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...
China is on track to operate roughly 1,000 J-20 stealth fighters by 2030—a number that would nearly triple American fifth-generation fighter production. While the...
Russia’s MiG-35 Fulcrum-F was supposed to be the bridge fighter that carried Moscow’s air force into the stealth era—a Mach 2.25 multi-role workhorse with...