The US military is keeping it secret who won the real-world dogfight between a human pilot and an AI flying an F-16 fighter jet

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A screenshot from video footage of the real-world test of a dogfight between an AI-controlled fighter and a manned fighter.
Footage from the real-world test of a dogfight between an AI-controlled fighter and a manned fighter.

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US fighter jets, destroyers, and Patriot missiles shot down loads of Iranian weapons to shield Israel from an unprecedented attack

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke.

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Russia's adapting air defenses means Ukraine's new F-16s are an example of weapons that are 'no longer relevant:' senior Ukrainian officer

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Netherlands' Air Force F-16 jetfighters participate in the NATO exercise as part of the NATO Air Policing mission, in Alliance members' sovereign airspace on July 4, 2023.
The Dutch are set to give Ukraine more than a dozen F-16s out of its aging stockpile.

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Western air bases that host Ukraine's F-16s are 'legitimate' targets for Russia, says Putin

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An F-16 Fighting Falcon banks left over Leiria, Portugal.

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chanceler Nardone

High maintenance 'prima donna' F-16 jets will be hard work for Ukraine, former US Marine pilot says

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a fighter jet is surrounded by a cloud as it breaks the sound barrier
An F-16 fighter jet.

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A Ukrainian soldier said that Ukraine's losses are so heavy where he's fighting that they struggle to recover the bodies

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A Ukrainian officer amid the devastation caused by a Russian glide bomb that landed east of Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, in February 2024.

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The US is giving Taiwan's F-16s a welcome boost of firepower with AGM-154 bombs as tensions with China ratchet up

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A US-made F-16 fighter on a runway at an air force base in Taiwan.
A US-made F-16 fighter on a runway at an air force base in Taiwan.

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The F-16 hit 50 years of flying. These photos show the Viper in action.

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Pilots with the F-16 Viper and F-22 Raptor Demonstration Teams.

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Begy

The 3 US-made fighter jets Israel is using in its air war over Gaza

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A fighter jet launches anti-missile flares
An Israeli F-15I fighter jet launches anti-missile flares during an air show.

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Ukraine is pinning its hopes on the F-16. These photos show what the US fighter can do.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks up while sitting in an F-16 fighter jet
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits in an F-16 fighter jet.

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