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

Why the United States military operates an seemingly wasteful variety of similar-looking aircraft across its branches—ranging ...

Although the C-17 Globemaster III had its maiden flight in 1991, it took four more years until the first C-17 squadron became ...

The Indian Air Force’s superior rating came about because it was determined to have a more balanced mix of fixed-wing ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The origins of the USAF lie in a decision made just four years after the Wright ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said he expected further pledges, noting that $2 billion already had been committed through ...

The Netherlands has joined the US Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, boosting transatlantic cooperation on next-generation unmanned air systems.

On Oct. 10, 2025, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the United States Air Force would allow the government ...

With modernized capabilities and recent precision operations, India’s air force is emerging as a major regional and global ...

The incident in the South China Sea on Sunday highlights tension in a region where China is demonstrating its growing ...