Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. f4 phantom Twenty years prior to 1969 most air forces had been flying piston-engined fighters essentially no different from those ...

From canvas biplanes to stealthy jets, air superiority has been defined by a handful of warplanes that forced every rival to rethink how to fight in the sky. I trace 15 of the most iconic fighters and ...

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Since the aircraft's introduction in the 2000s, the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor has dominated public and professional debate as the unquestioned symbol of American air power and air superiority.

Twenty years prior to 1969 most air forces had been flying piston-engined fighters essentially no different from those of World War II. In the following twenty years, top speeds almost quadrupled and ...