An F/A-18 Super Hornet – flying a few miles behind the Hornet that was shot down in a "friendly fire" incident over the Red Sea – took evasive maneuvers after a second surface-to-air missile was fired from the cruiser USS Gettysburg,

The U.S. Navy awarded $200 million this week for the production of low-cost Blackbeard hypersonic missiles that will be fielded from the sea service’s carrier-based fighters. On Monday, the Portfolio Acquisition Executive Aviation office and low-cost missile start-up Castelion announced the delivery order investment.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Navy has unveiled a next-generation air-to-air missile. The AIM-424 "Malice," which is in testing, can threaten enemy aircraft over a range of 280 miles. Its development comes as ...

The F-16 might be aging by some standards, but it's still one of the fastest machines in today's skies. The F-16A took its first flight in 1976, and the jet first entered service with the US Air Force in 1979. While it may not have the service length of ...

Egypt could be preparing to add America’s newest F-16 fighter jets to one of Africa’s largest and most diverse air forces as Cairo looks to replace aircraft that have been flying for more than three decades.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in this military photo.

Some fighter jets with the most powerful radar systems include the MiG-25 Foxbat, Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker, Eurofighter Typhoon, F-22 Raptor, and F-5 Lightning II.