Key Points – The US Navy is in the final stages of selecting a contractor (Boeing or Northrop Grumman) for its F/A-XX ...

Monitoring and patrolling the skies is a role that primarily belongs to the United States Air Force and just like the Navy ... Weapon School. At that time, students flew a variety of aircraft ...

The Lightning II is part of the fifth generation of fighter ... aircraft, the F-35 can hold its own and ranks as the fastest combat aircraft in the Navy. (Russia’s Su-57 Felon set to compete ...

and the Navy Fighter Weapons School was born. Of course, that's quite a mouthful, so the tactical department of Fighter Squadron 21 created the name TOPGUN. When pilots who attended Navy ...

Boasting some of the most advanced fighter aircraft in the world ... can equip a wide variety of weapons. Currently, there are 30 in active service for the U.S. Navy but hundreds more are on ...

A US Navy fighter squadron that battled the Houthis scored a number of historic firsts during the fight. The squadron flew combat missions from the aircraft carrier USS Dwight ... VFA-105 used the ...

A US Navy fighter ... the first female fighter pilot to fly off an aircraft carrier. AP Planes from the Eisenhower also fired 60 air-to-air missiles and 420 air-to-surface weapons.

The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson operates with six additional F-35C Lightning II stealth fighter jets while ... more than 18,000 pounds of weapons that are held internally ...

“Sailors towing the aircraft ... to operate weapons and flight systems simultaneously, offering a massive logistical upgrade to the US military’s previous generation of Tomcat fighter jets.