Before the Hurricane and Spitfire dominated the skies, the Gloster F.5/34 promised to be Britain’s next-generation fighter — ...

Britain’s survival in World War 2 depended on air power. At the cutting edge were high-performance fighter planes, dishing out destruction to Axis intruders and supporting Allied operations worldwide.

The Whirlwind was a heavily-armed, single-seat, twin-engine fighter designed for high performance, with great attention paid ...

Artist’s impression of the RAF Tempest, due to come into service by 2035 The first thing to know about Britain’s flagship new fighter jet is that it’s big. This becomes immediately clear when you see ...

Fifth-generation jets are now "the peer-level baseline," a Royal Air Force official said. He said the advanced jets are now the "entry standard" to get the edge in the air "against the most basic ...

First deployed with the RAF above Libya in 2011, the Typhoon has since been used in Iraq and Syria since 2015 as Western ...

An underground facility operated by the terrorist group north of Palmyra, Syria, was hit by strike aircraft in a combined raid on Jan. 3, 2026. The UK's ...