The F-35s soaring costs, manufacturing delays and recent mishaps have led to a barrage of criticisms against the military's ...

A versatile and capable airframe, the Skyhawk was one of the first American jets to effectively balance the roles of fighter and bomber during the jet age. Its surprisingly capable Wright J65-W-20 ...

Off the battlefield, the Skyhawk was the symbol of the United States Navy between 1974 and 1986, when they were flown by the ...

Mr Wilkinson was a 22-year-old anti-aircraft gunner serving on HMS Intrepid when he opened fire and hit an enemy Skyhawk fighter jet during the conflict in 1982. The image of the stricken plane ...

The Lockheed L-133 Starjet was a prime example of a paradoxical “successful failure.” As I asserted in a recent article for The National Interest, of all the great geniuses in the history of military ...

On Oct. 26, 1967, McCain's Douglas Skyhawk fighter jet was shot down over North Vietnam, crash-landing behind enemy lines. The wounded lieutenant commander was then taken to the notorious Hoa Lo ...

A combat air patrol of American and Canadian fighter jets was scrambled this week after multiple Russian warplanes were spotted in the Arctic, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said ...

(Reuters) -An F-35 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska on Tuesday, but the pilot was safe after bailing out, base officials said. The pilot ...

After a period in which it had a respectable fighter fleet ... country’s air defense uses only six McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft adapted for this type of mission.