That is also the signature maneuver of the jet. As the aircraft performs a near-stationary hovering maneuver, for a short while, it appears like a helicopter hovering over the air base.

Denham is no stranger to envelope-pushing aircraft—he previously helped design flight control systems for the F-35B fighter jet. But the recent aircraft, called N544JX, is designed to be an air ...

Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy J-15 fighters came within 50 meters of a Japanese surveillance aircraft in what officials have called an “unusual maneuver,” announced this week. The ...

A Russian Sukhoi Su-35 conducted what the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) termed as an “unsafe and unprofessional” manoeuvre near a US fighter aircraft off the coast of Alaska ...