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4 days ago · The past few weeks' pictures displayed some of the most iconic aircraft, including the F-15, B-52, F-35, and F-16. Every week, the United States Air Force (USAF) publishes some of the best pictures from the past few days and shares a short story associated with each picture. Called AF Week in Photos, the first collection of images was uploaded ...
3 days ago · Dassault Mirage 2000. The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine, delta wing, fourth-generation jet fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation. It was designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter to replace the Mirage III for the French Air Force ( Armée de l'air ).
- 10 March 1978
- Dassault Aviation
3 days ago · Northrop was doing a good business supplying F-5 jets to the free world. The F-5A Freedom Fighter was a small, simple aircraft that was easy to fly, easy to maintain, and did its job in a cost-effective manner. Northrop came to the conclusion that there would be a global market for an up-rated version of the F-5 that could fly Mach 2.
Photos: Israeli Fighter Jets That Defended Against Iranian Missiles. Military & Defense. Photos show Israel's F-35I Adir stealth fighter jets used to defend against Iranian missiles....
1 day ago · The F/A-18 was designed to be a highly versatile aircraft due to its avionics, cockpit displays, and excellent aerodynamic characteristics, with the ability to carry a wide variety of weapons. The aircraft can perform fighter escort, fleet air defense, suppression of enemy air defenses, air interdiction, close air support, and aerial ...
- 18 November 1978; 44 years ago
- F/A-18A/B/C/D: 1,480
5 days ago · The Northrop F-20 Tigershark, initially known as the F-5G, was a light fighter aircraft designed and built by Northrop Corporation in the 1970s and 1980s. It aimed to be a significant evolutionary leap from the successful F-5E Tiger II, offering improved performance, advanced avionics, and multirole capabilities.
3 days ago · In the US Air Force the naming convention for fighter aircraft is a prefix "F-", followed by a number, ground attack aircraft are prefixed with “A-” and bombers with “B-”. Fighter aircraft from the second world war onwards are sorted into generations, from 1 to 5, based on technological level. An American F-16 fighter jet
