by Nathan Daniels | Jan 22, 2014 | Monitor
After years of contentious debate within NATO about the presence of American nuclear weapons in Europe, the United States faces a critical decision about whether or not to spend billions of increasingly scarce defense dollars on the upgrades needed to keep these...
by David Axe | Mar 25, 2013 | Monitor
The Navy is readying its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters to complement its planned stealthy F-35s. And, if necessary, do the Joint Strike Fighter’s job.
by David Axe | Dec 18, 2012 | Monitor
The Air Force’s confident commencement of JSF flight training, six years before any frontline pilots are even needed, could be just the thing to restore confidence in the troubled stealth fighter.
by David Axe | Nov 8, 2012 | Monitor
An F-22 and an F-35 over Florida. Photo: Air Force The latest critic of the U.S. Air Force’s ambitious — and pricey — plan for an all-stealth fighter fleet is one of the flying branch’s top stealth pilots. Writing in the Air Force Research...
by David Axe | Nov 6, 2012 | Monitor
An F-35 over Florida in October. Photo: Air Force There have been a lot of sketchy claims made about the long-delayed, over-budget F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, history’s most expensive weapon program. But this one takes the cake. According to Stephen...