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As terrible recent conflicts have shown, the fighter aircraft is far from dead and can prove vital for a nation’s survival. The most modern fighters can shoot down an enemy aircraft at a range of 100 ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Dec. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the realm of modern air combat, the integration of Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar has become an industry standard for all ...
As a light fighter-bomber armed with 250- or 500-lb bombs, the Whirlwind was effective, proving itself in sweeps of the Channel coast and France. Despite the design's great promise, only 114 were ...
Air superiority doesn’t just enable victory on the modern battlefield, in an indirect sense it determines which aircraft can ...
Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage. The wing of a fighter ...
Helicopters have few ways to fight back against incoming fighter aircraft. Surprisingly, though, it is far harder to shoot ...
For a period the F-4 was the workhorse of US airpower able to fill many roles thanks to its large aircraft, range, and ...