Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
CEO Gets 6 Years for Selling Counterfeit Equipment that Ended up on Fighter Jets Federal prosecutors said Onur Aksoy, 40, of Miami, Florida, sold hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of counterfeit Cisco...
AI-Operated Fighter Jet Will Fly Air Force Secretary in a Test of Military's Future Drone Warplanes The Air Force is betting a large part of its future air warfare on a fleet of more than 1,000 autonomously operated combat...
Iran Unveils New Fighter Jet with Washington in Mind Iran displayed a new fighter jet Tuesday, saying it will enhance its deterrence capabilities in confronting Washington.
US Approves F-16 Fighter Jet Sale to Turkey, F-35s to Greece After Turkey OKs Sweden's Entry to NATO The sale to Turkey includes 40 new F-16s and equipment to modernize 79 of its existing F-16 fleet.
Massive One-Day Barrage of Houthi Attacks on Shipping Fended Off by Navy Destroyer, Fighter A Navy ship and strike group fighter jets thwarted another series of attacks in the Red Sea on Tuesday, shooting down...
Iran-Linked Fighters Killed by US AC-130 Gunship After Attack on Base with Ballistic Missiles The attack on an installation used by the U.S. military in the Middle East is at least the 66th since Oct. 17, and U.S...
US Will Start Training Ukrainian Pilots on F-16s at Air Base in Arizona The training is part of a U.S. and European effort to get the advanced fighter jets to Ukraine for its defense against...
Need for Speed: F-16 Pilot Calls the Fighter Jets Sought by Ukraine 'Easy to Fly' The debate about whether to send jets to Ukraine has been raging since the early days of the war.
Air Force F-22s Head to Middle East Amid Spike in Russian 'Unprofessional Behavior' Officials said it is in direct response to "increasingly unsafe and unprofessional behavior by Russian aircraft" in the area.
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, was injured...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...