Q: It’s reported that on the early morning of December 7, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said at an emergency press conference that the J-15 fighter jet from the Chinese naval aircraft carrier Liaoning intermittently targeted its radar at Japanese Air Self Defense Force F-15 fighter jets on two occasions over international waters southeast of the Okinawa Prefecture on the afternoon of December 6.

The plane appeared to lose control and dive directly toward the ground just before crashing inside the grounds of the airfield.

The days of fighter jets outrunning ground defenses are long since past, and new aerial innovations are focused on stealth and sensor technology. But raw speed still has a place.

The Nigerian military has deployed fighter aircraft to the Benin Republic in response to reports of a possible military coup that allegedly toppled President Patrice Talon on Sunday. Security sources confirmed to Vanguard that the aircraft,

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron are planning to discuss the fate of the troubled Franco-German fighter jet project FCAS - or SCAF - in the week of December 15, an industry source told Reuters on Saturday.

Military officials say a fighter jet with the Air Force's Thunderbirds demonstration squadron has crashed in the Southern California desert

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reiterated his opposition to Navy plans to develop its next-generation F/A-XX fighter jet, arguing it will overlap with plans for a different aircraft that has President Donald Trump’s blessing.

A critical system failed as a Super Hornet fighter jet was landing on USS Harry S. Truman. The jet slid off the deck into the Red Sea.