The two fighters are tailored to the needs of their respective services; the F-16 is fast and lightweight, while the F/A-18 is better suited to carrier operations. The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting ...
The world’s only self-flying F-16 has quietly crossed a threshold that once belonged to science fiction, shifting from a lab ...
Key Points and Summary - The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet—born in the 1990s to replace aging F-14s and legacy Hornets—heads for its final production run as Boeing fulfills a last Navy order of 17 jets.
Vice Admiral Daniel Cheever, Commander of the Naval Air Forces, stressed the need for a naval sixth generation carrier-borne jet distinct from the Air Force’s F-47. Following weeks of uncertainty, the ...
The Navy is waiting for Pentagon leaders to pick a company to build the service’s sixth-generation F/A-XX fighter jet, now that Congress moved to restore funding, according to the service’s air boss. ...