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Do fighter jets ever fight helicopters? More often than you’d think
Helicopters have few ways to fight back against incoming fighter aircraft. Surprisingly, though, it is far harder to shoot ...
The National Interest on MSN
Can fighter aircraft hunt down tanks? It’s complicated
Specialized anti-armor aircraft date back to World War II—but not all planes are well-equipped to take on ground targets.
As terrible recent conflicts have shown, the fighter aircraft is far from dead and can prove vital for a nation’s survival. The most modern fighters can shoot down an enemy aircraft at a range of 100 ...
National Interest on MSN
The F-35 Fighter Jet Can’t Maneuver Too Well. That’s Not Really a Problem.
The F-35 was not built to win dogfights, but to operate smoothly at long ranges and over long periods of time.
There are so many kinds of drones out there serving the needs of the military that it's pretty difficult to make sense of them all. What we do know for a fact is that, at least publicly, there is no ...
The F-4 Phantom II came with flaws, but its flexibility meant it became the muscle of US air power and helped pave the way ...
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