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No, You Can’t Make the A-10 Warthog ‘Stealth’

With the A-10 Warthog retiring, debate flares over close air support and whether a “stealth Warthog” could survive modern air ...
Modern military aircraft not only fly fast and oftentimes carry heavy payloads, they can also virtually disappear. One of the biggest challenges in making this happen lies with concealing the engines, ...
Stealth — or low-observable – technology used to be rare on aircraft, only seen on the F-117 Nighthawk and B-2 Spirit, but it's the defining feature of an entire generation of fighter jets like the ...
Did We Have A Stealth Bottom On Wednesday 3/18? Is it possible the pundits did not recognize that we achieved the low for this "correction" cycle? Somewhat usual, I am asking the question that others ...
Images of what appears to be a new Chinese stealth aircraft emerged on social media Thursday — indicating Beijing may be unveiling a sixth-generation crewed combat jet. The video and images, which ...
The US Air Force calls it the “Frankenjet,” a stealth fighter stitched together from the parts of two F-35s wrecked in accidents that is now on duty and combat ready. “’Frankenjet’” is fully ...
Retiring USAF Chief Gen. David Allvin says Boeing has begun building the first F-47—the Air Force’s sixth-generation NGAD fighter—with a first flight targeted for 2028. -Awarded in March 2025, the ...