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Iran’s Tomcats may have used up the last of their nine lives as the U.S. and Israel seek to neuter the country’s air force.

The B-21 is said to be making quick progress in testing as the USAF accelerates production ahead of its 2027 entry into service.

Previously only known to be in Pakistani service, the Chinese-made CM-400 air-to-ground missile has now appeared on Serbian MiG-29 jets.

The E-7A Wedgetail is arguably the best aircraft anywhere in the world for spotting low-flying Iranian drones and cruise missiles.

Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed.

Distinct markings on the bomb suggest it may be filled with an incendiary payload.

It’s been a really, REALLY long week, guys…

Trump wants to pick the country’s new leader, while Israel continues to strike at what’s left of Iran’s current leadership in Tehran.

Questions mount over the bizarre blue-on-blue incident over Kuwait that resulted in the loss of three U.S. Air Force F-15Es.

While there are areas where air superiority exists over Iran, total air supremacy has not been achieved, which should be no surprise.

The conflict in the Middle East is now also driving up demand for and increasing scarcity of various kinds of air-defense effectors.

There is a war of attrition ongoing between Iran’s stockpiles of standoff weapons and the U.S. and its allies’ supplies of interceptors.

The Shahid Soleimani class warship is now on the list of ships the U.S. has sunk, with the Iranian Navy looking more like a memory than anything else at this point.

The Iranian Yak-130 combat trainer was shot down while flying over Tehran.

This is the first sinking of an enemy ship by a U.S. submarine since World War II.

The bizarre friendly fire incident resulted in the total loss of all three Strike Eagles, but their crews survived.