It starts with a question no gunner can answer in the moment: how many shells will it take to bring down that one-aircraft—a ...

The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying ...

The Battle of Britain ended 85 years ago today—closing a months-long air war with clear parallels to the ongoing fight in the skies over Ukraine.

The Yak-9 performed more anti-tank missions, in particular, the Yak-9T variant with a 37mm cannon, in this case the ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The Jet Age began in the wake of World War 2, when ...

The United Aircraft Corporation of the Rostec State Corporation has completed the construction of the first prototype of the modernized Yak-130M combat trainer aircraft. The work was carried out as ...

NATO allies are considering deploying armed drones along the Russian border — and loosening restrictions on when pilots can shoot down enemy aircraft, according to a report. The talks were initiated ...

NATO allies are discussing easing rules for pilots to permit them to shoot down Russian aircraft, according to a report by the Financial Times. The news comes as alliance members consider a tougher ...

Russian federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia is aiming to avoid a potential capacity crisis for the country’s carriers, by taking steps to preserve the airworthiness of the active fleet while ...

EXCLUSIVE: Recent Russian incursions into NATO airspace have sharpened divisions inside the alliance over how to respond, exposing both the strength and the limits of collective defense. Secretary ...

A Russian aircraft recently flew within a few hundred meters of a German frigate in the Baltic Sea. The encounter came amid a series of Russian drone and aircraft incursions into NATO airspace. A top ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. Late last ...