Beyond-visual-range (BVR) fighting did not emerge as a significant aspect of aerial warfare until the 1950s, but it has become increasingly important as detection technology has advanced. The recent ...

Image Credit: Senior Airman Keith James - Dvidshub.net/ Public Domain/ Wiki Commons. Some own the skies. Others slip through them unseen. But every aircraft in this ...

In the world of combat aviation, there's a famous lesson. One must fly with their head, not the muscles. Follow that golden rule, and the pilot lives a long life. Putting more faith in muscles means ...

A critical analysis of China’s J-20 “Mighty Dragon” identifies five major weaknesses. -First, its stealth is questionable, compromised by canards, exposed engine nozzles, and poor manufacturing ...

Born for Cold War fleet defense, the F-14 Tomcat paired swing-wing agility with the AWG-9 radar and AIM-54 Phoenix to hunt ...

Some 125 Indian and Pakistani fighter jets battled for over an hour in one of the biggest dogfights in recent history, according to a Pakistani security source quoted by CNN. If the numbers of ...

An aerial clash between India and Pakistan that has been described as one of the biggest air battles since the end of World War II highlights how modern air combat now happens mostly out of sight — ...

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