The Royal Air Force is sending six F-35B fighters to RAF Akrotiri, a major British airbase in Cyprus—presumably for use against Iran.

The 180th's F-16 fighter jets may be seen or heard taking off and landing during the nighttime training flights until around 8 p.m., weather permitting.

The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...