Soaring above the battlefield, fighter jets make their presence known in a massive way. Evolving from the machine gun-toting dogfighters of the World Wars, fighter planes offer versatile aerial ...

Militaries all around the world have a habit of hanging onto their aircraft for as long as possible. It isn't a surprise considering how much military aircraft cost. In any case, this means that two ...

Fighter plane tails were dramatically reshaped after the advent of “fly-by-wire” controls, rendering the aircraft’s stability irrelevant. What’s in a tail? The tail of a fighter aircraft, specifically ...