The General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16 Fighting Falcon first flew in 1974. The aircraft was a result of (among other things) politics in Washington lobbying against the F-15 Eagle and other ...

Next-generation fighter jets are some of the most complex machines ever built, and they set out to accomplish what could ...

In August 1960, a U.S. Navy pilot departed from Naples, Italy, in what appeared to be a routine training flight aboard an F-8 ...

Have you ever been on a commercial flight and looked down at the ground far below from your window, marveling at just how high in the sky you're traveling? Imagine flying nearly twice that altitude — ...