Supercruise sounds like marketing spin, but in aviation it describes a very specific and demanding trick: flying faster than sound for long stretches without lighting fuel‑guzzling afterburners.

Supersonic flight has historically been very fuel-intensive, one reason why the costly Concorde proved impractical to run, and this has made it more expensive. Two ways fighter jets maintain such ...

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 ...