Key Points and Summary – Born in the late 1970s to counter F-15s and F-16s, the MiG-29 paired agile aerodynamics (LERX, twin tails) and twin RD-33s with IRST, a helmet sight, and the R-73 to dominate ...

The Skunk Works machine won the JSF award and has been replacing the F-16 progressively since it entered service. Across the US Air Force, squadrons are steadily transitioning to the conventional ...

This year's Midland AIRSHO is expected to have several guests of honor who are descendants of an American airman. Eleven members of the family of Maj. Robert H. Bennett, a veteran of the Korean and ...

An F-16 fighter jet crashed in Poland this Thursday, killing a pilot after it took to the air for a training flight ahead of the 2025 Random International Air Show. The incident took place around 7:25 ...

A Navy pilot was rescued after a $67 million fighter jet plunged into ocean waters off the Virginia coast Wednesday morning — marking the sixth pricey plane the military has lost in less than a year.

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In this photograph released by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18 Super Hornet launches off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on July 5, 2024, in the South China Sea.

“Top Gun” and its sequel may be fictional stories, but fighter pilots are, of course, very real — and their job is pretty demanding. As such, National Geographic is taking fans into the cockpit to ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Retired Air Force Pilot Steve Carey certainly had the motivation to join the military as a young man. You might say he grew up in it. “In fact, we had 99 years of uninterrupted ...

Col. Joe Peterburs flew the same aircraft type he piloted during WWII. "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir reported on a remarkable moment as a 100-year-old World War II fighter pilot returned to ...

"World News Tonight" anchor David Muir reported on a remarkable moment as a 100-year-old World War II fighter pilot returned to the skies over McKinleyville, California, taking the controls of the ...