A turbofan engine is an engineering feat. Here's what to know about how a jet engine works, from the fan in the front to the hot inner core.

The modern fighter jet is defined by its engine, which accelerates a tremendous volume of air rearward that it can propel an aircraft weighing as much as 70,000 pounds at supersonic speeds. While ...

Jet engines that you find (most commonly) or airplanes have a particular kind of fan that helps make the whole thing work. Here's what it does.

Yes, they can, as aircraft are equipped with thrust reversers. But most airports do not allow aircraft to do so as the jet blast is a hazard for anything in front of the aircraft.

Thrust vectoring enables the pilots to fly up and over in a very tight arc, Wagemann says, and “gives us the nose authority to turn the jet while the wings are stalled, similar to a controlled ...

The swivel nozzle on the F-35B Lightning II, the U.S. Marine Corps' version, gives the fighter jet the ability to takeoff and land vertically.