The story behind the legend.

The F-4 Phantom II came with flaws, but its flexibility meant it became the muscle of US air power and helped pave the way ...

Speed is usually sold as the ultimate advantage in air combat, the quality that lets a fighter jet sprint through danger and vanish before an enemy can react. Yet the faster an aircraft moves, the ...

Military fighter jets are among the fastest aircraft in the history of aviation. But for some of these planes in the early 1990s, their incredible speed made them a target for enemy radar. One example ...

The Mikoyan MiG-31 "Foxhound" is widely recognized as the world's fastest fighter jet still in operational use.

The days of fighter jets outrunning ground defenses are long since past, and new aerial innovations are focused on stealth and sensor technology. But raw speed still has a place. Supersonic flight, ...

"It has a much longer service life, higher speed, longer range, and quite a number of superior characteristics," Sergey Chemezov said MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. The advanced fifth-generation engine ...

The US and China are considered the two strongest candidates for sixth-generation fighter jet programs, although many European countries are also striving to develop this type of weapon.

One nation historically dominated the fighter jet export market: the Soviet Union, whose simple, rugged aircraft spread ...

Militaries all around the world have a habit of hanging onto their aircraft for as long as possible. It isn't a surprise considering how much military aircraft cost. In any case, this means that two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is visiting the United States, where he has met President Donald Trump at the ...