The head of French warplane maker Dassault Aviation called for clearer leadership and organisation of the SCAF/FCAS fighter programme and raised the possibility of leaving the Franco-German-Spanish project if an agreement could not be reached.

A British F-35B fighter jet, grounded in Thiruvananthapuram since June 14 due to hydraulic failure, has been repaired and cleared for departure.

NORAD said the exercise demonstrated its ability to conduct operations to ensure the defense of North America.

A Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into a school in Dhaka, killing at least 27 people and injuring over 170. The incident has raised concerns about the safety of Chinese-made Chengdu F-7 jets,

Aviation photographer Javier Alonso de Medina Salguero shared photos of the moment a seagull busted the canopy of the $98 million jet just as it was reaching Mach One, around 767 miles per hour, at an airshow.

Western observers believe that North Korea still flies the Shenyang J-5 fighter jet, which is a version of the MiG-15 that first flew in 1956.

First inducted in 1963, MiG 21 will be retired after 62 years of service with the indigenously developed Tejas aircraft replacing it in all the current squardrons.

EXCLUSIVE: A contract with Turkey could hasten Eurofighter consortium talks with other countries for the fighter jets.