What will be the next light fighter to take up the mantle the F-16 leaves behind?

The world’s only self-flying F-16 has quietly crossed a threshold that once belonged to science fiction, shifting from a lab curiosity into a frontline testbed for autonomous combat. The X-62A VISTA ...

Photo: USAF/Samuel King Jr. Exactly one year ago the U.S. Air Force (USAF) announced the birth of something called the Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations Model – Autonomy Flying Testbed ...

Throughout the years numerous fighter jets have taken to the skies, but few are as iconic as the General Dynamics F-16 Flying Falcon. Even at nearly 50 years in service, and its retirement on the ...

The US Air Force has reached a significant milestone in automating the F-16 fighter jet to fly the "Viper" without a pilot. The Fighting Falcon is undergoing AI modifications at Eglin Air Force Base ...

The Argentine Air Force has purchased six secondhand F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets from Denmark, following regulatory approval from the United States. The migratory distance from some falcons can ...

The 148th Fighter Wing, a Minnesota National Guard unit based in Duluth, will be flying the training missions.

Join Louis Skupien inside an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Edwards AFB and discover the thrill of flying one of the world's most ...

While most Air Force maintainers spend their shifts keeping combat jets flight-ready, an eight-person depot crew recently arrived at Edwards Air Force Base with the opposite mission: dismantling a ...

In capable hands, an F-16 Fighting Falcon can take on fifth-generation stealth fighter jets like the F-35 Lightning II and even the F-22 Raptor. For decades, the F-16 Fighting Falcon has been the ...