F-16 Zombie program. The QF-16 program began in the early 2010s as a replacement for the aging QF-4 Phantom target drones, ...

An ambitious Air Force plan to acquire hundreds more advanced fighter jets for homeland defense over the next decade would require a blank check from Congress and expanding the tactical aircraft ...

The US Air Force will install Raytheon's PhantomStrike active electronically scanned array radar on its X-62 VISTA test ...

A new report to Congress pitching the Air Force’s 10-year fighter jet plan is missing key details and explanations, raising questions and concerns among defense experts. The 24-page document details ...

Fighter aircraft have always been the cutting edge of air combat. Whether ripping through the skies of Europe in World […] ...

TRONA, Calif. (AP) — A fighter jet with the Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds demonstration squadron crashed in the Southern California desert Wednesday, but the pilot managed to eject safely, the ...

The Air Force continues to rely almost exclusively on manned fighter aircraft—even though these platforms could not be quickly replaced in a major war. The US Air Force’s new plan to acquire hundreds ...

The Air Force is trying to devote greater resources to “low-risk” conflicts—in other words, opponents without meaningful air defenses. The US Air Force wants thousands of fighter jets to fight ...

India has retired its last fleet of MiG-21 fighter jets, closing a six-decade chapter with an aircraft once hailed for its combat prowess but later derided as a “flying coffin” due to frequent crashes ...

India Fighter Jets FILE -Indian Air Force fighter jets MIG-21 fly past during Air Force Day celebrations at Sangam, the holy confluence of river Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Prayagraj, ...