mockup Of China’s Stealthy FC-31 Fighter Appears On Full-Size Aircraft Carrier Testing Rig

Mockup Of China’s Stealthy FC-31 Fighter Appears On Full-Size Aircraft Carrier Testing Rig

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jun 9, 2021
The Navy’s Tanker Drone Makes History By Refueling A Manned Aircraft For The First Time (Updated)

The Navy’s Tanker Drone Makes History By Refueling A Manned Aircraft For The First Time (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jun 8, 2021
What It Was Like Dogfighting In The F-14 Against America’s Secret MiG Squadron

What It Was Like Dogfighting In The F-14 Against America’s Secret MiG Squadron

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 3, 2021
Croatia Is Getting French Rafale Multirole Fighters To Replace Its Veteran MiG-21s

Croatia Is Getting French Rafale Multirole Fighters To Replace Its Veteran MiG-21s

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 29, 2021
Navy Details Its Plans To Add Ex-Air Force F-16s To Its Fleet

Navy Details Its Plans To Add Ex-Air Force F-16s To Its Fleet

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 29, 2021
The Story Behind The Thunderbirds’ Black-Tailed F-4 Phantom And “Captain Carbon”

The Story Behind The Thunderbirds’ Black-Tailed F-4 Phantom And “Captain Carbon”

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 28, 2021
A Squadron’s Worth Of Paul Allen-Owned Warbirds Is Up For Sale

A Squadron’s Worth Of Paul Allen-Owned Warbirds Is Up For Sale

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 28, 2021
Early F-35As May Get Axed Even Though Overall Readiness Has Improved Significantly

Early F-35As May Get Axed Even Though Overall Readiness Has Improved Significantly

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 25, 2021
The First Privately Owned F-16 Aggressor Jet Has Taken To The Sky

The First Privately Owned F-16 Aggressor Jet Has Taken To The Sky

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on May 19, 2021
Crew Ejects From Qatari F-15QA Fighter While On The Ground At Airport Near St. Louis

Crew Ejects From Qatari F-15QA Fighter While On The Ground At Airport Near St. Louis

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 18, 2021
F-15EX To Carry New Oversized Air-To-Air Missile

F-15EX To Carry New Oversized Air-To-Air Missile

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 17, 2021
New Details Emerge About The Secretive Program That Aims To Replace The F-22

New Details Emerge About The Secretive Program That Aims To Replace The F-22

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 14, 2021
Yes, It’s True, The F-22 Isn’t In The Air Force Chief’s Future Fighter Plans

Yes, It’s True, The F-22 Isn’t In The Air Force Chief’s Future Fighter Plans

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 13, 2021
Taiwanese F-16s Have Fired AIM-120 AMRAAM Missiles Locally For The First Time

Taiwanese F-16s Have Fired AIM-120 AMRAAM Missiles Locally For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 12, 2021
Five JASSM Stealth Missiles Have Been Loaded On An F-15E Strike Eagle For The First Time

Five JASSM Stealth Missiles Have Been Loaded On An F-15E Strike Eagle For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 11, 2021
It’s Official: KC-46 Tankers And More F-35s For Israel, But No Advanced F-15s For Now

It’s Official: KC-46 Tankers And More F-35s For Israel, But No Advanced F-15s For Now

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 11, 2021
The End Of Iraq’s F-16 Fleet Is A Real Possibility As Lockheed Contractors Prepare To Leave

The End Of Iraq’s F-16 Fleet Is A Real Possibility As Lockheed Contractors Prepare To Leave

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 11, 2021
Honeywell Fined Millions Over Exporting Sensitive Info On F-22, F-35, And More To China (Updated)

Honeywell Fined Millions Over Exporting Sensitive Info On F-22, F-35, And More To China (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 10, 2021
Surplus F-16 Vipers Eyed To Replace Navy Aggressor Squadron’s Legacy F/A-18 Hornets

Surplus F-16 Vipers Eyed To Replace Navy Aggressor Squadron’s Legacy F/A-18 Hornets

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 7, 2021
The Definitive Answer On Why F-16s Carry AIM-120 AMRAAMs On Their Wingtip Rails

The Definitive Answer On Why F-16s Carry AIM-120 AMRAAMs On Their Wingtip Rails

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 6, 2021
F-16s Are Now Getting Washed By Robots

F-16s Are Now Getting Washed By Robots

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 3, 2021
British F-35Bs Will Soon Fly Middle East Combat Missions From HMS Queen Elizabeth

British F-35Bs Will Soon Fly Middle East Combat Missions From HMS Queen Elizabeth

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 3, 2021
F-22 And F-35 Datalinks Finally Talk Freely With Each Other Thanks To A U-2 Flying Translator

F-22 And F-35 Datalinks Finally Talk Freely With Each Other Thanks To A U-2 Flying Translator

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 30, 2021
Remembering The Time Grumman Helped Craft A Modern Fighter For China

Remembering The Time Grumman Helped Craft A Modern Fighter For China

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Apr 30, 2021
F-15E Strike Eagle Smart-Bomb Transports Are Hauling Munitions Around The Middle East

F-15E Strike Eagle Smart-Bomb Transports Are Hauling Munitions Around The Middle East

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 28, 2021
Check Out This Stunning Photo Of The Qatari-British Typhoon Squadron In Action

Check Out This Stunning Photo Of The Qatari-British Typhoon Squadron In Action

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 26, 2021
Japan-Based USAF F-16s Flew South China Sea Mission Fully Loaded With Live Air-To-Air Missiles

Japan-Based USAF F-16s Flew South China Sea Mission Fully Loaded With Live Air-To-Air Missiles

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Apr 20, 2021
We Talk F-15EX’s New Radar With The Woman Who Runs The Program Behind It

We Talk F-15EX’s New Radar With The Woman Who Runs The Program Behind It

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 19, 2021
Project FoX Brings Tablet-Based Apps To F-35 Stealth Fighter Cockpits

Project FoX Brings Tablet-Based Apps To F-35 Stealth Fighter Cockpits

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 17, 2021
Turkish F-16 Knocks Down Target Drone With New Indigenous Air-To-Air Missile

Turkish F-16 Knocks Down Target Drone With New Indigenous Air-To-Air Missile

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Apr 15, 2021
F-15 Eagle Scores “Longest Known” Air-To-Air Missile Shot During U.S. Air Force Test

F-15 Eagle Scores “Longest Known” Air-To-Air Missile Shot During U.S. Air Force Test

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 14, 2021
Today’s F-35As Not Worth Including In High-End War Games According To Air Force General

Today’s F-35As Not Worth Including In High-End War Games According To Air Force General

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 13, 2021
Meet South Korea’s New KF-21 “Hawk” Indigenous Fighter

Meet South Korea’s New KF-21 “Hawk” Indigenous Fighter

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Apr 9, 2021
The F-15EX Is Now Officially Named The Eagle II

The F-15EX Is Now Officially Named The Eagle II

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Apr 7, 2021
Russian Knights Aerobatic Jet Team Launches Live Missile

Russian Knights Aerobatic Jet Team Launches Live Missile

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Apr 7, 2021
Saab Has Begun Testing 3D Printing To Repair Battle-Damaged Fighter Jets

Saab Has Begun Testing 3D Printing To Repair Battle-Damaged Fighter Jets

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Mar 30, 2021
Three New F-35 Squadrons To Be Based At Florida’s Previously Storm-Ravaged Tyndall Air Force Base

Three New F-35 Squadrons To Be Based At Florida’s Previously Storm-Ravaged Tyndall Air Force Base

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Mar 30, 2021
A Marine F-35B Fighter Jet Accidentally Shot Itself With Its Own Gun Pod (Updated)

A Marine F-35B Fighter Jet Accidentally Shot Itself With Its Own Gun Pod (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Mar 29, 2021
British Armed Forces Poised To Make Big Cuts To F-35 Plans And More

British Armed Forces Poised To Make Big Cuts To F-35 Plans And More

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Mar 24, 2021
AI-Controlled F-16s Are Now Working As A Team In DARPA’s Virtual Dogfights

AI-Controlled F-16s Are Now Working As A Team In DARPA’s Virtual Dogfights

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Mar 23, 2021
Taiwan’s Upgraded F-16V Fighter Jets Poised To Start Standing Alert Along The Taiwan Strait

Taiwan’s Upgraded F-16V Fighter Jets Poised To Start Standing Alert Along The Taiwan Strait

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Mar 18, 2021