"Fifth-generation" and "sixth-generation" have become buzzwords for modern fighter jets. The concept of there being different generations of fighter jets appeared in the 1990s, and it should be ...

I flew in a Cold War-era jet that trained US fighter pilots. It showed how far military aviation has come.

NATO fighter jets conducting air patrol missions in the Baltic states had to scramble twice in late December to intercept and escort Russian aircraft, according to the Ukrainian news site European ...

New Delhi: Fighter jets have come a long way since the culmination of the World War 2 where America proved its aerial combat superiority. The USA was always ahead of others as it introduced ...

With just a single aircraft carrier in a region, China can use its fighter jets to establish air superiority and maintain command-and-control capabilities throughout a region. However, many have ...

Before getting into the weeds of what each generation entails, two points to be noted. First, the notion of aircraft generations came up only in the 1990s. It has thus been retrospectively applied to ...

NAPLES, Italy — Recovery of a Navy fighter jet recently downed over the Red Sea likely hinges on what’s left of the wreckage and how safely a salvage operation could be pulled off, analysts say.

When it comes to aerial combat, speed counts. Whether it’s an air superiority fighter designed to dominate the aerial battlefield, an interceptor optimized for climb, or a long-range multirole ...

The Defense Ministry said on Feb. 14 that it has discovered the bodies of the two pilots of an F-15 fighter jet that crashed in the Sea of Japan two weeks ago. It confirmed that it had identified ...

Chinese Air Force vs Indian Air Force: This week, China unveiled two fifth-generation fighter jets, sending shockwaves not just through India but also across the United States. Trending Photos Indian ...

The MiG-21 Fishbed is one of the most widely produced fighter aircraft in aviation history. Originally developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich during the 1950s, this jet has gone on to see service across ...

America's first jet trainer The US was among several countries around the world ushering in a new era of fighter aircraft toward the end of World War II. The T-33 Shooting Star was instrumental in ...