Twenty years prior to 1969 most air forces had been flying piston-engined fighters essentially no different from those of World War II. In the following twenty years, top speeds almost quadrupled and cannons were complemented with guided missiles capable of destroying an enemy thirty miles away.

U.S. F-18 fighter jets flying in tandem entered Venezuelan airspace around noon Tuesday, circling over the Gulf of Venezuela in the latest show of force against the regime of

Nine pilots violated restricted airspace over Palm Beach County during President Trump's Nov. 25-30 trip, NORAD said.

Production of the sixth-generation fighter component of the NGAD F-47 is advancing nicely, Boeing CEO says. Big-name manufacturer Boeing was tapped to construct the US Air Forces