According to the Heritage Foundation's Index of U.S. Military Strength in 2024, at the close of FY 2023, the Air Force’s ...
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The F-47 Fighter Has a Message for Every Air Force on Earth
The U.S. Air Force’s 6th-generation F-47 NGAD is being designed for “Stealth Supremacy,” with a “Stealth++” rating far ...
It's really hard to get a new fighter jet design off the ground. Given design challenges and costs it involves, it's amazing ...
An ambitious Air Force plan to acquire hundreds more advanced fighter jets for homeland defense over the next decade would ...
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The U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor Fighter Nightmare Has Just Arrived
While the F-22 Raptor is lauded as the premier air superiority fighter, its legacy is tarnished by “fatal flaws,” chiefly its ...
The US Air Force requires a 22% expansion of its fighter fleet to 1,558 aircraft by 2035, up from 1,271 currently, according ...
A new report to Congress pitching the Air Force’s 10-year fighter jet plan is missing key details and explanations, raising ...
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USAF Aims for 1,558 Combat Jets by Ten Years, Eyes Higher F-35 and F-15EX Output
An unclassified U.S. Air Force report, mandated by the 2025 NDAA, included figures of the required combat fleet, calling for an increase of nearly 300 ...
GE Aerospace and Kratos have successfully completed high-altitude tests of their GEK800 turbofan, designed to power low-cost ...
China's military has revealed a new, tailless combat aircraft, identified as the J-36 sixth-generation fighter jet. This ...
Defense company Anduril Industries says it recently began flight-testing its YFQ-44A combat drone, an unmanned, autonomous ...
President Murmu, who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, is the third President and the second woman President to ...
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