The US Military has specific guidelines for naming its planes, though there is some creative license applied when necessary.

The Northrop Grumman YF-17 Cobra was a lightweight fighter aircraft prototype designed for the United States Air Force (USAF) in the 1970s. At the time, it was believed that many fighters ...

The Boeing X-32 concept demonstrator aircraft was designed to compete in the United States Air Force's Joint Strike Fighter ...

In a September 1965 test, a YF-12 successfully launched a quarter-kiloton atomic missile, from an altitude of 75,000 feet at Mach 3.26.

The Thunderchief prototype, the YF-105A, underwent its inaugural ... they still incurred losses. Over 30 aircraft were destroyed during the war, 17 in combat, and an additional 14 to other causes.

After going through a suspension and then a restart, the prototype YF-105A finally took to the skies on October 22, 1955, ...

Boeing overcharged the Air Force for simple spare parts on C-17 aircraft by $1 million over a four-year period, according to the Pentagon. The defense giant marked up the cost of soap dispensers ...

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra has formally handed over three JF-17 Thunder aircraft to Nigerian Air Force at a ...

Wednesday afternoon marked a historic event at Camp Roberts the first ever C-17 landed on their dirt airfield.

challenges the YF-23 might have avoided. What You Need to Know: In the 1980s, the U.S. Air Force launched the Advanced Tactical Fighter program to develop a next-generation stealth aircraft ...

The US Air Force overpaid for spare parts for a C-17 military transport aircraft manufactured by Boeing, according to a new watchdog report. In one example, an audit found, the service paid more ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Office of Civil Defense has 17 military aircraft ready for deployment to assist communities devastated by flooding from Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international ...