An Air Force researcher said China's assessments of U.S. stealth capabilities "diverge from technical reality and operational practice."

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Reducing aircraft soot emissions may not reduce contrail clouds, according to in-flight observations of emissions from a passenger jet with modern "lean-burn" engines, reported in Nature. Contrails from aircraft contribute to the climate-warming impacts of ...

A thermal image captured near Area 51 allegedly shows a previously unseen next-generation aircraft design with cranked-kite wings and canards, which is now spurring many theories online. Groom Lake, better known as Area 51, has always attracted interest ...

The United States Air Force and Boeing once planned to build a flying aircraft carrier together, but it never happened. Here's what went wrong with the idea.

Small changes to aircraft flight paths to avoid the atmospheric conditions that create condensation trails—known as contrails—could reduce aviation's global warming impact by nearly half, a new study suggests. The study, led by researchers at the ...

Some equipment central for the Global War on Terror could play important roles in a potential conflict against China.