Why the United States military operates an seemingly wasteful variety of similar-looking aircraft across its branches—ranging from the Air Force's heavy F-15s to the Navy's carrier-based F/A-18s and the Marines' jump-jet F-35B—is not due to simple bureaucracy or a lack of inter-service communication.

The deployment comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a 10th strike against a suspected drug smuggling vessel.

A San Diego defense technology company unveiled an artificial intelligence-piloted fighter jet Tuesday that can take off vertically without runways, accelerating the Pentagon's push toward a future where autonomous drones fly combat missions alongside human pilots.

The two aircraft, an Su-30 fighter and Il-78 refuelling tanker, were possibly on a refuelling training mission when they flew 700 metres into Lithuania from Kaliningrad region at about 1500 GMT, the m

Spanish NATO jets were scrambled after two Russian aircraft reportedly violated Lithuanian airspace, escalating tensions amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Shield AI's unmanned X-BAT flies using an autonomous core that could allow it to be a drone wingman and team up with a crewed fighter.

TWO Russian military aircraft violated Nato’s airspace in Lithuania – forcing the alliance to scramble fighter jets. Lithuania’s military said a Russian  Su-30 fighter and Il-78

In a post on X, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nausėda slammed what he called a "blatant breach of international law and territorial integrity."

Why the Letters Matter Fighters, bombers, and attack jets get most of the attention, but the U.S. military fields aircra