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2,100 HP, 421 MPH: The Piston Fighter That Outclimbed Jets but Missed the War
The Grumman F8F Bearcat was one of the fastest piston-engine fighters ever built, capable of 421 mph and a climb rate that ...
US air force secretary Troy Meink heralded the start of competitive flight-testing as a key breakthrough in the effort to field a new class of uncrewed tactical jets known as Collaborative Combat ...
Anduril Industries' YFQ-44A Fury prototype drone for the U.S. Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program had its debut flight Oct. 31 at a ...
The Air Force warns that having a smaller fleet may increase the risk it won't be able to carry out all its missions.
With the YFQ-44 now flying, both of the U.S. Air Force’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft are in flight testing. The YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat ...
According to the Heritage Foundation's Index of U.S. Military Strength in 2024, at the close of FY 2023, the Air Force’s ...
An unclassified U.S. Air Force report, mandated by the 2025 NDAA, included figures of the required combat fleet, calling for an increase of nearly 300 ...
An ambitious Air Force plan to acquire hundreds more advanced fighter jets for homeland defense over the next decade would ...
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