News
The F-22 Was Killed Early, the F-35 Took 20 Years, and Now the Pentagon Wants 300 F-47s by the Mid-2030s — Good Luck
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (884+ words) The United States is fully committed to its sixth-generation warplane, the F-47. The aircraft is promoted as a "Next-Generation Air Dominance" (NGAD) fighter. It isn't just an aircraft. The F-47 is described as a "system of systems," according to claims. But is…...
The New Boeing F-15EX Eagle II Isn’t Going to War in Iran Like the F-22 or F-35 Stealth Fighters
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (765+ words) The F-15EX Eagle II is the most advanced version of the F-15 ever built, a still-new $90 million multirole fighter. Yet, the EX hasn't been used during Operation Epic Fury." In a high-intensity air campaign, you would expect the US to deploy its…...
China’s J-35 Stealth Fighter Was Built on Stolen F-35 Designs. That Means the U.S. Military Faces a Brutal Math Problem in the Sky
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (853+ words) J-35. Image Credit: Chinese State Media. Creating two aircraft " one designed for land and the other for sea " from the same basic planform is always a challenge for any aerospace corporation. The J-35 design team has managed that task about as well…...
F-35 Stealth Fighter Haters Now Have New ‘Ammo’. But It Still Doesn’t Change the Fact That This Plane Dominates Everything
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (1013+ words) On Tuesday, about noon, a U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, crashed in the sprawling training complex surrounding the base, about 25 miles north of Indian Springs, service officials said." The pilot suffered minor injuries and…...
China’s J-20 Mighty Dragon Stealth Fighter Is Now Armed with One of the Longest Range Air-to-Air Missiles on Earth
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (765+ words) The People's Liberation Army Air Force's (PLAAF's) Chengdu J-20 is the longest-range fifth-generation fighter aircraft in operation with any air force. It is also armed with one of the longest-range air-to-air missiles (AAMs) in the world. That AAM is the Leihua…...
11 Brutal Months as Sea: USS Gerald R. Ford Might Break the Aircraft Carrier Deployment Record Post-Vietnam
7+ hour, 34+ min ago (1119+ words) The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is expected to complete an 11-month tour that will mark one of the longest U.S. carrier deployments since the Vietnam War." The Ford's deployment began in June 2025, and the carrier's mission was extended into early 2026 to…...
Elephant Walk Time: The U.S. Lined Up 25 F-35 Stealth Fighters on a Runway Right on China’s Doorstep
11+ hour, 6+ min ago (796+ words) On May 6, 2025, Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, hosted one of the largest demonstrations of U.S. airpower seen in the Indo'Pacific in recent years when it conducted a large'scale elephant walk as part of a routine operational readiness exercise. Kadena, often…...
China’s J-35 Stealth Fighter Is So Great No Nations Avoid It Like the Plague
10+ hour, 49+ min ago (858+ words) In a world where every country is supposed to want stealthy fighter aircraft, why is it that only the United States" F-35 " and, potentially in the future, the South Korean KF-21 " are attracting interest from potential foreign buyers? Why is it…...
China’s New J-20S Stealth Fighter Is A Big Headache for U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers
11+ hour, 21+ min ago (945+ words) In November 2022, China publicly unveiled the twin-seat variant of its flagship fighter, the J-20S, at the Zhuhai Airshow, marking the first time a two-seat fifth-generation combat aircraft had been shown in its operational configuration and the first official confirmation of its…...
Bill Weaver Survived an SR-71 Blackbird Breaking Apart at Mach 3 — Two Weeks Later He Was Flying Another One When the ‘Pilot Ejected’ Light Came On
19+ hour, 34+ min ago (994+ words) The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane (AKA the "Habu) remains the fastest air-breathing, crewed aircraft ever built, even though it has officially been retired for 27 years, and therefore is one of aviation history's great success stories (a major point of…...