The Super Hornet, assigned to VFA-87 on the USS Gerald R. Ford, got a kill marking for taking out a Syrian Su-22 in 2017.

The Harrier was the first operational vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter aircraft, earning it the nickname of the ‘Jump Jet’. The Harrier family pioneered the use of vectored thrust for abrupt decelerations and unexpected manoeuvres in the dogfight, though these have not been used in actual air combat.

The F-35 will also serve as a test bed for technologies that will become commonplace in the next generation of jets. Flying in coordination with AI-enabled drones will become a staple of any sixth-generation fighter, and those new fighter tricks will likely first arrive in the form of the F-35.

“Top Aces,” a private flight company in Arizona, has secured a two-year, $33 million contract to train Argentine pilots on the Fighting Falcon.

As terrible recent conflicts have shown, the fighter aircraft is far from dead and can prove vital for a nation’s survival. The most modern fighters can shoot down an enemy aircraft at a range of 100 miles, perform precision attacks against multiple ...

The 10 Greatest Piston-Engine Fighter Aircraft

KC 135 Plane: America's military has lost four aircraft in the Iran conflict. A refuelling plane crashed in Iraq. Three fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait. These incidents occurred during intense combat.

Helicopters have few ways to fight back against incoming fighter aircraft. Surprisingly, though, it is far harder to shoot down a helicopter from a plane than one might imagine. Fighters against helicopters sounds like an extreme combat mismatch—but it ...