A sim enthusiast has gone viral for building what might be the most over-the-top homemade fighter jet rig the internet has ...

Imagine a plane that emitted a constant sonic boom while in the air. The Navy and Air Force both wanted this fighter, but ...

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During World War II, Japan was exceptionally innovative in aviation. The nation produced the infamous Mitsubishi A6M "Zero," which devastated the Allies in the early phases of the conflict, and other ...

Footage shows the F/A-18 Hornet jet speeding on the tarmac at the Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport in Kuantan, Malaysia, and lifting off just moments before the engines exploded. Wednesday Season 2 Part 2 ...

A modern jet engine is a complex mechanical wonder. However, these aren't engines that will just roar into action with the turn of a key or the press of a button. Often, turbine engines will need ...

A pilot was rescued after a U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed into ocean waters off the coast of Virginia on Wednesday morning, officials said. A little before 10 a.m. ET, a pilot assigned to ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach-based Navy pilot was rescued from waters off the Virginia coast on Wednesday after ejecting from a fighter jet, according to the Navy. The pilot was flying a F/A ...

A U.S. Air Force F-35 pilot spent 50 minutes on an airborne conference call with Lockheed Martin engineers trying to solve a problem with his fighter jet before he ejected and the plane plunged to the ...