The F-15 Eagle was supposed to be a bridge to stealthier, digital-age fighters, not the backbone of American airpower half a ...
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The F-15 Eagle Is Now America’s “Forever Fighter”

Owing to shortcomings in the F-35 program—and its F-47 successor—the F-15 Eagle will remain in service with the US Air Force ...
Fighter aircraft rarely spend all that much time operating at their top speeds. However, analyzing the top speeds of different fighter aircraft can still tell you quite a lot about an aircraft's ...
Two of the squadron's officers were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for helping thwart the Iranian drone attack in ...
12 F-15E Strike Eagles from the 494th Fighter Squadron, based at RAF Lakenheath under the 48th Fighter Wing, have been ...
Space agency doubles the jet fighter research fleet for its X-59 quiet supersonic flight program.
Raptor plant shuttered in 2011, and Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet assembly will follow suit in 2027, but the others are going ...
Despite claims of Mach 2.54, pilots report that the fastest speeds achieved in practice are Mach 2.25–2.3 in brand-new ...
The US was the first to develop stealth military jets and is now working to develop the next generation of ultra-stealthy ...
On December 29, 2025, the United States Department of War announced an $8.6 billion contract awarded to the Boeing Company to design, test, and produce 25 new F-15IA fighter jets for the Israeli Air ...