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 fourth-generation fighter that still has a relevant part to play in military strategies. This is even although fifth-generation fighters like the F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor ...

Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these characterful machines; the final fighters were over six times faster and ...

Sep. 18—Jet-engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has been awarded an approximately $670 million contract modification from the U.S. Department of War for additional production of F135 engines for F-35 ...