BAE Systems Tempest
The BAE Systems Tempest is a proposed fighter aircraft concept that is under development in the United Kingdom for the British Royal Air Force and the Italian Air Force (AMI). It is being developed under […]
The BAE Systems Tempest is a proposed fighter aircraft concept that is under development in the United Kingdom for the British Royal Air Force and the Italian Air Force (AMI). It is being developed under […]
The SAAB JAS39 Gripen is a Swedish fighter designed and built to replace the SAAB J37 Viggen in the Swedish Air Force. The Gripen had to take over the tactical tasks of the Viggen stated […]
First prototype Bristol F.2A flew 9 September 1916, equipped with a Rolls Royce Mk.1 engine. Only 52 F.2As were produced before production switched to what became the definitive Bristol Fighter, the Bristol Type 14 F.2B […]
Sukhois PAK-FA or T-50 is started taxi trials in December 2009 and first flight 29 January 2010. Designed by Sukhoi and built by the companys Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant, the T-50 prototype flew for 47 minutes […]
The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an air dominance fighter due to replace the F-15C Eagle’s of the United States Air Force. In October 1986 the USAF launched the Advanced Tactical Fighter program and invited […]
The Aero L159 ALCA is developed by the Czech Republic as a Light multi-role fighter and lead in fighter trainer. The first L159 (two seater) flew August 4th 1997, and the first single seater on […]
The CR760 was first presented as the C 715 by Marcel Riffard in 1937, originally intended to be powered by a new Renault 16 cylinder air cooled engine that was being developed. Because the new […]
The AMX, a joint program undertaken by Alenia, Aermacchi and Embraer, is a surface attack aircraft for battlefield interdiction, close air support and reconnaissance missions. The AMX is capable of operating at high subsonic speed […]
Fokker delivered a total of 36 G-1’s to the Dutch Air Force, they were numbered from 300 to 335. The 36 aircraft were divided over two ‘afdelingen’: 3 JaVA and 4 JaVA. At the outbreak […]
The Messerschmitt Me 262 was not exactly the first turbojet-powered fighter in the world (that honor was for the Heinkel He-280) but it was the first turbojet fighter that entered active service as the first […]