In the early 1960s, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom arrived on the scene. Revolutionary for its time, the Phantom was fast, ...

Entertaining crowds since 1953, the United States Air Force Thunderbirds are one of the world’s best known aerial demonstrations teams, dazzling ...

The first purely jet-powered aircraft flown off of American aircraft carriers, and the first jet aircraft flown by the United ...

The F-5A was a testament to what happens when a defense contractor actually tries to restrain its impulses and focus on making an affordable craft.

With reports that Iran may soon receive its first new fighter jets since the 1979 Revolution (apart from when much of the ...

Stretching back to WWII, the history of Russian jet development is intertwined with that of the United States. Here are the ...

Iran looks to be getting Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, but they won't fill the gaps in Iran's degraded air defenses against ...

To compensate for the considerable advantages the F-4 Phantoms had over MiG-21s, the North Vietnamese developed innovative hit-and-run tactics.

Tom Cruise doesn't have anything to do with it, but the Navy flight school featured in the "Top Gun" movies really exists.

Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the ...

The aircraft was an F-4 Phantom jet, unconfirmed reports have said.

Rear Adm. Kenneth W. “Pete” Pettigrew’s Vietnam success made him the only Top Gun instructor to put his training to practical ...