Red Team

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The F1 is “on the cusp” of being a fourth-generation aircraft from an aerodynamic perspective and is therefore capable of advanced air-to-air combat, including dogfighting. It can...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: While the advanced or more modern F-22s will likely have better sensors, weapons range and delivery as well as improved radar and threat warning...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Flying F-22s and F-35s in tandem as part of a larger-scale force brings some cutting-edge technologies together. (This article first appeared in August 2020.) U.S....

Key Point: Why not practice against older F-22s to know what it is like to go up against a real stealth fighter? The U.S. Air Force may use its older F-22s...

U.S. Air Force fifth-generation F-22s and F-35s are conducting joint combat operations in the service’s combat exercise known as Red Flag, bringing new levels of coordinated attack and networking to...

Air-to-Air combat, enemy targeting and “beyond visual range” combat are all missions F-35s and F-16s will conduct against mock-enemy aircraft in a series of upcoming Air Force war preparations. The...

The U.S. Air Force may use its older F-22s as “enemy” fighters in mock-combat exercises as a way to fully prepare F-22 pilots for major air warfare against the most...

We’ve all encountered the cynical devil’s advocate, usually making an argument, just for argument’s sake. Varying between frustrating and entertaining, the group curmudgeon is rarely a critical part of an...