A little over a week later, in early May, an F/A-18 was landing on the ... tailhook on the back of carrier-based aircraft and slow them down, failed. The fighter jet went overboard.

A fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea went overboard, forcing its two pilots to eject, according to a defence official. The incident on Tuesday ...

US fighter jet 'lost' after falling off aircraft carrier in Red Sea, Navy says The fighter jet's arrestment failed upon landing — meaning the jet's devices did not properly engage in the landing ...

As one of the few fifth-generation fighter jets, the F-35 Lightning II is widely considered a highly advanced jet because ... and a reinforced landing gear suited for carrier operations while ...

The first fighter jet intended for deployment aboard Japanese aircraft carriers ... fighter jet executes a vertical landing aboard the Japanese helicopter carrier JS Kaga in the Eastern Pacific ...

Another important parameter was not so challenging — the new aircraft would be fast. Boeing's winning bid resulted in the F-47 Gen-6 fighter jet. Since the fighter has yet to enter active ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

The aircraft was manufactured between 1996 and 2011. “We’re going to do the F-22,” Trump said. “I think the most beautiful fighter jet in the world is the F-22. But we’re going to do an ...

A UFO that struck and damaged a US fighter jet is just one of a swarm of mystery objects buzzing around Air Force training ranges in Arizona, according to multiple reports. One of the unidentified ...

That changed when, in a dramatic escalation, Russia used a fighter jet in an apparent effort to ... with Estonian military ships and aircraft visible around the tanker. CNN has corroborated ...

In addition to the opening demonstration by fighter jet pilots from Airforce Base Hill in Utah, spectators watched performances from skywriters, stunt pilots and historic military aircraft as they ...

The jet therefore offers relatively modest performance characteristics relative to modern fighter aircraft. For example, the L-159’s maximum speed is subsonic at 582 miles per hour, and its ...