Captured American pilot Bob Hoover carried out one of the most daring escapes of World War II when he managed to steal a German Focke-Wulf fighter and fly it back to Allied territory. The astonishing ...

In the early years of the air war over Europe, German Fw 190 fighters dominated the skies above the English Channel. Fast, heavily armed, and flown by experienced pilots, they could strike targets ...

Not all its aircraft have been beautiful; most have veered wildly between appearing utilitarian, evil, cute, and totally mad.

The Supermarine Spitfire single-seat fighter aircraft of the Second World War marks nine decades since its first flight in 1936.

Had that been all, it would have been nothing worse than an obscure mediocrity, but Blackburn had also made it extremely ...

Germany is rearming with a renewed focus on buying European. But with the German-French-Spanish fighter jet project, FCAS, at a standstill, does Berlin have any real options beyond the American F-35?

Germany and France may abandon joint fighter jet project FCAS German F-35 purchase would follow 2022 order for 35 jets Move would buy Germany time to find an alternative to FCAS jet BERLIN/WASHINGTON, ...

Reports suggest the long-planned Franco-German FCAS air defense project is near collapse. In an exclusive interview with DW, Airbus Defence CEO Michael Schoellhorn says it needs to be restructured to ...

Merz Questions German Need for Future Manned Fighter Jet Amid FCAS Trouble BERLIN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich ⁠Merz ⁠has questioned whether developing ⁠a manned sixth-generation ...

A mock-up of the European New Generation Fighter (NGF) for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) is pictured at the Paris Air Show on June 18, 2023. (Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images) PARIS — The ...

Berlin (AFP) – Germany does not need the same new fighter jets as France, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday, signalling that Berlin could abandon a flagship joint defence project for Europe.

FCAS, which also involves Spain, is imploding at a high-stakes moment for Europe, as threat rises from Russia France and Germany’s plan to build a fighter jet of the future, planned to come with a ...