Fighter jets have many advantages over their piston-engined counterparts, but fuel efficiency is not one of them. One of the greatest limitations on any tactical fighter jet fleet is that they have ...

The perfect fighter, with an air-to-air record of 104:0, was almost downed during a training exercise, but got out of it ...

Fighter jet engines are complex machines that enable aircraft to reach incredible speeds. The modern fighter jet is defined by its engine, which accelerates a tremendous volume of air rearward that it ...

The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...

The F-15 Eagle is a dominant aircraft, unrivaled in air-to-air combat—still in active service, and credited with over 100 aerial kills without a single loss. The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is one of ...