This American Fighter Jet Has Never Lost An In-Air Battle, But Was Just Shot Down

In its decades of service, this U.S. fighter jet has never lost, and yet three were just shot down. Details are still murky, but here's what we know so far.

Israeli Air Force First To Claim F-35 Air-To-Air Kill Of A Crewed Aircraft

IRANIAN JET SHOT DOWN: An IAF F-35I “Adir” fighter jet shot down an Iranian Air Force YAK-130 fighter jet. This is the first shootdown in history of a manned fighter aircraft by an F-35 “Adir” fighter ...
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Lockheed's new combat drone shows the premier stealth aircraft designer is moving into the 'loyal wingman' business

A US defense giant behind top stealth combat aircraft has a new one coming, just without a human in the cockpit. Lockheed Martin introduced the company's latest project, known as "Vectis," on Sunday ...

Why might the world's most advanced swing-role combat aircraft have Lockheed Martin worried?

A European jet is posing a surprising challenge to American defense dominance.

Keeping top combat aircraft flying is expected to only get more expensive

The F-35 stealth fighter is the US military's most advanced aircraft in service today. The US operates around 700 of these planes with plans to acquire over 2,400 of them in total. A 2024 Government ...
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Making Air Forces Resilient, Scalable and Large

For air forces, timely recovery from combat losses is difficult given the low production rates of modern manned aircraft. The highest rate is the F-35 line making 13 new aircraft per month; a single F ...
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Collaborative Combat Aircraft Prototypes Progress On Autonomy Tests

AURORA, Colorado—Both of the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototypes are flying with mission autonomy as the service is preparing both for more intensive tests and production ...