With a limited budget and a strategic need for airpower, the U.S. Air Force is weighing its future fighter fleet options. Our editors discuss the idea of retiring National Guard F-15s in favor of upgrading F-16s.

Is adding more seats really going to revive flagging sales for the world’s largest passenger aircraft? Or is the A380 already too large? Listen in as our editors discuss.

United’s CEO “made a horrific situation worse,” when he sent an email praising employees following Sunday’s incident. Listen in as our editors discuss the broader damage the incident has done to the U.S. airline industry.

The United Launch Alliance is close to choosing an engine for its Vulcan rocket between Blue Origin’s BE-4 and Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR-1. Meanwhile Orbital ATK is pitching a solid rocket motor for the Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle launch system. Aviation Week editors have the details.

In our latest Check 6 with Accenture, we take a look ahead at what 2017 might have in store, including the commercial aerospace industry’s growth, new orders, aircraft deliveries and challenges.

Aviation Week editors discuss whether the electronics ban will actually accomplish its security goals and how the new rules could cost the Persian Gulf airlines business traffic.

Aviation Week pilots explore why things sometimes go wrong at airshows and what can be done to improve safety.

Lt. Col. David Berke, the only U.S. Marine Corps pilot to have flown an F-22 and the first operational F-35B pilot, explains how fifth-generation fighters will revolutionize air warfare.