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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 Seitz2 hours ago

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 Buckby17 hours ago

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 Buckby6 days ago

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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 F-16 Fighter Was Designed to Be Unstable on Purpose

The F-16 Fighting Falcon was originally designed as a humble daytime air superiority fighter—a lightweight dogfighter built around lessons from Vietnam, where heavier U.S....

Isaac SeitzMay 4, 2026

A Polish F-16 pilot awaits instructions from his crew chief after completion of a Baltic Air Policing sortie at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, Aug. 30, 2017. The Polish air force recently relinquished control of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission to the U.S. Air Force for the forty-fifth rotation of allied protection of the sovereign skies of the Baltic region since Baltic Air Policing operations began in 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew)

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Why Does Greece Have So Many Air Force Fighter Planes (More than France or the UK)?

Greece is preparing to leapfrog Turkey in a qualitative arms race that has been simmering for decades. By 2030, the Hellenic Air Force expects...

Steve BalestrieriMay 3, 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

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)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

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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The F-16 Fighter Was Designed to Be Unstable on Purpose

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Why Does Greece Have So Many Air Force Fighter Planes (More than France or the UK)?

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