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Ukraine To Get More S-300 Interceptors With Norway’s Help
Norway says it will pay for the badly needed missiles for Ukraine's S-300s, but there are questions about where they will come from.
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Army’s New Sentinel A4 Radar’s First Full Deployment Will Be Defending Nation’s Capital
Sentinel A4 offers a boost in detection range and other capabilities, especially for spotting and tracking cruise missiles and drones.
Austria Buys M-346F Light Fighters
The M-346Fs will give Austria a new air combat boost, supplementing the country’s long-troubled Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.
USAF Buying Lufthansa 747s To Serve As Future Air Force One Trainers, Spare Parts Sources
The future presidential airlift program has ballooned from two aircraft to five, four of which will be flyable.
More KC-135 Tankers Deploy To The Caribbean
The Trump administration is also eyeing new oil tanker seizures to add more economic strain on Venezuela’s Maduro.
Aftermath Of Ukraine’s Underwater Drone Attack On Russian Submarine Seen In Satellite Imagery
Ukraine’s submersible drone navigated into a protected harbor and detonated very close to the targeted submarine.
Mystery Surrounds Luxury 737 That Appears To Be Flying For Department Of Homeland Security
DHS is buying 737s for deportation flights, but the appearance of one with apparently a luxurious interior intended for senior leaders is unexpected.
Ukraine Claims World’s First Underwater Drone Attack On Russian Submarine
The attack, if indeed it was executed by an unmanned underwater vehicle, would mark a new chapter in drone warfare.
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Ambush In Syria Leaves Two U.S. Troops, Civilian Interpreter Dead (Updated)
Hundreds of U.S. troops and other personnel are still deployed to Syria in a counter-ISIS role.
Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
The lights won’t stop flickering…
This Is What The B-52’s New Radar Looks Like
The B-52’s new AN/APQ-188 active electronically scanned array radar is critical to the bomber’s future relevance.
F-35A Joint Strike Fighters Deploying To Caribbean (Updated)
The F-35s from the Vermont Air National Guard will join the growing U.S. force massed in the Caribbean aimed largely at the Maduro regime.
EA-18G Growlers Deploying To Puerto Rico An Indicator Of What’s To Come (Updated)
The Growlers are not a standard show of force, with the jets offering capabilities that would be key in any future strikes in the region.
Poland’s Last MiG-29 Fulcrums Being Lined Up For Transfer To Ukraine
Poland plans to hand over its final MiG-29s to Ukraine, with drone and missile technology heading in the other direction.
Joint Chinese-Russian Bomber Patrol Sends Japanese, South Korean Fighters Scrambling
The latest Chinese-Russian joint aviation exercise comes amid growing tensions between Beijing and Tokyo.
F/A-18 Super Hornets Were Just Tracked Flying Deep Inside The Gulf Of Venezuela (Updated)
Openly sending fighters over a gulf bounded by Venezuelan territory on three sides is a new escalation in the pressure campaign against the Maduro regime.
There’s Likely No Way Back For Russia’s An-22 Turboprop Heavy Transports After Fatal Crash
The An-22 that crashed was reportedly the last airworthy example of what was once the world’s heaviest aircraft.
Navy Recovers Crashed Super Hornet, Seahawk From Bottom Of South China Sea
The aircraft from the carrier USS Nimitz had both crashed on the same night within a half-hour of each other.
E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jet Program Cancellation Reversal Advances In Congress
Lawmakers are pushing back on Pentagon plans to buy E-2 Hawkeyes instead of E-7s, as the Air Force looks to push more capabilities into space.
Congress Wants To Know If The C-130 Hercules Could Be The USAF’s New ‘Doomsday Plane’
The National Defense Authorization Act demands info on what replaces the ‘Looking Glass’ ICBM-launching flying command post once the Navy retires the E-6B.
Shift In Ukraine Support In Congress’s Proposed Pentagon Budget
The measure, if passed, would provide only a small fraction of what Ukraine received in direct military aid under the Biden administration.
In Limbo F/A-XX Naval Fighter Gets ‘Full Funding’ Nod From Congress, But There’s A Catch (Updated)
The Pentagon had wanted to put F/A-XX on ice to prioritize the USAF’s new F-47 fighter, causing concerns due to the looming China threat.
Thai F-16s Bomb Targets Along Disputed Cambodian Border
A Trump-brokered ceasefire between the two Southeast Asian countries has rapidly and violently collapsed.
Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
The food won’t last forever.
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