Every part of a fighter jet has a job to do. Even the tiny things that don't seem important at first, like that thin metal rod sticking out from the nose in jets like F-16, actually serve a purpose.

You'd think that drilling two small holes in an aluminum casting shouldn't take the better part of an afternoon. Yet… KITPLANES' editor at large, Paul Dye, is a ...

Insect nesting activity affected the pitot-static systems of eight different aircraft in the space of six weeks at London Heathrow last year, and UK investigators believe the behaviour could have been ...