Current fights show how tough the air war is getting, a Royal Air Force officer said. That's why sixth-gen tech is needed as soon as possible.

LONDON—The design of the fighter aircraft at the heart of the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) needs to have “full-spectrum” low observability (LO) and ultra-long range built into the design, a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer has stated. The trinational fighter, which is being developed jointly...

Even as Germany is intent on buying more F-35s, it has not abandoned its plan to purchase extra Eurofighter Typhoons—or its commitment to the FCAS sixth-gen fighter program.

Over the past 80 years, the air forces of the world have ripped through the skies in five generations of jet fighters. The common denominator of all five generations is the jet engine, an invention so revolutionary that the U.S. didn’t build a single fighter with propellers after the technology had been proven.

A contingent of the Pakistan Air Force , equipped with cutting-edge JF-17 Thunder Block-III fighter jets and skilled air and ground crew, has arrived in Azerbaijan to participate in the joint

ISLAMABAD: A contingent of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has arrived in Azerbaijan to take part in a high-profile bilateral air combat exercise titled “Indus Shield Alpha,” aimed at honing modern aerial warfare tactics, interoperability, and joint operational readiness, the military’s media wing said on Sunday.

With the MiG-21 now decommissioned, the number of squadrons that fly fighter jets is 70% lower than the sanctioned strength. Delay in indigenous manufacture and international procurement is the reason

Shield AI’s new unmanned, vertical-takeoff-and-landing fighter jet concept is designed to be a drone wingman or a standalone aircraft, marking the latest autonomous aircraft announcement by defense companies in recent weeks.

While fighter pilots often stick to the same airframe throughout their careers, some specialized pilots may stick to one aircraft for prolonged periods of time.

A civilian-owned Hawker Hunter fighter jet, acting as a “red air” adversary for the U.S. Navy, crashed into the Pacific off Big Sur, California, this week. -The pilot, working for the contractor ATAC,