The F-5A was a testament to what happens when a defense contractor actually tries to restrain its impulses and focus on ...

In the early 1960s, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom arrived on the scene. Revolutionary for its time, the Phantom was fast, ...

Tom Cruise doesn't have anything to do with it, but the Navy flight school featured in the "Top Gun" movies really exists.

With reports that Iran may soon receive its first new fighter jets since the 1979 Revolution (apart from when much of the ...

Iran looks to be getting Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, but they won't fill the gaps in Iran's degraded air defenses against ...

Stretching back to WWII, the history of Russian jet development is intertwined with that of the United States. Here are the ...

Entertaining crowds since 1953, the United States Air Force Thunderbirds are one of the world’s best known aerial demonstrations teams, dazzling ...

Gen. Lloyd W. “Fig” Newton triumphed over a system that did its best to keep him in a position of second-class citizenship ...

To compensate for the considerable advantages the F-4 Phantoms had over MiG-21s, the North Vietnamese developed innovative ...

FLYING is counting down to its 100th ILAFFT podcast episode. This week we revisit listener favorite No. 2: 'When Punching Out ...

Revered for its impressive 104-0 combat record, the American-made Eagle fighter platform remains ... was meant to replace the Air Force’s F-4 Phantom II contingent, the new platform was ...

This is why large aircraft back in the day, like the Boeing B-52, had eight engines. The frontline fighter jet in the 1960s was the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II. Its two G.E. J79 afterburning turbojets ...