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.

Shield AI

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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New French Mirage fighter jets could help Ukraine skirt one of the biggest roadblocks for the F-16 program

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A Mirage 2000-5F aircraft in the air against a blue sky with thin clouds
A Mirage 2000-5F aircraft of the French air force in September.

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Really putting Ukraine's Abrams and F-16s to work fighting Russia means most probably won't survive, but that's the kind of war this is

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Three people stand beside an F-16 on a runway in front of trees and half under some material
An F-16 after it first arrived in Ukraine in August 2024.

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Video shows one of Taiwan's F-16s tracking a Chinese J-15 fighter jet with its sniper pod during war games

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A Chinese fighter jet flies above with some decoy flares soaring behind it against a blue sky.
China's Liaoning aircraft carrier participated in Monday's massive "Joint Sword-2024B" exercise, in which China simulated military action against Taiwan.

Zheng Shuai/VCG via Getty Images

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