Fourth-generation fighters were supposed to disappear. Instead, they still define Western air power in 2026.

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.

Colombia has formally set aside U.S. proposals for the F-16 and signed a $3.6-billion contract with Sweden’s Saab for Gripen E/F fighters, closing a decade-long search for a successor to its aging ...

The F-16 Fighting Falcon has been an important part of the Royal Danish Air Force since 1980, and will now pass the torch to the F-35A Lightning II. The Royal Danish Air Force’s (RDAF) F-16 Fighting ...