Russia's troops tend to retreat when encountering NATO fighters, a Ukrainian F-16 pilot said. He said Ukraine was deploying its F-16s and Mirages for cover missions or in precise strikes.

An F-16 military jet was dispatched to chase a plane out of the airspace over Mar-a-Lago, where President Trump spent the weekend. The fighter pilot executed a “headbutt” maneuver to get the ...

NAVAIR is looking to award a contract for the integration of the AGM-158C-1 Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) on the F-16. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) released on Mar. 17 ...

Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets ...

Turkey conducted the first live-fire test of its SOM-J ALCM (Air-Launched Cruise Missile) from a Turkish Air Force (TuAF/Türk Hava Kuvvetleri) F-16 Block 40 assigned to the 401st Test Squadron, ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

Florennes Air Base, Belgium, Oct. 5, 2022: A Belgian F-16 pilot completing before takeoff checks prior to launching on a deployment sortie to Estonia, as part of NATO’s enhanced Vigilance Activities ...

F-16 for Ukraine In 2023, Ukraine and its allies formed an aviation coalition to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets. According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine needs at least 128 F-16 ...

A new shipment of Western F-16 fighter jets has arrived in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed to journalists on March 19. The president stated that several F-16s had arrived but did not ...

The first of 16 new F-16 fighter jets landed in Bulgaria on Wednesday from the US as part of country's efforts to modernize its airforce which still relies on Soviet planes. Listen to Story Bulgaria ...