What role will F-15 jets play in the future of supersonic flight?

The days of fighter jets outrunning ground defenses are long since past, and new aerial innovations are focused on stealth and sensor technology. But raw speed still has a place. Supersonic flight, ...

Starfighters Space operates the world's only commercial fleet of F-104 Starfighter jets out of NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

NASA has taken a significant step forward in its pursuit of quieter supersonic flight by adding two F-15 aircraft to its ...

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The X-59 QueSST aims to be the first supersonic aircraft to reduce the "boom" to a "thumb" and overcome one of the great ...

For a period the F-4 was the workhorse of US airpower able to fill many roles thanks to its large aircraft, range, and ...

"Hypersonic" refers to speeds over Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound. That's approximately 3,800 miles per hour, a pace that could take you all the way around the equator in less time than it ...

The Mikoyan MiG-31 "Foxhound" is widely recognized as the world's fastest fighter jet still in operational use.

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One nation historically dominated the fighter jet export market: the Soviet Union, whose simple, rugged aircraft spread ...