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“We’re asking airmen to strap into jets that their grandfathers, fathers and now they are flying, and it is time for a reset,” said Doug Birkey, executive director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

The time and cost required to make everything from missiles to tanker jets has ballooned over the years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Will the RAF get as many 6th generation fighter jets as it wants?

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

However, many of these proposed sites plan to use over 1 million square feet, which could fit a few Eiffel towers or roughly 50 Boeing 737 jets.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

He jets across the street and into a market.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti