Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these characterful machines; the final fighters were over six times faster and ...

As terrible recent conflicts have shown, the fighter aircraft is far from dead and can prove vital for a nation's survival. The most modern fighters can shoot down an enemy aircraft at a range of 100 ...

The age of the physical dogfight — two aircraft spiraling against a blazing sky, pilots straining against crushing G-forces — ...

What looks like a flying egg, was never designed to land, and was so light it could be thrown off course by its own guns? Introducing the Goblin XF-85 – the Cold War compact fighter designed to be ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The United States and China are racing to field their next-generation, ...

The most advanced fighter jets in the world are known as “fifth generation”. They contain technologies developed in the first part of the 21st century. Examples of fifth generation fighter jets ...

A powerful F-16 fighter jet soars through the sky, emblematic of advanced 21st-century military defense technology. © Robert Sullivan / Public Domain / Flickr ...

A number of China's advanced fighter jets and aircraft took to the skies at its largest airshow this week. In its 15th iteration, the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow ...