J-20 fighter jet designer scrubbed from Chinese Academy of Sciences website

Yang Wei has not appeared in public for more than a year, and it comes amid an anti-corruption campaign in the defence sector ...
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China’s J-20 factory boom is narrowing the fighter gap

A stealth fighter is no longer just a measure of aerodynamics and radar signature. It is increasingly a measure of factory ...

Here's Why Air Forces Are Expanding Their Stealth Fighter Programs

The global race for the ultimate stealth jet.

NATO scrambles reconnaissance plane after Russian fighter jet violation

NATO scrambled a reconnaissance plane after a Russian fighter jet violated Estonia's airspace on Wednesday.
The Aviationist

China’s J-16D EW Jet Seen Flying with PL-15 Missiles Possibly for the First Time

The J-16D has made possibly its first appearance in flight with PL-15 missiles, after being previously shown with air-to-air weapons only in static ...

U.S. F-35 makes emergency landing. What to know about the jet

A U.S. F-35 fighter jet had to make an emergency landing at U.S. air base in the Middle East after it was struck by what is ...
Defense News on MSN

Japan's new ‘ugly duckling' electronic-warfare aircraft takes to the sky

With Japan ramping up its electronic-warfare spending, the question is how many of the planes the nation will ultimately want ...