former Vietnam War F-4 Phantom II pilot turned professional ... best and most famous third-generation jet fighter. Nomenclature-wise, the Phantom II was the "sequel" (in a manner of speaking ...

Fighter jets are some of the most advanced weapon platforms ever devised. Here are some of the coolest high-tech features ...

While the Eagle variant may be one of the Air Force’s oldest jet platforms to continue to fly the skies, upgrades like EPAWSS ...

There are six generally accepted generations of fighter jets, with each leap frogging the previous generation.

Originally developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich during the 1950s, this jet has gone on to see service across the globe as a fighter and interceptor aircraft. The F-4 Phantom II played an important role ...

The XA100's technology is the future of fighter jet engine applications. The 6th generation NGAD fighter program is pursuing ...

As I noted in my recent story on the passing of Col. Perry Dahl (USAF, ret.) at the ripe old age of 101, American fighter ...

The F-4 Phantom II played an important role during the Vietnam ... The JAS 39 Gripen is a multirole fighter aircraft developed by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. It was introduced in 1997 ...

The 121st Fighter Squadron can trace its lineage ... F-105 Thunderchief, and F-4 Phantom II, before finally flying the F-16A Fighting Falcon in 1989. The 121st recently participated in the April ...

Ed Goedde graduated from the University of Missouri at St. Louis and served in the U.S. Air Force as a weapons systems officer in the F-4 Phantom II of the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing. He served ...

Known as the ‘Tomcat,’ the F-14 is a carrier-capable twin-engine supersonic fighter jet with a variable-sweep wing design. It first deployed with the US Navy in 1974 aboard the USS Enterprise as a ...