Rockwell's XFV-12 Couldn't Get Off The Ground After witnessing the splendor of the AV-8B Harrier, a fighter jet capable of vertical take off and landing (VTOL), the U.S. Navy wanted its own VTOL jet.

Titans of war left to rust: Eerie pictures show abandoned tanks, fighter jets and warships rotting away in military bases around the world Photographer Dmitry Osadchy has spent five years ...

The common denominator of all five generations is the jet engine, an invention so revolutionary that the U.S. didn’t build a single fighter with propellers after the technology had been proven.

BONUS: The carrier USS Carl Vinson's flight deck is covered in fighter jets capable of mach-speed flight — and you can just see a Hornet breaking the sound barrier overhead U.S. Navy/Nicolas C ...

One of the most advanced fighter jets flying today is also one of the largest. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor measures in at a stealthy 62 feet and one inch, and weighs in at 43,340 pounds unloaded.

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That round of discomfort must have paled to what all that G-Force did to him as the X-1 reached a top speed of Mach 1.07. We ran these photos early last summer, but in honor of Yeager's 65-year ...

Elon Musk launched insults at the Pentagon’s F-35 fighter jet program, arguing in favor of drone warfare. Getty Images The Pentagon’s F-35 costs rose 10% to about $485 billion this year to ...

Examples of fifth generation fighter jets include America's F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor, China's Chengdu J-20 and Russia's Sukhoi SU-57. Now, however, nations are moving ahead with the sixth ...

Rockwell incorporated aspects of already existing successful fighter jets like the F-4 Phantom and A-4 Skyhawk. The air intakes, cockpit, and nose section were most recognizable.