Fourth-Generation Aircraft

A Chinese government-backed newspaper, citing Chinese website eastday.com, has reported that the People’s Liberation Army Navy has upgraded its carrier-launched J-15 fighter. The J-15 has a new wing configuration, wingtip...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Su-35 remains a potent force in closer-range dogfights with the natural maneuverability of the Su- airframe paired with the helmet-mounted sight and the R-73...

Key Point: While F/A-18 developers would not suggest the plane could be stealthy, developers did make efforts to lower the radar signature of the aircraft by adding conformal fuel tanks and building a...

Key Point: Boeing developers have explained that the outer mold line of the new F-15EX variant is similar to the legacy aircraft, but it does incorporate some modifications intended to strengthen...

Key Point: The Navy has planned for several years to sustain the Super Hornet into the 2040s and beyond. That would allow the Super Hornet to help bridge the gap until larger numbers...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Su-27 entered service more slowly than its fourth-generation counterparts in the United States, but it became a formidable fourth-generation fighter. To the West, most...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Jane’s has reported that the Gripen has the lowest operational cost of any modern fighter. Of all the aerospace giants, Sweden’s Saab AB has followed perhaps the least likely...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The F-15 was large and versatile enough that engineers considered a multirole version, one that took advantage of the F-15’s power, range, and size to...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The F-15C is an improved variant of the iconic McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter, introduced in 1979. By 1985, around 480 F-15C units were...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: MiG-29s are being actively used in combat in Ukraine—there were eighty before hostilities in 2014, but two have been shot down by rebel surface-to-air missiles—and Syria. Syria...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The MiG-29 is cheap, versatile, and widely used, including in the air forces of several NATO members such as Poland and Bulgaria. The MiG-29 Fulcrum...