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National Security Journal on MSN1d
Dassault Rafale: The Best Fighter Not Named F-22 or F-35
When the French Dassault Rafale multirole fighter first appeared as a demonstrator aircraft more than 35 years ago, problems ...
The National Interest on MSN4h
Trump’s Proposed “F-22 Super” Fighter Jet Has a Cost: The F-47
If President Trump wanted to restart the F-22 production line to create the “F-22 Super,” it might be the best of many bad ...
Canada's F-35 Nightmare
The U.S.'s neighbor has been targeted for a trade war by the White House, and took the leap this year to put its multibillion ...
Aviation Week Network5d
Trump Floats Major New Upgrades For F-35 And F-22
President Donald Trump proposed new “super upgrade” programs for the Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-22 fighters during a May 15 ...
India's Rafale vs Pakistan's F-16: With air prowess in spotlight, how the fighter jets compare
India, during Operation Sindoor, used its Rafale jets armed with Scalp (Storm Shadow) missiles and armed with Highly Agile ...
The National Interest on MSN7d
The F-16 Fighting Falcon Is Old—but It’s Not Going Anywhere
In capable hands, an F-16 Fighting Falcon can take on fifth-generation stealth fighter jets like the F-35 Lightning II and ...
Trump floats possible new F-55 warplane and F-22 upgrade
The United States is examining the possible development of a twin-engined warplane to be known as the F-55, as well as an ...
US Navy's new fighter jet threatened by funding dispute, sources say
The U.S. Navy and Congress are battling with the Trump administration to keep moving forward with a contract award to build ...
Breaking Defense5d
Trump wants a twin-engined F-35. Experts say it’s ‘not feasible.’
Making the F-35 into a twin-engine F-55 probably isn’t the best use of money and time for those reasons, but Trump’s comments ...
U.S. accelerates its new fighter to challenge China’s air power and sets a date for its arrival: “The world’s best example”
With an expected operational date between 2027 and 2029, General David Allvin has announced that more than 185 units of the new “invisible” F-47 fighter jet ...
The Economist7d
The race to build the fighter planes of the future
“THERE’S NEVER been anything even close to it—from speed to manoeuverability…to payload,” gushed Donald Trump, as he announced on March 21st that America’s future fighter jet, the F ...