F-16 fighting falcon

DEFENSE

The failed high-altitude fighter that proved crucial to the liberation of Europe as a deadly ground-attack aircraft

V-Force: Britain’s Nuclear Bombers

Named after Medal of Honor recipient Admiral Frank Fletcher, this class became the most prolific and longest-serving of any naval destroyer

Nearly 30 years after giving them up, the RAF is poised to reacquire air-dropped nuclear weapons

Originally supplanting paratroops as a means of delivering soldiers precisely onto the battlefield, air assault became the standard for strategic planning in the Cold War. But as air threats have escalated, has peer-on-peer conflict made the tactic obsolete?