As a light fighter-bomber armed with 250- or 500-lb bombs, the Whirlwind was effective, proving itself in sweeps of the ...

What looks like a flying egg, was never designed to land, and was so light it could be thrown off course by its own guns?

Now, Boeing is stepping in with a misty rendering of its entry for the sixth-gen carrier-based fighter plane to replace the aged F/A-18 Super Hornet. Six months ago, the F/A-XX Next Generation Air ...

For some of us, the “Peanuts” comic strip was our introduction to the history of World War I fighter pilots. Snoopy, the Flying Ace, sits on top of his doghouse with gritted teeth, wearing his cap, ...

Fighter plane tails were dramatically reshaped after the advent of “fly-by-wire” controls, rendering the aircraft’s stability irrelevant. What’s in a tail? The tail of a fighter aircraft, specifically ...