Four decades after the first F-16s entered service and more than twenty years since the Eurofighter Typhoon joined the RAF, Western fighter aviation finds itself at an unusual crossroads. Aircraft ...

The growing strength of China's military forces is convincingly displayed by its expanding fleet of aircraft carriers. As of mid-2025, China has two active diesel-powered aircraft carriers: the ...

Soaring above the battlefield, fighter jets make their presence known in a massive way. Evolving from the machine gun-toting dogfighters of the World Wars, fighter planes offer versatile aerial ...

In 2005, the U.S. Air Force accepted a special new jet fighter into its inventory: the stealthy F-22 Raptor. This was the world's first 5th-generation fighter. Developers and the military have been ...