Modern jets are built to last decades, but airlines often remove them from service long before reaching their design limits.

The last delivery of an MD-11 was a freighter-built aircraft for Lufthansa Cargo in early 2001, 11 years after the first ...

Fighter plane tails were dramatically reshaped after the advent of “fly-by-wire” controls, rendering the aircraft’s stability irrelevant. What’s in a tail? The tail of a fighter aircraft, specifically ...

Their goal is to minimize the gap between when the A-10s leave Selfridge and a replacement flying mission, F-15EX fighters, arrives in 2028.

There are a number of very large fighter jets in service. For instance, the Russian Sukhoi Su-34 "Fullback" is over 76 feet long. It's massive. Even the more nimble F-22 is over 60 feet long. But what ...