When a U.S. military aircraft is lost behind enemy lines, survival training begins immediately and rescue operations are quickly set into motion.

The loss of an F-15E Strike Eagle in Iran prompted specialized Combat Search and Rescue units to spring into action, with a multitude of assets working together to recover all missing aircrew. Here's how.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In military aviation, raw speed is no longer a benchmark for domination over the skies. Power has evolved into a multidimensional concept, blending engine performance, payload capacity ...

Two U.S. military aircraft were downed in Iran, with one crew member missing. The conflict escalates as Israel conducts airstrikes in Tehran, and Iran retaliates by targeting Gulf infrastructure.

The US has deployed the EA-37B Compass Call electronic attack platform against Iran in the aircraft’s first known combat deployment.

Military aircraft are typically judged by specifications and engineering elegance. But sometimes combat history repeatedly shows that those measures can be misleading. Some aircraft entered service with obvious design flaws like limited range, handling ...

Crew skill and tactical adaptation determined combat aircraft effectiveness more than design quality across multiple conflicts. The F-4 Phantom achieved high kill ratios only after Top Gun training taught energy tactics to overcome poor maneuverability.

The software and hardware that will control tomorrow's combat drones got a workout on January 18, as a General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger showed off its capability by autonomously intercepting a crewed aggressor aircraft in an air combat exercise. The world's ...