Diving deeper into the last true 'pilot's fighter jet' of naval aviation.

The F-35 was not built to win dogfights, but to operate smoothly at long ranges and over long periods of time.

Modern fighter jets are very loud. They can blast between 140 and 153 decibels of noise on takeoff when they use their afterburners, which is enough to burst a person's eardrums if they're at close ...

Fighter plane tails were dramatically reshaped after the advent of “fly-by-wire” controls, rendering the aircraft’s stability irrelevant. What’s in a tail? The tail of a fighter aircraft, specifically ...

While such a claim is a little outlandish, it highlights the unique combination of thrust, weight, and aerodynamics that ...