Russian jets crashed a US drone, and now Moscow wants to fish the busted aircraft out of the sea

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An MQ-9 Reaper
An MQ-9 Reaper

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Haley Stevens

The US military let artificial intelligence fly a fighter jet and even battle simulated enemies in air-to-air combat

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The X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft, or VISTA, flies over Palmdale, Calif., Aug. 26, 2022. A joint Department of Defense team executed 12 artificial intelligence, or AI, flight tests in which AI agents piloted the X-62A VISTA to perform advanced fighter maneuvers at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 1-16, 2022.
The X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft, or VISTA, flies over Palmdale, Calif., Aug.

Western intelligence says Russia is amassing aircraft on Ukraine's border, as countries look to the skies to break deadlock

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Russia Su-57 fighter jet
A Russian Su-57 fighter jet takes off during a Russian air show on July 24, 2021.

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There's nothing but 'zombie arguments' for not giving Ukraine fighter jets, one of its closest partners says

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A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft
A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Crul

The UK plans to train Ukrainian pilots to fly the kind of NATO-standard fighter jets the alliance is refusing to give them

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Two RAF Typhoon combat aircraft depart after refueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.
Two RAF Typhoon combat aircraft depart after refueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.

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Ukraine has its sights on US-made fighter jets, but those aren't Kyiv's 'most pressing need,' top Democrat says

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Ukraine Su-27 F-16
A Ukrainian Su-27 takes off behind a California Air National Guard F-16C at a base in Ukraine in July 2011.

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Here's how a wildly outgunned US Navy pilot outfoxed one of the Soviet Union's best jets, scoring a string of kills in a legendary dogfight

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Close view of an F9F Panther jet touching down on the deck of the USS Oriskany, tail hook engaging the arresting wire, smoke coming from impact of tires. Nov. 1952.
A close view of an F9F Panther jet touching down on the deck of the USS Oriskany, tail hook engaging the arresting wire, smoke coming from impact of tires, in November 1952.

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Now that Ukraine is finally getting the tanks it wants, it's already looking for the next big thing — fighter jets

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F-16 Fighting Falcons based in the Central Command area of operations conduct armed aerial patrols over Somalia in support of Operation Octave Quartz Jan. 2, 2021
A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon

US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride

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