Israel's attacks on Iran have dealt a heavy blow to Iran's air defenses. They are a prime example of a critical tactic in modern warfare, experts said. Suppressing and destroying enemy air defenses is ...

Either due to overconfidence or inability, Russia was unable to destroy Ukraine’s air force at the outset of the conflict—and the Kremlin has suffered greatly as a result. The conflict in Ukraine can ...

The Air Force proclaimed one of the most successful weeks of the war in MIG Alley. In a hot series of air battles, the U.S. Sabres downed 15 MIGs and scored 25 more as damaged, with a loss of only two ...

When the Korean War began in 1950, the United States entered a new era of air combat it barely understood. Pilots trained for the piston-engine battles of World War II suddenly faced jet fighters that ...

A P-51 Mustang flies over Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., during a 2015 event. (A1C Philip Bryant/Air Force) For the Allied forces, the skies over Europe from 1942 to 1943 brought near ...

"In December 2014, the Royal Air Force Museum opened its 'First World War in the Air' exhibition to commemorate and explore the role played by Britain's air services in the First World War ... This ...

Unlike World War II and Korea, when enemy airmen aggressively contested its control of the skies, the U.S. has found the air over North Viet Nam relatively empty of challenge. Most of the American ...