The history of the F-104 Starfighter that the Spanish Air Force keeps at Torrejón Air Base El Basilio: an incident that tested the cutting wings of a Spanish F-104 fighter The F-104 Starfighter made ...

But one particular plane also earned this dubious nickname. This was unfortunately the case with the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, which the German forces and other countries dubbed the "widowmaker ...

You can't help but find the Italian Starfighter to be a fascinating aircraft regardless of its faults. Let's take a look at ...

There are six generally accepted generations of fighter jets, with each leap frogging the previous generation.

At this juncture, it should only take a few more months for the final assembly and flight certification paperwork to be ...

Second-generation fighters also featured the first fire control radars and semi-active guided missiles. — Examples: Mikoyan MiG-21F, Sukhoi SU-9, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (interceptors), and ...

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Before getting into the weeds of what each generation entails, two points to be noted. First, the notion of aircraft generations came up only in the 1990s. It has thus been retrospectively applied to ...

Originally intended for long-range heavy bomber escort missions over Japan during World War Two, the F-82 arrived in service too late but did see action in the next war in Korea. On Jun. 25, 1950 ...

In a landmark deal reached between lawmakers from the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia, the D.C. Air National Guard is set to hand over their F-16C Fighting Falcons to the Maryland A ...