The P-61 Black Widow was designed from the start as America’s purpose-built night fighter, built around airborne radar, a three-man crew, and enough firepower to destroy a bomber in a single pass. Its ...

As time has gone on, innovations in fighter jet technology have made “bubble cockpits” steadily more useful to pilots—and more expensive to maintain. To an untrained eye, the canopy of a fighter jet ...

Lockheed Martin's advanced development arm Skunk Works and the U.S. Air Force have successfully tested technology that allows fighter pilots to control a drone while in flight. During a recent flight ...

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 US Air Force envisions having advanced crewed fighter jets flying alongside combat drones. Defense giant Lockheed just ...

Examining a paradigm shift in air warfare.

This shift is significant because the F-22 was originally designed around one core principle: maximum stealth and air ...