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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Russia's air force appears to be backing off after Ukraine took out 3 of its jets, experts say

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The twisted metal wreckage of a fighter jet, surrounded by other twisted metal near some woodland.
The wreckage of a Russian Su-34 fighter/bomber, seen in Lyman, Ukraine, in June 2023.

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The Air Force is trying to save 2 severely damaged F-35s by merging them into a single 'Franken-bird' aircraft

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Engineers in Hill Air Force Base are trying to replace the nose of an F-35 with the intact parts of another F-35 that caught fire.
Engineers in Hill Air Force Base are trying to replace the nose of an F-35 with the intact parts of another F-35 that caught fire.

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Ukraine's air force dropped a wild video of a MiG-29 hugging the ground in a shockingly low pass

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A Ukrainian Tactical Aviation pilot poses in the cockpit of his MIG-29 fighter jet at sunset on August 1, 2023, in eastern Ukraine.
A Ukrainian Tactical Aviation pilot poses in the cockpit of his MIG-29 fighter jet at sunset on August 1, 2023, in eastern Ukraine.

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Russia will send fighter jets and attack helicopters to Iran, state media says. The move could strengthen ties that already have the US worried.

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A Russian Su-35 aircraft unsafely intercepts a P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft assigned to US 6th Fleet over the Mediterranean Sea May 26, 2020.
A Russian Su-35 aircraft unsafely intercepts a P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft assigned to US 6th Fleet over the Mediterranean Sea May 26, 2020.

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Ukraine has begun 'in the air' training on F-16s, a key development in its fight against Russia

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A pair of US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons.
A pair of US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons.

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Risky intercepts show China's fighter pilots are 'willing to challenge' the US as their planes increasingly meet in the air, former aviator says

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A screenshot from the USINDOPACOM video showing a Chinese J-11 fighter jet intercepting a US Air Force B-52 aircraft.
INDOPACOM said the video the Chinese J-11 fighter pilot "executed an unsafe intercept" of a US Air Force B-52 aircraft in late October.

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The first Ukrainian F-16 pilots are finally moving from training on flight simulators to real combat aircraft: report

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A General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.

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Where's the Su-57? The war in Ukraine is what fifth-generation fighter jets were made for, but Russia's Felon has largely been missing in action

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FILE - In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jets perform during the MAKS-2019 International Aviation and Space Show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia. One of pre-production Su-57 crashed in Russia's far east during a training flight, but its pilot bailed out safely. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
FILE - In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Aug.

Ukraine says it downed 3 Russian Su-25 fighter jets in just one week

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A military sapper inspects remains of a Russian Sukhoi Su-25 fighting aircraft
A military sapper inspects the remains of a Russian Sukhoi Su-25 hit by Ukrainian Armed Forces in Ukraine's Kyiv Region in April 2022.

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