In 1953, the fragile calm of the Cold War shattered above Europe as a U.S. F-84 Thunderjet met a Soviet MiG-15 in a deadly ...

The Cold War set the stage for aerial combat between iconic jet-powered fighter aircraft. By the early 1950s, the world's superpowers' first generation of jet fighters were ready for battle. They just ...

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, better known simply as the F-15, is a legend of the skies. Sleek, fast, and boasting an array of weapons, the F-15 has been a staple of the United States Air Force's ...

The F-15 twin-engine, high-performance, all-weather air superiority fighter became operational in November 1974 as the first aircraft in the US Military arsenal that could accelerate in a vertical ...