- February 11th, 2026
The 2026 edition of the Singapore Airshow has concluded with one message resonating clearly across the tarmac and conference halls: fifth-generation airpower is no longer a future aspiration in the Indo-Pacific—it is a present-day reality. Among the most closely watched...
In a year that reshaped the global combat aviation landscape, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II emerged as the single most significant fighter aircraft program in the world. Of the roughly 500 fighter jets delivered globally in 2025, a remarkable...
For much of aviation history, the main way for military aircraft to avoid radar detection was brutally simple: stay out of the radar’s line of sight. In the early days of air defense, that usually meant flying low—hugging the terrain...
A fighter pilot in the United States Air Force (USAF) is widely regarded as one of the most demanding and prestigious careers in the military. It is a profession characterised by extreme selectivity, years of rigorous training, ongoing physical and...
The United States today fields the most advanced and combat-proven multirole fighter aircraft in the world. At the center of that dominance is the F-35 Lightning II, widely regarded as the most capable all-around multirole fighter ever to enter service....
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor remains the most powerful fighter jet in the world. Yet with the widespread introduction of its younger, more numerous cousin—the F-35 Lightning II—a persistent question continues to surface in defense circles: is the F-22 still...
Europe today fields two of the world’s most lethal fighter aircraft, flying side by side in the air forces of different NATO nations—but designed around radically different philosophies of war. On one side is the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II,...
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is one of the most ambitious military aviation programs ever undertaken, both in technological scope and in international scale. Conceived as a single, stealthy, networked fighter that could replace a wide range of aging...
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is the newest fifth-generation fighter fielded by the United States and its allies, yet on paper it looks oddly unimpressive when judged by one of the most intuitive measures of air combat performance: speed....
In March 2025, just weeks into his second presidency, US President Donald Trump handed Boeing the most consequential military aviation contract of the decade: the engineering and manufacturing development deal for the crewed sixth-generation fighter under the US Air Force’s...
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