According to the Heritage Foundation's Index of U.S. Military Strength in 2024, at the close of FY 2023, the Air Force’s ...

The US Air Force requires a 22% expansion of its fighter fleet to 1,558 aircraft by 2035, up from 1,271 currently, according ...

Born for Cold War fleet defense, the F-14 Tomcat paired swing-wing agility with the AWG-9 radar and AIM-54 Phoenix to hunt ...

A new report to Congress pitching the Air Force’s 10-year fighter jet plan is missing key details and explanations, raising ...

With the YFQ-44 now flying, both of the U.S. Air Force’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft are in flight testing. The YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat ...

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, billed by the US Navy as “the most capable, adaptable, and lethal combat platform in the world,” is being sent to the Caribbean as the Trump administration ...

Venezuela on Thursday said it had detected five US fighter jets flying near its Caribbean coast. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino described the incident as a “provocation” by the United States that ...

By selling F-35s to allied nations, America provides them with one of the world’s most effective fighter jets—and an ironclad economic connection to the US defense industry.

The U.S. launching strikes within Venezuela is looking increasingly likely as the Trump administration continues to bolster the buildup of military assets in the region, turning up the pressure ...

In 2015, a small French submarine called the Saphir snuck past the defenses of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier ...

Anduril's jet-powered drone flew for the first time on Friday, the company and the U.S. Air Force said, marking a significant step for the defense tech company's drone ambitions.