With their powerful engines and aerodynamic frames, the following aircraft represent the pinnacle of fighter jet technology in terms of speed and performance.

Anna Coren, CBS News foreign correspondent based in Hong Kong, is an Emmy Award-winning international correspondent who covers the Asia-Pacific region. East China Sea — Over the deep blue waters of ...

The Air Force's $173 million Lot 3 award to Boeing brings the total number of MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters under contract to ...

An Air Force surveillance plane that Congress seeks to rescue from the chopping block stateside is about to get some new life across the Atlantic Ocean thanks to a recent deal with the United Kingdom.

While the U.S. President today typically flies in one of two modified Boeing 747-200s, these aircraft are not the only Air Force Ones. In fact, it's a call sign that refers to any Air Force aircraft ...

Although the WindRunner is still in the developmental stage, Radia has aimed for the heavy lifter to make its maiden flight by the end of the decade. Aerospace startup Radia announced at last week’s ...

Maryland Air National Guard Lt. Col. Steven Montalvo gestures farewell to fellow guardsmen while taxiing to the runway in an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Martin State Airport, Maryland, on March 26, 2025.

The T-7 Red Hawk is meant to teach student pilots how to fly fifth-generation aircraft such as the F-35. Air Force officials laid out their plans for teaching instructor pilots on the T-7, and then ...

Gen. Ken Wilsbach, then-Pacific Air Forces commander, returns from a flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 17, 2023. Wilsbach had been slated for retirement but is now nominated to be the next Air ...

The U.S. Air Force launched a new “Culture of Fitness” initiative, altering the current physical fitness assessments by adding a 2-mile run and making the test biannual for all service members. At the ...

Mission autonomy software will control the behaviors of the YFQ-42 (left) and YFQ-44. Credit: U.S. Air Force NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—RTX and Shield AI will supply the software “brains” for the first ...

The T-260B basic trainer, assigned to the 70th Wing, crashed in a national park southeast of Rome. A T-260B basic trainer of the Italian Air Force crashed in the morning of Oct. 1, 2025, in the Circeo ...