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Here's How The Sixth-Gen F-47 Fighter Jet Got Its Name
The sixth-generation fighter jet was named the F-47 to honor the P-47 Thunderbolt, the year the U.S. Air Force was founded, and the supportive 47th president.
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Here’s Everything We Know About the F-47 Program
The F-47 is expected to replace or complement existing fifth-generation fighters, such as the F-22 Raptor, with initial ...
How Do Fighter Jets 'Headbutt' Other Planes?
The headbutt maneuver is when a fighter jet flies in front of another aircraft that isn't responding to radio communications ...
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High Priority C-17 Flight Fuels Speculation About RAF Lakenheath Nuclear Mission
Reach 4574, a C-17 Globemaster III, flew direct from Kirtland AFB, home to the AFMC Nuclear Weapons Centre, to RAF Lakenheath with the support of KC-46 ...
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How the F-35 became the best it could be
The first foreign nation to receive the F-35 was Israel with the first two delivered in December 2016. As of 2025, Israel has ...
U.S. military plane takes final flight before being put in a museum
An AV-8B Harrier II took its final flight to be prepared to be retired and put on display at the Castle Air Museum.This ...
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What Happens When You Freeze an F-117? Inside the Air Force's Weather Lab
Seen here is a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk frozen in ice. Military aircraft are expected to perform flawlessly in an endless ...