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The fighter jet that took off after the pilot walked away

In a scene that looks more like science fiction than a routine military test, U.S. Air Force pilot Jason Clements completed ...

China launches largest military drills off Taiwan in 8 months with live-fire exercises caught on camera

China launches biggest military encirclement of Taiwan in 8 months with live-fire drills, rockets and warships in massive ...

How Many F-4 Phantoms Were Built?

Over roughly 35 years of service, the IAF operated approximately 200 to 220 airframes, primarily F-4E and RF-4E variants. The ...
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How the Harrier changed fighter aviation forever

The Harrier Jump Jet became the world’s first successful vertical takeoff and landing combat aircraft. Built around the revolutionary Pegasus engine, it could hover, take off without runways, and ...
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Sixth-gen fighter: China speeds up development of J-36, J-50 jet; challenge US’ air dominance

Often referred to as the J-36 and J-50, these aircraft are widely believed to represent China’s vision for future, ...
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X-62A VISTA: World’s only self-flying F-16 advances path to autonomous air combat

Lockheed Martin is using a modified F-16 fighter jet to teach artificial intelligence how to fly, maneuver, and eventually ...

In 1952, DC’s skies were littered with US fighter jets chasing UFOs. More than 70 years later, the mystery persists

The night was warm and muggy over New Castle Air Force Base in Delaware, the kind of heat that clung to the metal skins of the alert fighter jets lined along the runway.

Lack of supervision contributed to Alaska airman’s death, report finds

An Air Force review of Staff Sgt. Charles Crumlett’s death in 2024 found failures in supervision and communication while ...
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World's Only Self-Flying F-16 Fighting Falcon Gets Access to New Fire Control Radar

The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works X-62A VISTA experimental and autonomous fighter jet to be fitted with the Raytheon ...
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How Pakistan’s Asim Munir became Trump’s ‘favourite field marshal’

The army chief, analysts say, has driven Pakistan's geopolitical reemergence over the past year as a soldier-diplomat.

Ukraine says it hit Russian gas processing plant, oil refinery

Ukraine said its drones struck the largest Russian gas processing plant in the Orenburg region, which also processes gas from Kazakhstan’s Karachaganak oil and gas condensate field. Long-range UAVs ...
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USAF MQ-9A Reapers are Carrying Up to Ten AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles in the Caribbean

At least nine MQ-9s are deployed to Puerto Rico’s Rafael Hernández Airport, each carrying between six and ten AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. U.S. Air Force ...