The list is dominated by fighter jets, with only two propeller planes, one bomber and a reconnaissance aircraft making the ...

Why have the MiG-21 fighter jets been called ‘flying coffins’? Why has the induction of Mk-1A jets been delayed? How many ...

What would you call an airplane that holds such a dominant edge over its rivals in the sky yet reduces even the most aggressive pilots to sweat glands? The North American F-100 Super Sabre, the first ...

Is air combat’s future being determined not by pilots, but by algorithms and hardware in a missile’s nose? The recent public unveiling of Russia’s R-77M air-to-air missile, operationally integrated on ...

Fresh from the successful completion of its XB-1 flight test campaign earlier this year, TIM ROBINSON FRAeS talks to Boom ...

Like countless other schoolboys, Greg Bagwell dreamed of becoming an RAF fighter pilot when he grew up. Unlike countless ...

Giora Epstein, who has died aged 87, was an Israeli Air Force pilot who could claim to be the top fighter ace of the supersonic age.

NASA's X-59 starts taxi tests, a key step toward supersonic flight, aiming to revolutionize commercial aviation with quieter technology.

NASA recently took its new X-59 "quiet' supersonic jet for a drive during taxi tests, one of the final hurdles between the aircraft and its first flight.

I went on board the first Concorde prototype, and one of the last built, at a Paris museum. Boom's Overture means supersonic flight could soon return.

Breakfast in New York, midmorning snack in London. Taxi tests are underway on a highly anticipated supersonic plane designed to quietly break the sound barrier — and slash flight time between ...

A "son of Concorde" that could take you from New York to London in under four hours is a step closer to take-off. NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has officially begun taxi tests ...