The F-8 Crusader is commonly referred to as the ‘Last American Gunfighter’ amongst aviation experts. It’s a single engine air superiority jet fighter designed to take off and land from…

Lockheed produced the first jet fighter to enter service at the end of World War II, the P-80. It was short lived in a world of rapidly advancing aeronautics. The…

The Sukhoi Su-35, designated as ‘Flanker-E’ by NATO, is a Russian-made single seat, twin-engine multirole fighter. It is based on the previous existing design of the Su-27 Flanker. The Su-35…

US Air Force The B-2 Spirit is a stealth bomber produced by Northrop Grumman. It is characterized by its many upgrades, political controversy, and continued…

The AH-64 Apache is an attack helicopter produced by Boeing Defense used in close air support operations. It operates through the use of a twin engine turboshaft identical to the…

The F-14 Tomcat was produced by Northrup Grumman to be the United States Navy’s premier Fleet Air Defense (FAD). It was a two-seat, twin-engine fighter aircraft capable of long distance…

The B-1B Lancer, produced by Rockwell Industries, is a variable swept-wing, long-range strategic bomber aircraft. It was initially designed to take over for the B-52 Stratofortress but revised design transformed…

The Chinese Chengdu J-20 “Black Eagle” is a twin-engine, multi-role, fifth-generation strike fighter jet. Its main role is expected to be a long-range strike fighter against primarily ground targets but…

The MiG-21, known by its NATO moniker as the Fishbed, is a single engine jet fighter produced by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau as an improvement on prior generations of the…

When the MiG-25 entered the air for the first time, it was in the middle of the Vietnam conflict and American strategists were worried a new Soviet fighter aircraft would…