After a protracted campaign to get its hands on F-16s, a Ukrainian pilot details how the jets are now a critical part of the ...
A $1.5 trillion defense budget is a prudent and reasonable re-leveling of defense investment in historical proportion of GDP, ...
These autonomous unmanned systems, operating with artificial intelligence, can be used as “loyal wingmen” by aviators.
Merlyn Dethlefsen was dubbed “taciturn, a born-again Christian, and not at all the typical fighter pilot," yet his exploits ...
Banned a year ago to emphasize a “warfighting team,” the patches that identify an airman’s job are once again allowed on ...
The Joint Simulation Environment is playing a key role in developing tactics and operational concepts for integrating Collaborative Combat Aircraft with ...
In 2020, RUSI published papers on the potential threats posed to Western forces by Russian and Chinese combat air ...
Pilots regularly grapple with high “G forces” while in the cockpit—forces that the human body is not meant to handle, and that lead to stress-related injuries over time.
Though Ukrainian pilots have praised the F-16 itself, they have criticized NATO tactics for relying too much on air superiority—a luxury that Ukraine does not have.
For the fifth straight year, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” have landed at Spaceport ...
Employing a variety of air assets from 13 nations and seemingly striking targets with precision and impunity, NATO enjoyed overwhelming air superiority ...
Russian sources claim a Ukrainian F-16 was shot down by a S-300 missile system, a report Ukraine's military has labeled as ...