In 1973, the U.S. Air Force explored an extraordinary idea: transforming the Boeing 747 into a flying aircraft carrier ...

A closer look at the world's highest performance warbirds.

The F-16 might be aging by some standards, but it's still one of the fastest machines in today's skies. The F-16A took its first flight in 1976, and the jet first entered service with the US Air Force ...

While they do represent a marvel of modern engineering, jet engines ultimately rely on one relatively simple requirement: air. In order to turn fuel to fire, and fire to thrust, a fighter's engines ...