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.

Two Russian TU-142 military aircraft were tracked near Alaska and Canada.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Monday that Kuwait had “mistakenly shot down” three American F-15E Strike Eagles during a combat mission while Iran attacked the country. The U.S. Central Command said the active combat included attacks from ...

The skies of the 20th century were awash with the roars of fighter aircraft, and few, if any, nation produced as many impressive machines as the United States. From the 1940s onwards, the US created some of the greatest fighter aircraft in the world.