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New AI Fighter Jet X-BAT Aims to Outsmart China’s First-Strike Threat

China’s Runway-Busting Threat U.S. analysts warn that China’s military doctrine emphasizes crippling U.S. airpower on the ground. The People’s Liberation Army has deployed thousands of long-range precision missiles (including anti-ship “carrier killer” DF-21D/DF-26 missiles) to hit U.S. carriers and Pacific airfields foxnews.com. “They’ve basically said, ‘We’re not going to compete stealth-on-stealth in the air — we’ll target your aircraft before they even get off the ground,’” explains Armor Harris, Shield AI’s VP of Aircraft Engineering foxnews.com. Indeed, modern air wars often begin by striking runways or airbases (Israel’s strike on Iran’s airfields, or Russian strikes on Ukrainian runways) to prevent

27 October 2025

F-22 Raptor: America’s Unmatched Stealth Air Superiority Fighter

The F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation stealth air-superiority fighter that first flew in 1997 and achieved Initial Operational Capability in December 2005, with 187 production aircraft completed by 2012. It can sustain supersonic flight without afterburner, achieving supercruise at speeds above Mach 1.5. In standard configuration it carries eight internally mounted air-to-air weapons: six AIM-120C AMRAAMs in the main bay and two AIM-9 Sidewinders in the side bays, plus an internal M61A2 20mm cannon. Two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 engines provide approximately 35,000 lbf thrust each with 2D thrust-vectoring nozzles for post-stall maneuvers. The F-22 has a service ceiling above

17 June 2025

Air Power · Aviation · F-22 Raptor · Military · NYSE:LMT · Stealth

Unveiling the F-16 Fighting Falcon: The Legendary Jet’s History, Secrets, and Showdown with Modern Fighters

The F-16 began as General Dynamics’ YF-16 in the USAF’s Lightweight Fighter program, with the prototype’s maiden flight in 1974 and the first operational F-16A delivered in 1979. It introduced relaxed static stability and fly-by-wire controls, enabling exceptional agility and the ability to sustain 9 g turns. The cockpit features a frameless bubble canopy for 360-degree visibility and a 30-degree-reclined ejection seat to improve high-G tolerance. More than 4,600 F-16s have been built since 1976, and as of 2025 about 2,084 remain operational across 25 nations. An international NATO consortium—Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway—co-produced early F-16s, assembling 348 jets

17 June 2025

Air Combat · Aviation History · F-16 · Fighter Jets · Military Technology · NYSE:GD