Key Points and Summary – Two pivotal Cold War-era events gave the U.S. invaluable intelligence on Soviet fighter jets. In 1976, Viktor Belenko’s defection...
Key Points and Summary – In a tale of two design philosophies, China’s fifth-generation J-20 stealth fighter is compared with Sweden’s fourth-generation(+) JAS 39...
Key Points and Summary – Northrop’s F-20 Tigershark was a private-venture fighter in the 1980s designed to be a highly capable, affordable, and easy-to-maintain...
Key Points and Summary – Despite being heavily promoted as an affordable and highly capable stealth fighter, China’s Shenyang J-35A has failed to secure...
Key Points and Summary- Chinese state media has claimed that a 4th-generation J-10C fighter “shot down” a top-tier 5th-generation J-20 stealth fighter in a...