Dark Skies Official on MSN

The stealth fighter the world was never allowed to inspect

After the United States severed military ties with Iran in the 1980s, Tehran’s air force was left operating aging ...
National Security Journal on MSN

The stealth fighter that got away: Why the YF-23 Black Widow II lost to the F-22 Raptor

Lockheed’s YF-22 wasn’t the inevitable winner of the Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter contest. -Northrop’s YF-23 “Black ...
The National Interest on MSN

America’s Deadliest Fighter Was Built at the Wrong Time

It wasn’t until September 2014 that an F-22 Raptor even took part in combat, carrying out an airstrike on ISIS positions in ...

China and Russia say they can see through US stealth, but US F-22s and F-35s are expected to dominate for decades

China and Russia probably can spot US stealth fighters in certain situations, but it takes more than that to beat an American fifth-gen aircraft.
The Aviationist

Spain Drops F-35 Plans, Looks to European Alternatives

Despite the need to modernize, Spain shelves F-35 plans, leaving its Navy without a STOVL replacement. The purchase of F-35 Lightning II aircraft, the fifth-generation American stealth fighter, for ...
The National Interest

F/A-XX Stealth Fighter Contractor Selection May Be Imminent

The Navy intends for the sixth-generation F/A-XX to replace the aging F/A-18 and E/A-18 aircraft. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly approved plans to advance the Navy’s F/A-XX ...

The Navy's new supercarrier can now land all of its planes — except the F-35 stealth fighter

All of the Navy's propeller and jet aircraft, except for the F-35, have been given the green light to conduct flight operations aboard the Ford.