Although Boeing manufactures the F/A-18 Super Hornet, the aircraft was acquired when the company merged with McDonnell ...

The military alliance routinely scrambles fighter aircraft to intercept Russian warplanes that approach or fly near NATO ...

Great Britain has produced some of the most potent - and often beautiful - fighter aircraft ever flown. The pivotal moment in the story of the British fighter aircraft was the Battle of Britain in ...

NATO jets intercepted Russian bombers and fighters over the Baltic Sea in a routine air‑policing operation ...

The future of air combat is starting to look a lot more like something pulled from a design lab that refuses to follow the ...

NATO intercepted Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets that flew over the Baltic Sea on Monday, a muscular display of ...

Twenty years prior to 1969 most air forces had been flying piston-engined fighters essentially no different from those of World War II. In the following twenty years, top speeds almost quadrupled and ...

U.S. fighter jets were scrambled Thursday to intercept multiple Russian bombers, fighter jets and a spy plane that were spotted flying off the coast of Alaska, U.S. authorities said. Two Russian ...

Specialized anti-armor aircraft date back to World War II—but not all planes are well-equipped to take on ground targets. The idea of aircraft destroying tanks is deeply embedded in modern warfare.

After 46 years of service to the Royal Danish Air Force, Denmark has retired its fleet of F-16 fighter planes as of January 18, 2026. Denmark has used this versatile, but now obsolete, fighter plane ...

April 18, 2026: After the Cold War ended some countries continued to develop fifth generation aircraft, the following included: F-22 Raptor 2005 - Advanced stealth air superiority fighter with ...

Two Spitfire Mark IIAs of the Air Fighting Development Unit, based at RAF Duxford, on a flight on April 6, 1942 (Photo: Imperial War Museum). A Spitfire Mark VB, R6923 QJ-S of No. 92 Squadron RAF, in ...