Fourth-generation fighters were supposed to disappear. Instead, they still define Western air power in 2026.
The Bahraini advanced F-16 shot down two Iranian drones during the conflict in the Middle East earlier this month.
At longer ranges, the edge shifts to whichever aircraft detects its opponent first. Late-model F-16s carry advanced AESA ...
The F-16 narrowly beat out Sweden’s JAS 39 Gripen in the final selection, according to President José Balcázar.
A Royal Bahraini Air Force (RBAF) F-16 Block 70 fighter scored the type’s first air-to-air kill on April 1 against a pair of Iranian drones, a source familiar with the incident tells Aviation Week.
Taiwan is searching for a missing F-16 fighter jet and pilot after an incident earlier this week.
Misawa Air Base has received the U.S. Air Force's first F-35A Lightning II fighters to be permanently based in Japan, beginning the transition from the F-16 to the fifth-gen aircraft. Misawa Air Base, ...
In early January 2026, Capt. Hsin Po-yi of Tawain's Air Force went missing along with his F-16 during a nighttime training mission. It appears that a malfunction with the jet's main onboard computer ...
F-16s of the 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron were deployed to the remote King Salmon airport to demonstrate NORAD's ...
F-16 jets were deployed over Mar-a-Lago Sunday to intercept a civilian aircraft that had gotten too close to the president's ...
SPORTS. WE’RE HEARING FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND, ALSO KNOWN AS NORAD, WHICH SAYS IT INTERCEPTED A CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT AFTER IT VIOLATED THE TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTION AIRSPACE ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet and its pilot went missing off the island's northeast coast on Tuesday. Taiwan's Air Force has ...