On February 10, in the skies above the Mojave Desert, the Boom Supersonic XB-1 test jet roared past Mach 1, tearing through ...

An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 113 breaks the sound barrier during an air power demonstration over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. An F/A-18F Super Hornet ...

It’s been two decades since a passenger jet broke the sound barrier — until now. The Boom XB-1 just went supersonic, marking a massive leap forward for commercial aviation. Could this be the next ...

Boom Supersonic and NASA published a special photo taken during the flight of the XB-1 jet aircraft, which demonstrates the moment of breaking the sound barrier. To capture the iconic moment, the ...

Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier Wednesday above Beirut and parts of Lebanon. "Israeli military aircraft broke the sound barrier over Beirut and several Lebanese regions,” according to ...

NOVA spoke with him on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the breaking of the sound barrier ... of Mig aircraft, the Mig 19. The Mig 19 is the first Soviet supersonic jet fighter.

The first F-16 Block 70 fighter jet intended for the Bulgarian Air Force has arrived in the country, landing at the Graf Ignatievo airbase at 2:30 p.m. The aircraft, a combat training model with a ...

At a speed of about 767 miles per hour, depending on temperature and humidity, a moving object will break the sound barrier. It was not until World War II, when aircraft started to reach the ...