Fighter jets

US sends over 50 fighter jets to Middle East in military buildup against Iran - report

The American military buildup comes amid indirect negotiations with Iranian officials, in which "progress was made" on Tuesday in Geneva, a US official told The Post.

An F-35 pilot prepares for take off from the Vermont Air National Guard Base with the flag of the United States, in South Burlington, Vermont, US, May 22, 2020
A Danish F-16 fighter jet takes off from Kangerlussuaq airport as Danish, Swedish and Norwegian home guard units together with Danish, German and French troops take part in joint military drills in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, September 17, 2025.

Swedish fighter jets to patrol Greenland as part of NATO Arctic mission

VP and Director of the Aviation Division at IAI Yaakov Berkowitz, CEO of IAI Boaz Levy, US Ambassador to Israel, Defense Minister Israel Katz,  Vice President of Operations at Lockheed Martin Nick Drzyk, and others.

Israel Aerospace Industries delivers 350th fighter jet wing for F-35 to Lockheed Martin

Vehicles drive past a banner in Tehran's Palestine Square warning Israel of retaliatory ballistic missile strikes, in a picture shared on February 8, 2026.

'You start, we finish it': Tehran's Palestine Sq. poster threatens targeting Tel Aviv, airport


Israel must prepare for 'heavy fire' from Hezbollah, Lebanese report warns

"The Zionist enemy must prepare and know Hezbollah plans to respond with heavy fire deep into the country," a journalist close to Hezbollah was quoted as saying. 

 Members of the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah.

Hezbollah rockets wound two Israelis, IDF strikes Lebanon terror targets

One vehicle in Avivim was hit by Hezbollah rockets and two civilians were lightly wounded by attacks directed at Dovev, the IDF stated.

 Smoke and flares during an exchange of fire between the IDF and Hezbollah terrorists on the border between Israel and Lebanon, November 12, 2023.

Israel targets elite Hamas unit in Gaza, naval officer killed

The Israeli military attacked several operational headquarters from which Hamas organized the terrorist encroachment into Israeli territory.

 Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 11 2023

Israel's air force chief sets deadline for protesting pilots to return to service

Pilots who do not return to service after this assessment risk facing discharge from the military. 

 PREPARING FOR a joint mission? US and Israeli fighter jets participate in the Juniper Oak drill over the Negev in January.

US finds debris from fighter jet one day after crash

According to US reports, a "mishap" caused an unnamed Marine Corps pilot to abandon his aircraft over the southeastern state. 

 A US Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 34th Fighter Squadron receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender aircraft over Poland, February 24, 2022.

Three Ukrainian military fighter pilots die in mid-air collision

The crash occurred on Friday over the Zhytomyr region, which lies west of Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

 An L-39 Albatross jet trainer aircraft prepares before take off at a military air base in Vasylkiv, Ukraine, August 3, 2016

Russia warns F-16 donations will escalate war with Ukraine

"The fact that Denmark has now decided to donate 19 F-16 aircraft to Ukraine leads to an escalation of the conflict," Russian Ambassador Vladimir Barbin said in a statement.

 An F-16 fighter jet belonging to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) performs to commemorate Pakistan Air Force's 'Operation Swift Retort', following the shot down of Indian military aircrafts on February 27, 2019 in Kashmir, during an air show in Karachi, Pakistan February 27, 2020.

Danish air force intercepts Russian bombers headed to NATO airspace

Dutch F-16s were called into action Monday morning, but the Russian bombers were intercepted before they could enter Dutch NATO airspace.

A Russian Su-27 military aircraft dumps fuel while flying by a US Air Force MQ-9 "Reaper" drone over the Black Sea, March 14, 2023 in this still image taken from handout video released by the Pentagon.

The strategic value of Israel's air force - opinion

Israel can prepare with confidence for both surgical offensive operations and optimal defensive plans.

 SMOKE RISES after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, earlier this year. Israel’s rapid pinpoint attack capability to fight urban-based and civilian-embedded terror is transforming the strategic impact of air power, say the writers.

US Marines land F-35B on Southern California highway

The F-35A, or Israel’s customized version, the F-35I, has greater capabilities as a distance fighter than the F-35B, and Lockheed Martin has sold it about five times as much globally.

 An F-35B joint strike fighter jet.