Air Force Lt. Col. Jeremy Renken’s downing of an armed UAV over Syria in June signaled pro-regime forces that the U.S. will not fail to act in self defense.
While France's offer to supply Dassault Rafales may sound attractive, it seems unlikely that Brussels will take the bait; Belgium seems to prefer the F-35.
France’s decision to arm its General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper UAVs, otherwise used for surveillance, signals the conclusion of a debate on the use of a lethal weapon from an unmanned platform.
The first F-35 squadrons are set to receive aircraft equipped with a version of the final software load, but the program still has significant hurdles to overcome in its final stretch.
The U.S. Air Force’s first operational F-35 squadron is slated to receive its critical 3F software next month, as the service contemplates sending the stealth fighter to the Pacific.
Completing development in four years might be easy enough if AIDC were just chasing the cockpit and avionics of the F-CK-1. But 80% of the structure is also changing and so are the aerodynamics.
Billie Flynn, the Lockheed Martin test pilot who flew the F-35A's premiere aerobatic performance at the Paris Air Show, opens up about what it's like to flight test both the F-16 and the Joint Strike Fighter.
Full-scale development of a new Taiwanese fighter could probably begin in early to mid-2020s. Taiwan has 343 front-line fighters that will need replacing.
The U.S. Marine Corps prides itself on being the “tip of the spear,” but in East Asia, the “Green Knights” of Marine Fighter Attack Sqdn.-121 are more like the tip of the iceberg, as the first of dozens of war-ready Lockheed Martin F-35 squadrons being stationed in the region over the next decade.
Design for stealth has reshaped combat aircraft, evolving from flat facets to smooth curves. And another change is coming with the need to defeat a wider range of threats.
