Key Points and Summary – While the A-10 Warthog is a legendary “flying tank” for close air support, a “navalized” aircraft carrier-based version is ultimately an unrealistic concept. -The aircraft is ...

Japan has received its first F-35B STOVL fighters, restoring fixed-wing carrier aviation for the first time since World War ...

The F-35B was diverted to the international airport after an engineering issue during a sortie from a Royal Navy aircraft ...

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops set out to board Z-8C helicopters on the flight deck of a Type 075 amphibious ...

It normally needed a runway nearly twice as long as the deck of an aircraft carrier. But the Navy wanted to see if this plane ...

On August 7, Japan deployed its first three F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s ...

Key Points and Summary – The F-22 Raptor, despite being the premier air superiority fighter of its time, was never adapted for U.S. Navy aircraft carriers for several critical reasons. -The aircraft ...

A British F-35B fighter jet, stationed on a Royal Navy aircraft carrier, has been forced to make an emergency landing in ...

Another F-35 fighter experienced an emergency landing in Japan due to a malfunction, just two months after a similar incident ...

A UK F-35B Lightning jet has landed on a Japanese vessel for the first time during the UK Carrier Strike Group’s Indo-Pacific ...

The Chinese leader’s crackdown on military corruption reveals how deep his concerns run, not only about battlefield readiness ...

The Hawker Siddeley Kestrel was the aviation world’s first jump jet, a Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (or V/STOL) ...