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F-15

Poland’s Name Appears in U.S. F-15EX Deal, Warsaw Denies Procurement Plans

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 25, 2026

F-5

Iranian F-5s Bombing U.S. Forces In Kuwait Should Be A Wake-Up Call: Ex-USAF General

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 12, 2026

F-15

Did Sensors On Iranian Drones Help Shoot Down F-15E?

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 12, 2026

F-35B

F-35B Crashes And Burns At Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 31, 2026

Fighters

Turkey’s Latest Kaan Fighter Prototype Begins Taxi Tests

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 31, 2026

F-15

F-15Es Replacing A-10s At Whiteman AFB Signals Bigger Realignment Of Eagle Fleet

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 30, 2026

F-47

Will The F-47 Have To Fly Initially With Inferior Engines?

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 29, 2026

Fighters

Singapore Reportedly Looking Toward 6th Gen Fighter Future With Interest In GCAP Program

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 29, 2026

Fighters

More Of The UK’s Stealth Fighter Demonstrator Revealed In New Images

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 24, 2026

F-15

Air-To-Ground Capabilities Are Already Creeping Into The F-15EX’s Mission Set

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 22, 2026

F-16

Ukrainian F-16 Scored First Air-To-Air Kill Against A Russian Fighter: Top U.S. General

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 22, 2026

Typhoon

Typhoons Paired With CCA Fighter Drones Armed With Meteor Missiles Eyed By UK

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 21, 2026

F-35

UK “Did Not Buy” F-35A For Nuclear Role: RAF

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 15, 2026

J-20

How Many J-20 Mighty Dragon Fighters Does China Actually Have?

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 15, 2026

Rafale

Rafale Fighter Adds Cheap Drone Killing Rocket To Its Armory

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 13, 2026

F-35

Russia Confirms Talks With Turkey Over Fate Of S-400s Amid F-35 Push

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 10, 2026

F-22

F-22 Raptors Arrive In England After Deployment To Israel For Iran War

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 10, 2026

Flankers

Chinese J-15 Fighter Seen Launching From A Carrier With Four Anti-Ship Missiles For First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 9, 2026

F-47

Why Does The F-47’s Design Look So Different Than What Many Expected?

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 9, 2026

F-15

F-15EX And Ghost Bat Team Up Over Pacific During Valiant Shield

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 2, 2026

Su-57

New Su-57 Weapons Configuration Points To Drone And Cruise Missile Defense Mission

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 1, 2026

Gripen

Gripen E Fighters Officially Ordered By Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 30, 2026

MiG-29

MiG-29 Transfer To Ukraine Halted By Poland Over Claimed Drone Snub

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 30, 2026

F-35

It’s Official: F-35s Are Now Being Delivered Without Radars (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 26, 2026

F-35A

Canada Throws A Curveball As It Signals Interest In Joining GCAP Sixth-Gen Fighter Program

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 26, 2026

F-35A

Trump Set To Clear Critical F110 Turbofan Engine Sale For Turkey’s Kaan Fighter

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 25, 2026

F-15

What Was The “Jellyfish-Like” Drone Swarm The Downed F-15E Pilot Reportedly Saw Over Iran?

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 23, 2026

Fighters

Germany And Spain Launch ‘Team Gen 6’ After Europe’s Next-Gen Fighter Effort Collapses

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 12, 2026

F-22

F-22’s ‘Catfish’ 757 Testbed Spotted Carrying Raptor’s New Infrared Sensor Pod

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 11, 2026

F-16

Kongsberg Bets On High-Low Cruise Missile Mix With JSM And Rusty Dagger

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 11, 2026

Fighters

Franco-German Future Fighter Effort Collapses Over Irreconcilable Differences

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 8, 2026

Rafale

Video Captures Rafale Fighter’s Drone Kill Over Baltic

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 8, 2026

F-47

F-47’s Exotic Shape Was Hiding In Plain Sight On A Unit Patch

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 7, 2026

F-47

Area 51 Mystery Aircraft Prompts Interest In “Christmas Tree” Stealth Fighter Concept

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 5, 2026

F-47

Is This A Glimpse Of The Aircraft That Gave Birth To The F-47?

By Thomas Newdick, Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 4, 2026

Fighters

Are Ukrainian Mirage 2000s Now Flying Air-To-Ground Strike Missions?

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 2, 2026

Gripen

Ukrainian Gripen Fighters To Arrive In 2027, Long-Range Meteor Missiles Claimed To Be Included

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 28, 2026

Fighters

Airbus Looks To Sweden’s Saab As Europe’s Sixth-Gen Fighter Plans Unravel

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 27, 2026

F/A-18E/F

F/A-18 Super Hornets Eyed To Replace Navy’s Remaining F-5 Adversaries

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 27, 2026

F-16

We Finally See The Mysterious Object Shot Down By F-16s Over Lake Huron

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 22, 2026

Typhoon

Germany Unveils Latest Tranche 4 Eurofighter

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 20, 2026

Su-57

Russia’s New Two-Seat Su-57 Felon Takes Its First Flight

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 19, 2026

Su-57

Two-Seat Variant Of Russia’s Su-57 Felon Fighter Materializes

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 18, 2026

EA-18G

Navy EA-18G Growlers Collide At Idaho Air Show (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 18, 2026

F/A-18E/F

Secretive AIM-260 Air-To-Air Missile Finally Breaks Cover

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 15, 2026

F-35A

Israel’s F-35s Are Getting External Fuel Tanks

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 14, 2026

Typhoon

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Aircraft Accused Of Austrian Airspace Incursion

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 12, 2026

F-14

My God… The F-14 Tomcat May Actually Fly Again Over The United States (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 7, 2026

F-15

Camouflaged F-15E Painted To Mark F-111’s Libya Raid Blasts Through Mach Loop On First Flight

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 7, 2026

F/A-18E/F

F/A-18 Super Hornet Blasts Blockade-Running Iranian Ship’s Rudder With 20mm Cannon (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Updated on May 6, 2026

F-15

Israel To Buy Extra F-15IA And F-35I Squadrons

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 3, 2026

Su-57

Russia’s Stealthy S-71K Air-Launched Missile Seen In New Detail

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 27, 2026

F/A-18A-D

Prospects Dimming On Iran-U.S. Deal To Open Strait, End War

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 27, 2026

F-16

Evidence Of Ukraine Using AIM-120C-8 Missiles Emerges

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 27, 2026

F-15

F-15EX Buy Was Just Doubled By The USAF, Which Makes Perfect Sense

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 22, 2026

F-47

Northrop Defends Ability To Build F/A-XX 6th Gen Naval Fighters If Selected

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 21, 2026

F/A-XX

F/A-XX Next Gen Naval Fighter Concept Video Emerges From Northrop Grumman

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 20, 2026

F-35

F-35s Quarterbacking Drones Seen As Gateway To USMC’s 6th Gen Fighter

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 20, 2026

F/A-XX

F/A-XX Stealth Fighter Selection To Finally Come By August: Navy’s Top Admiral

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Apr 20, 2026

F/A-18E/F

Jet-Powered JDAM Tested From Navy Super Hornet

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 20, 2026

F-35B

Spitfire Completes Unique Formation Flights With Royal Air Force

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 19, 2026

F-35A

Air Guard Warns Of Dire Consequences If At Least 72 Fighters Aren’t Bought Annually

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 14, 2026

F-16

Bahrain First To Claim F-16 Block 70 Air-To-Air Kills

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 10, 2026

F-47

Here Is What Trump’s Gargantuan $1.5T Defense Budget Has In It

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 8, 2026