A Seventh-Generation Fighter: A Hypersonic Stealth Game-Changer?
Can We Expect a Seventh-Generation Fighter? – Much talk is made of the current “fifth-generation” jet aircraft, notably the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. It is actually…
Is China’s Stealthy J-20 Superior to the F-35?
A Chinese paper is claiming that its 5th-generation stealthy J-20 aircraft is superior to the US F-35, based on recent comments from an Air Force general following…
Stealth Fight: Why We Could Soon See China’s J-20 and Russia’s Su-57 in Mock Air Battles
China’s J-20 and Russia’s Su-57 are currently the only heavyweight fifth generation fighters in production anywhere in the world, with the former having served in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army…
50 Years Since World’s First Fourth Generation Fighter Flew – F-14 Tomcat Half a Century On
December 2020 marks 50 years since the world’s first combat jet with fourth generation capabilities took its first flight, with the F-14 Tomcat taking off for the…
Okinawa Could Soon House American F-15EX Jets with New AGM-183 Hypersonic Missiles – Beijing and Pyongyang in the Crosshairs
With the new F-15EX ‘4+ generation’ heavyweight fighter expected to enter service in the U.S. Air Force shortly, much the fleet is expected to be deployed to…
Russia Claims Dozens of ‘Polish Mercenaries’ Neutralised in Precision Airstrike Alongside Rocket Artillery Systems
The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed that up to 80 Polish mercenaries and eight Grad multiple launch rocket systems were neutralised in an airstrike on the Megatex…
France Retires Mirage 2000C Fighters After Four Decades in Service: Just How Obsolete Were They?
On June 23 the French Air Force retired its final squadron of Mirage 2000C single engine lightweight fighters, a class which fist entered service in 1983 and…
Spain Orders Modernised Eurofighters For Just 34 Percent the Price Kuwait Paid: $108 Million Each
The Spanish Air Force is set to acquire 20 new Eurofighter medium weight twin engine aircraft, including 16 single seater and four twin seater jets under a…
Russian Su-35 Fighter Jet Allegedly Capable of Destroying Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft Missile
International Military – Recently, the Russian Su-35 fighter jet was claimed to be capable of destroying the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile. According to the Russian Ministry, the…
What Makes The F-15E Strike Eagle Special
“Strike Eagle, Strike Eagle, they call me by name/I bombed the hell outta Goldwater Range…” So begins the song that Dick Jonas—Vietnam ധąɾ fighter pilot turned professional…