However, no fighter jet in the U.S. fleet can cover that distance without refueling, which adds time to the trip. Let’s break it down by looking at three jets: the F-15E Strike Eagle, the F-22 ...

Japanese defense officials said on Thursday that a Chinese fighter jet had flown abnormally close to a Japanese military plane over international waters in the Pacific Ocean last weekend, raising ...

A Chinese J-15 fighter jet flies alongside a Japanese P-3C patrol aircraft over the Pacific Ocean on June 8, 2025. Japanese Defense Ministry. In the first incident, which occurred between 10:30 a ...

The flyover included B-2 stealth bomber, the B-1B Lancer, B-52H Stratofortress, F-22 Raptor, F-15C Eagle, F-16C Fighting Falcon, attack aircraft, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, according to Air Force ...

The F-35 Lightning II doesn't need to engage other fighter jets in close proximity. It has weapons and sensors that can target aircraft miles away.

The Air Force may have been caught off guard or was just unprepared when President Donald Trump said the next generation fighter jet would be called F-47, documents obtained by FOIA Files suggest.

Chinese fighter jets flew unusually close to Japanese military patrol planes over the Pacific last weekend, Tokyo said, after it spotted two Chinese aircraft carriers simultaneously deployed in ...

An F-16 fighter jet given to Ukraine reportedly shot down a Russian Su-35 "Super Flanker" jet. ... Theory is that Ukraine now has operational their Swedish SAAB AEW&C planes with their F-16 fleet.