Key Points and Summary - Nearly 50 years after first flight, the F-16 is a mature, reliable workhorse—but it had a rocky start. Early jets suffered F100 engine rollbacks and compressor stalls that ...
To avoid seeing an F-16 zoom toward them, pilots need to constantly check to see if a restriction is in place. Failure to do ...
The perfect fighter, with an air-to-air record of 104:0, was almost downed during a training exercise, but got out of it ...
President Donald Trump nominated a nearly retired four-star general and fighter pilot to serve as the Air Force's chief of staff, the service announced Sept. 30. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, whose fighter ...
An Oregon Air National Guard F-15 Eagle pilot prepares for takeoff during a 2017 training exercise. Precision Optics' components will be used in a new AR headset for fighter pilot training. PHOTO BY ...
A retired fighter pilot watches his jet roar through the sky one last time. Diane Tedeschi Cesar "Rico" Rodriguez, a retired fighter pilot, attended the arrival of an F-15C at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy ...
The F-15 Eagle—designed by McDonnell Douglas and fielded in 1976—has anchored U.S. and allied air superiority for nearly five decades Its combat reputation is unmatched: the Eagle community is ...
Fighter aircraft rarely spend all that much time operating at their top speeds. However, analyzing the top speeds of different fighter aircraft can still tell you quite a lot about an aircraft's ...