In 2021, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown caused a stir when he announced the service was looking into buying a brand-new fighter jet to help replace the F-16 Viper. Such a jet doesn’t ...
The race to field the first operational sixth-generation fighter is no longer theoretical, it is already shaping budgets, alliances, and the future of air combat. China’s emerging J-36 and America’s F ...