State media shows J-35A model bearing AVIC logo rolling out of the hangar, the English lettering hinting it is an export model.

China’s two-seat J-20S stealth fighter has just transformed from a demonstrator into a “carrier killer” capable of hunting U.S. Navy supercarriers in the First Island Chain. With a weapons systems officer in the back seat managing targeting and electronic warfare,

What distinguishes current programmes is a shift in scope. The Next Generation Air Dominance is explicitly defined by the US Air Force as a “family of systems,” combining a crewed fighter with uncrewed aircraft and networked capabilities to maintain air superiority in contested environments.

In a single day, Israel, the United States, and China each unveiled notable advancements in their fighter jet programs, underscoring the intensifying race for air superiority. Israel approved purchases of new F-35I and F-15IA squadrons, the U.S. progressed ...

Advanced U.S. fighter jets flying overseas without the most up-to-date onboard radar. This scenario could play out because of a lack of an obscure but critical metal embedded in radars: gallium. In February,

The US military lost a fighter aircraft over Iran, according to multiple American media reports citing US officials, as well as Iranian reports. Iran's Tasnim, a semi-official news agency associated with the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...

The military alliance routinely scrambles fighter aircraft to intercept Russian warplanes that approach or fly near NATO airspace. NATO says the Russian planes it intercepts often fail to use their transponders and don't communicate with air traffic controllers or file a flight plan. NATO jets are sent up to identify them.

From the F-22 to the T-38, these USAF jets in 2026 are decades older than their pilots—yet remain vital to American airpower and training.