Ever since the Wright Brothers took to the skies in 1903, people have figured out a way to transform aircraft into weapons. Powered flight ultimately gave the world the first fighter aircraft in 1915 ...

The F-102 was not an especially successful aircraft; its performance was unremarkable, and its safety record was poor. But Convair believed they had the seed of a successful airframe in the delta-wing ...

Summary and Key Points: While fighter jets are often hailed as iconic symbols of aviation, not every design has been a success. Some fighter jets, despite high expectations, have fallen short in terms ...

Back in the Vietnam era, an RAF fighter pilot named Flight Lieutenant Ron Lloyd served on exchange with the USAF at Perrin Air Force Base in Texas, flying F-102s and T-33s, and in his book Fast Jets ...