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U.S. Air Force Maj. Taylor “FEMA” Hiester, F-16 Viper Demonstration Team commander and pilot, performs aerial maneuvers in a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon during an air show at Latrobe, Pennsylvania, June 21, 2025. The F-16, a multi-role fighter aircraft capable of both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, demonstrates its versatility through dynamic aerial demonstrations at air shows across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steven Cardo)

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The Air Force Built an Accidental Masterpiece 50 Years Ago — and Has Never Managed to Repeat It

It first flew when Nixon was president — a bundle of gambles: fly-by-wire, the side-stick, the bubble canopy. Fifty years and 4,600 airframes later,...

Brandon Weichert4 days ago

U.S. Air Force Capt. Kristin “Beo” Wolfe, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team commander and pilot, takes off from Selfridge Air National Guard base for the 2020 London SkyDrive Air Show in Canada Sep. 12, 2020, Harrison Township, Mich. The F-35 Demo Team flew alongside the F-16 Viper, the F-22 Raptor, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, and the Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration teams in London, Ontario, Canada. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kip Sumner)

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Forget F-22 and F-35 Stealth Fighters: The U.S. Air Force Is Flying 63-Year-Old Tankers — and It’s Becoming a Crisis

Summary and Key Points: In June 2025’s Operation Midnight Hammer, seven B-2 stealth bombers flew a 36-hour, 12,000-mile round trip from Missouri to strike...

Reuben JohnsonMay 31, 2026

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Taiwan’s Best Fighter Jet Would Probably Be Shot Down by China’s J-20 Stealth Jet Before the Pilot Ever Saw It Coming

Summary and Key Points: The F-16V is the most advanced fighter Taiwan currently fields, equipped with the AN/APG-83 AESA radar, the Viper Shield electronic...

Isaac SeitzMay 27, 2026

A Louisiana Air National Guard F-15C Eagle streaks above the Ohio River during the Thunder Over Louisville air show in Louisville, Ky., April 18, 2026. More than a dozen military aircraft performed during the show, including four Kentucky Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules from the Louisville-based 123rd Airlift Wing and two UH-60 Black Hawks from the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Frankfort-based 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)

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An F-15 With No Brakes Was Heading for a Truck and a Parked F-16 — the Pilot Hit Afterburner and the Thrust Lifted His Fighter Off the Ground

In August 1988, F-15 pilot Daniel “Fig” Leaf experienced total hydraulic failure while taxiing back to parking, leaving him with no brakes and no...

Jack BuckbyMay 26, 2026

An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, flies alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker with the 121st Air Refueling Wing over the skies of Canada, May 20, 2026. The F-16 Fighting Falcon can fly more than 500 miles, but the KC-135 can extend its radius beyond that and deliver airpower anywhere, anytime, globally. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Warehime)

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The U.S. Air Force Just Ran A Live-Fire Exercise Designed to Test What An Air War with China Would Look Like Using F-22 and F-35 Fighters

The U.S. Air Force concluded Exercise Checkered Flag 26-2 at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida on May 14, integrating F-22 Raptors, F-35A Lightning...

Jack BuckbyMay 21, 2026

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Israel’s Stealth F-35I Adir Fighter Kicks Down The Door — The F-16I Sufa Fighter Walks in And Burns The Building Down (In Iran)

Israel’s F-16I Sufa — Storm in Hebrew — is a heavily modified two-seat F-16D Block 50/52 built by Lockheed Martin and customized by Israeli...

Steve BalestrieriMay 20, 2026

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Only 2 F-16XLs Were Ever Built — One Flew Alongside an SR-71 Blackbird to Help NASA Measure Sonic Booms

In 1981, General Dynamics began flight testing the F-16XL — a radical “cranked-arrow” delta-wing variant of the F-16 Fighting Falcon with approximately twice the...

Caleb LarsonMay 11, 2026

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At Mach 2.1 and $9 Million, the F-20 Tigershark Cost a Quarter of an F-14 — 40 Years Later, the U.S. Has Never Built Anything Like It

In 1983, Northrop unveiled a Mach 2.1 fighter that cost $9 million — one quarter the price of an F-14 Tomcat — built on...

Steve BalestrieriMay 8, 2026

The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" perform at the Defenders of Liberty Airshow at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, March 29-30, 2025. The Thunderbirds perform at air shows across the country to showcase the capabilities of the United States Air Force, its Airmen, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. During World War II, Barksdale served as a major bomber training base, and it has since become the home of the 2nd Bomb Wing, the oldest bomb wing in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith James)

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The F-16V Viper Fighter Doesn’t Fly for the U.S. Air Force

The F-16 was supposed to be retired in favor of the F-35. Instead, Lockheed Martin gave the 40-year-old Fighting Falcon airframe a 4.5-generation upgrade...

Isaac SeitzMay 7, 2026

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The Air Force Built an Accidental Masterpiece 50 Years Ago — and Has Never Managed to Repeat It

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Forget F-22 and F-35 Stealth Fighters: The U.S. Air Force Is Flying 63-Year-Old Tankers — and It’s Becoming a Crisis

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Taiwan’s Best Fighter Jet Would Probably Be Shot Down by China’s J-20 Stealth Jet Before the Pilot Ever Saw It Coming

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

An F-15 With No Brakes Was Heading for a Truck and a Parked F-16 — the Pilot Hit Afterburner and the Thrust Lifted His Fighter Off the Ground

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Air Force Just Ran A Live-Fire Exercise Designed to Test What An Air War with China Would Look Like Using F-22 and F-35 Fighters

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Israel’s Stealth F-35I Adir Fighter Kicks Down The Door — The F-16I Sufa Fighter Walks in And Burns The Building Down (In Iran)

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Only 2 F-16XLs Were Ever Built — One Flew Alongside an SR-71 Blackbird to Help NASA Measure Sonic Booms

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At Mach 2.1 and $9 Million, the F-20 Tigershark Cost a Quarter of an F-14 — 40 Years Later, the U.S. Has Never Built Anything Like It

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The F-16V Viper Fighter Doesn’t Fly for the U.S. Air Force

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