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.

REUTERS/Mykola Tymchenko

As Israeli jets devastate Gaza, air force photos show fighter aircraft armed with what look like unguided 'dumb' bombs

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Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike that has been going on for five days in Gaza City, Gaza, on October 11, 2023.
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike that has been going on for nearly a week in Gaza City, Gaza, on October 11, 2023.

Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images

Israel dropped more bombs on Gaza in 6 days than the US-led coalition dropped in any month fighting ISIS

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A view of an explosion following a strike by IDF fighter jets on Hamas targets at a location given as the Gaza Strip, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on October 13, 2023.
A view of an explosion following a strike by IDF fighter jets on Hamas targets at a location given as the Gaza Strip, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on October 13, 2023.

Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS

New missiles could help Ukraine's future F-16 fighters to take on Russian jets, but the planes will likely be more useful for other missions

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An F-16 Fighting Falcon banks over a test range at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Apr. 24, 2019.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon banks over a test range at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Apr. 24, 2019.

US Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Raven

Worried about vulnerable airbases, a US ally landed a F-35A stealth fighter on a highway for the first time in NATO's newest member

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Norwegian F-35A performing a "touch and go" on highway in Finland for the first time.

Ole Andreas Vekve, Norwegian Armed Forces

This guy's description of the missing F-35 crashing in South Carolina is perfection

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An F-35B fighter jet like the one that crashed in South Carolina after going missing on Sunday.

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Marines ground all flights after string of serious 'mishaps,' including the mysterious disappearance of an F-35 stealth fighter jet

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An F-35 aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542 and an F-35B instructor pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 perform preflight checks on an F-35B Lightning II jet at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, April 20, 2023.
An F-35 aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542 and an F-35B instructor pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 perfor
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