An Indian fighter jet crashed Friday at the Dubai Air Show in the United Arab Emirates, killing the pilot onboard, officials said. Videos circulating on social media showed the IAF Tejas aircraft ...
If you've ever watched a movie like "Top Gun" or anything featuring modern fighter jets, you might ask yourself, 'Why don't they make those canopies bulletproof?" It's a good question, because it's ...
Soaring above the battlefield, fighter jets make their presence known in a massive way. Evolving from the machine gun-toting dogfighters of the World Wars, fighter planes offer versatile aerial ...
An F-35 fighter jet crashed near Naval Air Station Lemoore in central California, the U.S. Navy said on Wednesday. “The pilot successfully ejected and is safe. There are no additional affected ...
The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...
LEMOORE, Calif. (KFSN) -- A pilot is safe after a Navy F-35C fighter jet crashed just a couple of miles from the runway at Naval Air Station Lemoore. The jet was part of VFA-125 "Rough Raiders," a ...
Key Points and Summary - The F-15EX Eagle II is a heavily upgraded version of the Cold War-era fighter, designed for a unique role in the future Air Force. -Instead of dogfighting with stealth jets, ...
Fighter jet engines are complex machines that enable aircraft to reach incredible speeds. The modern fighter jet is defined by its engine, which accelerates a tremendous volume of air rearward that it ...
The human body has not evolved to meet the physical demands of flying a fighter jet. High G-forces, high altitude, low oxygen—the fighter jet places the human body in an environment and in situations ...