The Navy, however, would find value in the discarded YF-17, crafting the jet into a versatile workhorse, which is still crucial to the fleet today. The LWF program, as you might assume ...

an entrant in the Air Force’s Lightweight Fighter (LWF) program, which sought to introduce a jet that adhered to then-Major John Boyd’s energy-maneuverability (E-M) theory. Boyd’s theory ...

The LWF was intended to “spur the development of ... What the Air Force wanted, ultimately, was a jet capable of “fast transients,” or “quick changes in speed, altitude, and direction.

Born in response to LWF (Light Weight Fighter) requirement for a small and agile fighter, the Viper has become U.S. Air Force’s standard multirole jet. Among the many tasks that the F-16 can ...

The jet made its debut as an air superiority fighter ... Around this time, interest surrounding the new LWF program began to peak in the international community. NATO allies Denmark, the ...

For the second time in just over a week, a U.S. Navy fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea, a defense official confirmed to USA TODAY. A F/A-18 ...