Fourth-Generation Aircraft

The MiG-29’s impressive design features have not always translated to aerial victories.

The plane’s cost is still an issue, but the F-15EX has proven to have a significantly higher mission-capable rate over the F-35 or even the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

Today, the number of F-14 Tomcats still in service with the Iranians remains unclear, but estimates hold that about 30 or so of the jets are still active.

While no plan is currently in place involving the imminent transfer of Gripen jets to Ukraine, the fourth-generation platform should not be dismissed as less capable than its Western counterparts.

According to a recent interview in Air Force Magazine, the venerable F-16 fighter jet will continue to serve in the U.S. Air Force for up to another twenty years. While...

The United States Air Force has a new air-to-air missile in the works that could prove to be a game-changer. The missile, known as the Modular Advanced Missile, places a...

Two different Russian aircraft have been designated as the “Su-35.” In the early 1990s, Sukhoi developed a new experimental fighter called the Su-35, also known as the Su-27M. The M...

The U.S. Air Force’s latest F-15 variant, the F-15EX Eagle II, completed its first live-fire test event. An F-15EX shot an air-to-air missile at a target drone. During the F-15...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Navy’s fiscal year 2017 budget request asked for twenty-one new Super Hornets to be added through 2021. The Navy put an additional fourteen Super Hornets on the...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The U.S. Navy retired its last Tomcat in 2006. But with its long range and powerful radar, the F-14 remains one of the world’s most...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Although the F-22 Raptor is considered by many to be the best air superiority technology available, there simply aren’t enough F-22 jets to fulfill USAF’s robust rotation...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In September 2003, U.S. authorities nabbed Iranian Serzhik Avasappian in a South Florida hotel as part of a sting operation. Agents had showed Avasappian several F-14 parts...