While no new swing-wing aircraft are being built, several aircraft of this design remain in service, including the MiG-23, MiG-27, and the venerable Rockwell B-1 Lancer of the United States Air Force.

Jun. 11—A South Korean fighter jet experienced an incident upon takeoff on Tuesday afternoon at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, base officials said. The Republic of Korea Air Force F-16D ...

In a statement, Tokyo’s defence ministry said a J-15 fighter shadowed its P-3C patrol aircraft operating over the Pacific for about 40 minutes from 10.30am on Saturday and again for around 80 ...

Japan said Chinese fighter jets risked a collision with one of its surveillance planes during a close encounter over the Pacific. In a statement on Wednesday, the Japanese defence ministry said a ...

On Saturday, a Chinese J-15 fighter from the Shandong aircraft carrier tracked a Japanese P-3C patrol aircraft for 40 minutes, followed by two J-15 jets doing the same for 80 minutes on Sunday ...

At one point on both days, a Chinese J-15 flew as close as 45 meters to a Japanese aircraft, the ministry said. The P-3C aircraft, belonging to Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force based in the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Nearly 200 South Dakota Air National Guard members have returned home safely from a mission that started in 2023. It spanned across three different regions of the ...

A Chinese J-15 also passed in front of the MSDF P-3C on Sunday at a distance of about 900 meters, it said. The ministry released two photos of the J-15 fighter jet taken on Sunday. (end) mk ...

Japan's Defense Ministry said Wednesday a Chinese J-15 fighter jet's "abnormal approaches" brought it within 49 yards of Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C surveillance planes over the past weekend.

This is the second crash at Eielson this year. Six months ago, a U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jet crashed after the pilot, who ejected and parachuted to safety, reported a malfunction.