Nearly 50 years after first flight, the F-16 is a mature, reliable workhorse—but it had a rocky start. Early jets suffered ...

U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle pilots from the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons prepare for flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan on ...

The original F-15 Eagle proved surprisingly adaptable when the Air Force sought to place it in other roles. When McDonnell Douglas first conceived of the F-15 in the late 1960s, they had one, and only ...

A Cuban man is facing immigration fraud charges after federal prosecutors in Florida have accused him of hiding prior military service in the Cuban air force.

Barnes ANG Base retires its last F-15C Eagles as the 104th Fighter Wing transitions to the F-35A Lightning II. A familiar sound has faded from the skies ...

The head of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) has recommended the placement of a weapon systems officer (WSO) in the cockpit of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, according to an Aug. 15 ...

The Air Force warns that having a smaller fleet may increase the risk it won't be able to carry out all its missions.

The large number of existing aircraft, robust global supply chain, and balanced cost-to-performance value make the F-16 the best platform for a wide variety of missions: air interception, suppression ...

Fighter jets bearing Qatar’s maroon-and-white insignia will start ripping through Idaho airspace in five years’ time. That’s the plan as announced this month by US defence secretary Pete Hegseth and ...

The U.S. military typically employs its various fighter jet models for decades, but every so often, the time comes when ...

Shortly before his final flight over North Vietnam, Air Force Maj. Robert Lodge told his fellow airmen that if his plane ever went down, he would rather die than risk being captured and possibly ...