A U.S. Navy F-35 fighter jet crashed in central California Wednesday near Naval Air Station Lemoore, according to a Navy ...

A $55.7 million F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft was shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent case of friendly fire, CENTCOM said in a statement.

Moreover, the sixth-generation fighter won't fly alone. A core concept is the use of AI-piloted drone wingmen, which the U.S. Air Force calls Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA).

The sixth-generation fighter jet was named the F-47 to honor the P-47 Thunderbolt, the year the U.S. Air Force was founded, and the supportive 47th president.

The F-35A fighter jets are capable of carrying U.S. B61 tactical nuclear weapons. Britain would likely need the United States to supply those weapons for use on the planes, said one British ...