Key Points and Summary - Northrop’s YF-17 “Cobra” lost the U.S. Air Force’s 1970s Lightweight Fighter competition to the YF-16, but it went on to shape American and allied air power for decades.

Only two prototypes were built. One of these is the example 72-1569 that has just undergone several hundred hours of restoration work at the Western Museum of Flight in California. Now it sports an ...

What You Need to Know: In the late 1960s, the Fighter Mafia, led by John Boyd, challenged traditional military aviation by advocating for lightweight, maneuverable fighters. Their efforts led to the ...

America’s fourth-generation warplane fleet is the most iconic and probably the greatest fleet of warplanes ever devised. Indeed, during the development phase of these multiple classes of warplanes, ...