Historically, the thrust-to-weight ratio concept has served as a benchmark for the evolution of fighter jets. An aircraft’s thrust-to-weight ratio is a statistic that is often thrown around, but one ...

In the 1960s, Germany built a revolutionary aircraft powered by 10 jet engines capable of producing over 66,000 pounds of ...

A closer look at one of the coolest quirks of a legendary aircraft.

New Zealand investigators have determined that a Jetstar Airbus A320 was damaged during a taxiway excursion at Christchurch, ...

The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...

Thrust vectoring—essentially redirecting the plane’s exhaust flow—allows modern fighters to quickly change direction, giving them an edge in close combat. Thrust vectoring nozzles are one of the most ...

The F-35 will also serve as a test bed for technologies that will become commonplace in the next generation of jets. Flying ...