The fatal incident came as Taiwan, a security partner of the U.S., continues to face military pressure from the Chinese Communist Party, which views the self-ruled island as part of China despite ...
A Taiwanese Air Force officer died after being sucked into the engine of a fighter jet, officials said. The incident reportedly happened at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base on Tuesday while the master ...
As footage and images of what might have been the maiden flight of China’s sixth-generation fighter jet went viral on Thursday, the country’s official military media appeared to tacitly ...
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With just a single aircraft carrier in a region, China can use its fighter jets to establish air superiority and maintain command-and-control capabilities throughout a region. However, many have ...
The Hellenic Air Force’s 332nd Squadron received the 24th and final French-made Dassault Rafale jet fighter at Tanagra Air Base this week, completing a March 2022 contract that increased the ...
When it comes to aerial combat, speed counts. Whether it’s an air superiority fighter designed to dominate the aerial battlefield, an interceptor optimized for climb, or a long-range multirole ...
The Pratt & Whitney F135 Turbofan Jet Engine became the U.S. Air Force's jet engine of choice for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program in 2001; it went into low-rate initial production (LRIP) in 2009 ...
A Taiwanese Air Force officer died after being sucked into the engine of a fighter jet, officials said. The incident reportedly happened at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base on Tuesday while the master ...
Before getting into the weeds of what each generation entails, two points to be noted. First, the notion of aircraft generations came up only in the 1990s. It has thus been retrospectively applied to ...