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 ...

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

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 ...