Ukraine's future F-16 fighter pilots are learning to fly without GPS as Russian jamming complicates air combat

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The first General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons delivered to Ukraine flew on the Day of the Ukrainian Air Force on August 4, 2024.
Future Ukrainian F-16 pilots are taught to think about GPS jamming in the early stages of their training.

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Ukrainian pilots are breaking from Soviet-era tactics and learning to fly with a Western mindset, trainers say

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The Ukrainian Air Force's F-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024.
Before Ukrainian pilots learn to fly the F-16, they receive early-stage training in the UK.

AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

American, Chinese, and Russian fighters flew in a rare triple appearance. Here's how their performances compared.

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Six J-10C aircraft of China's Ba Yi aerobatics team perform a formation maneuver.
More than 100 cameramen were onsite to capture footage of the flying display on Tuesday.

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Ukrainian pilot says he had to make new F-16 tactics because NATO's original training was for a different type of war

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Two Ukrainian F-16s fly side-by-side.
Ukraine has officially received at least 44 F-16s, out of a total 87 promised so far by European countries.

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Taiwan's F-16 fighter fleet has been grounded after an 'anomaly' saw a jet and its pilot disappear

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A Taiwanese F-16 is seen from the bottom right as it flies against a grey background.
Search and rescue operations continue for the aircraft and pilot.

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A US F-16 pilot outflew enemy missiles with extreme high-G turns for 15 minutes during a Middle East mission

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A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon departs after being refueled over the US Central Command area of responsibility, February 25, 2025.
A US Air Force F-16 operates over the Middle East in February.

US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. William Rio Rosado

A Western military just picked up a big batch of F-16 fighter jets for $1.15

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A Netherlands F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off for exercise Steadfast Noon in Northern Italy, Oct. 17, 2023.
The Netherlands sold 18 F-16s to Romania.

US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Jakel

A new autonomous fighter jet just broke cover. It's powered by the same AI brain that flew an F-16 through a dogfight.

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Five large black aircraft sitting up on their tails outdoors
Shield AI is promising a fully autonomous fighter jet with its X-BAT.

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NATO's air policing mission is getting riskier for the F-35s, Gripens, F-16s, and other fighter jets at the front

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A grey fighter jet in the air pictured from the inside of another aircraft flying above, with the silhouette of some people in front of the camera visable in the foreground
Spain's Eurofighter Typhoon military fighter jets are among the host of jets participating in NATO's Baltic Air Policing Mission, pictured here in Lithuanian airspace.

AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis

DARPA Is Taking Its AI Fighter Jet Program to the Next Level

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