Explore seven military aircraft that define modern airpower through speed, sensors, payload, and battlefield dominance.

The software and hardware that will control tomorrow's combat drones got a workout on January 18, as a General Atomics MQ-20 ...

PATUXENT RIVER, Md.— The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Patuxent River completed a key tactical demonstration showing F-35 Lightning II pilots directing multiple Collaborative Combat ...

The Navy completed a demonstration of its manned-unmanned teaming capabilities to further the development of its ...

The YFQ-42 becomes the first of the U.S. Air Force’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft to enter flight testing. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced on Aug. 27, 2025, that its YFQ-42A ...

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 Aircraft (CCA) developed by Anduril has conducted its ...

In these, aircraft losses in combat are more likely than not. Modern air forces fighting in such wars might have short lives. In the last major air war of 1939-1945, many tens of thousands of aircraft ...

A YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft test aircraft is staged in Poway, Calif., May 19, 2025. The Department of the Air Force has begun ground testing for the CCA program to validate performance and ...

The autonomous YFQ-42A takes off from an undisclosed location in California. (Photo courtesy of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has begun flight testing of ...

The Crusader was active during the Vietnam War, ‘scoring’ 19 air-to-air victories for three losses, the best ratio of any US aircraft of the conflict. Armed with four 20mm cannon it has frequently ...

The Air Force is planning to expand the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, commonly called JPARC, to improve training capabilities in Alaska. Leaders from Eielson Air Force Base said the current ...