Summary and Key Points: The People’s Republic of China’s Chengdu J-20 fifth-generation stealth fighter may outrange the United States Air Force’s F-22 Raptor and...
Russia’s mysterious MiG-41 PAK DP interceptor is supposed to be the country’s answer to America’s F-47 NGAD and China’s J-36—a sixth-generation fighter capable of...
The F-35 Lightning II is often called a “flying computer” for good reason—the stealth fighter’s most lethal capabilities come not from its airframe but...
The U.S. Air Force’s F-47 NGAD sixth-generation fighter is a complete shift away from traditional warplane design—commanding a distributed network of drones called Collaborative...
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....
The USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier just wrapped up a near-record deployment from Venezuela to the Middle East—and now needs major modifications before it...
China’s J-36 and J-50 stealth aircraft prototypes have sparked speculation that Beijing is winning the sixth-generation airpower race. The truth is the U.S. Air...
The Dassault Rafale is unlike any other Western fighter—it can carry nuclear cruise missiles, ramjet-powered Meteor missiles with the largest “no-escape zone” of any...