More from Tyler Rogoway (Page 3)

Updated on Jun 25, 2025

B-2 hawaii diverted during decoy operation

B-2

B-2 Used As Decoy For Iran Strike Mission Is Stuck In Hawaii

Posted on Jun 25, 2025

Iran

Iran Launches Ballistic Missile Revenge Strike On Al Udeid Air Base In Qatar (Updated)

Updated on Jun 23, 2025

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Air Force Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine have now briefed TWZ and other reporters on the historic strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last night, dubbed Operation Might Hammer.

B-2

B-2 Strikes On Iran: What We Know About Operation Midnight Hammer (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 22, 2025

Iran

U.S. Has Attacked Iran’s Nuclear Facilities (Updated)

Updated on Jun 22, 2025

WASSENAAR, NETHERLANDS - MAY 5: Visitors are taken on guided tours as the Seyss-Inquart bunker opens its doors to the public on Liberation Day for a special "Freedom Meal" on May 5, 2025 in Wassenaar, Netherlands. The holiday marks the Netherlands' liberation from Nazi occupation 80 years ago. The bunker is named after Arthur Seyss-Inquart, a prominent Nazi official who served as Reich Commissioner during the German occupation of the Netherlands.He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials and subsequently executed. After the war, the bunker, concealed beneath a structure resembling a traditional Dutch farmhouse, was repurposed by the Dutch armed forces during the Cold War and served as a site for NATO military exercises. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Posted on Jun 20, 2025

C-130

Could Israeli C-130s Drop GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bunker Busters?

Posted on Jun 18, 2025

Iran

Israeli Airstrikes Blunt Iranian Long-Range Ballistic Missile Threat (Updated)

Updated on Jun 17, 2025

The latest addition to General Atomics' MQ-9B medium-altitude long-endurance drone family is set to be an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) configured version.

Q-9

MQ-9B Airborne Early Warning Variant Could Fill Major Aerial Surveillance Gaps

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 17, 2025

28 tankers were sent out over the Atlantic heading east tonight.

KC-135

Armada Of USAF Tankers Just Deployed East Over Atlantic Spurring Speculation (Updated)

Updated on Jun 16, 2025

F-14

Iranian F-14 ‘Persian Tomcats’ Obliterated In Israeli Airstrike

Posted on Jun 16, 2025

Mysterious chinese flying wing aircraft that could be the H-20 bomber appears in satellite image.

B-21

Massive Stealth Flying Wing Emerges At Secretive Chinese Base

Updated on Jun 14, 2025

PHILLIPS, SOUTH DAKOTA - AUGUST 26: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been shot in black and white. Color version not available.) An underground former nuclear missile launch control facility officer's quarters displays a mural of deer on August 26, 2011 in South Dakota. Located in the rural farmland of the South Dakota plains, the bunker is now a national historical site open to visitors. Put out of service after treaties with the former Soviet Union, the missiles controlled by this room were probably capable of destroying the planet. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Posted on Jun 13, 2025

Israeli Air Force

Israel Launches Operation Rising Lion To Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 13, 2025

The proven and in-production E-7 Wedgetail, based on the Boeing 737 and serving with multiple allies, was supposed to bridge the gap between the E-3's retirement and pushing the mission to space-based distributed satellite constellations. Now, if the administration gets its wish, that won't happen. The E-7 will be cancelled and the Navy's E-2D Hawkeye will step in to fill the gap.

E-2

E-2 Hawkeye Replaces USAF E-3 Sentry, E-7 Cancelled In New Budget

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 11, 2025

An artist's rendering of the Long Range Standoff Weapon is shown.

B-21

First Glimpse Of Air Force’s New Stealth Nuclear Cruise Missile

Updated on Jun 11, 2025

North Korea

North Korea’s Frigate That Partially Sunk Appears In Dry Dock With Mangled Superstructure

Updated on Jun 10, 2025

A new image appearing to show China’s ‘J-36’ 6th generation tactical jet parked on the ground has emerged online. If legitimate, this would be the best front view of the aircraft to date, notably providing clear proof of the canopy design and further confirmation of a side-by-side seating arrangement.

J-36

This Could Be Our Best View Yet Of China’s J-36 Very Heavy Stealth Tactical Jet

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 6, 2025

16th March 1940: Workmen putting the finishing touches to an old tube station (King William Street) which has been converted into an air raid shelter holding 2,000 people. It has air-conditioning and a first aid station, all at a cost of about £20,000. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Posted on Jun 6, 2025

Open feuding between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, until recently close friends and political allies, has shone a particular light on how heavily reliant the U.S. government, and America's armed forces especially, has become on SpaceX.

Early Warning/DSP/SBIRS

This Is How U.S. National Security Has Become Dependent On SpaceX

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 6, 2025

Russia

Ukraine Strikes At The Heart Of Russia’s Highly Defended Kerch Bridge

Posted on Jun 3, 2025

Russia

Russian Strategic Bombers Destroyed In Unprecedented Wide-Scale Drone Attack (Updated)

Updated on Jun 1, 2025

J-36

China’s J-36 Very Heavy Stealth Tactical Jet Photographed Head-On For First Time

Posted on May 31, 2025

Master control room of the engine test facility at the Arnold Engineering Development Center, which is part of the US Air Force's Air Research and Development Command.

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Posted on May 31, 2025

China

Taiwan To Hold Major Drone Boat Test Exercise As It Falls Behind In Fielding This Critical Capability

Updated on May 29, 2025

Starfighters international are working to secure F-4s from South Korea for space launch duties.

F-4

F-4 Phantoms Sought By Private Space Launch Company Starfighters International

Updated on May 28, 2025

400871 01: U.S. Army 101st Airborne soldiers (L-R in circle) Sgt. Christopher Harry from Las Vegas, Nevada, PFC Marc Leming from Atlanta, Georgia, 2nd Lt. David Reis from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sgt. Keith Amaral from Providence, Rhode Island, and PFC Victor Ferenzi from Chicago, Illinois relax February 11, 2002 in a forward perimeter bunker at the Kandahar Airbase in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The soldiers are part of a U.S. force that is continuing to pursue and fight the Taliban and Al Qaeda forces in the country. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Bunker Talk: Memorial Day Weekend Edition Part 2

Posted on May 25, 2025

06 April 2019, Brandenburg, Prötzel Ot Harnekop: A general's jacket hangs in the Harnekop bunker in the army command room. On three floors 30 meters below the ground, the GDR defense minister and his high-ranking commanders wanted to entrench themselves in the event of war. The current owner has assigned the site and the bunker to various leaseholders who are in dispute over the rights of use. Photo: Bernd Settnik/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (Photo by Bernd Settnik/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Bunker Talk: Memorial Day Weekend Edition Part 1

Posted on May 23, 2025

Area 51

World’s Most Secretive 737 Just Made A Very Rare Appearance

Updated on May 23, 2025

Myanmar rebels claim they shot down a government Mi-17 helicopter with an FPV drone.

Mi8/Mi-17

Mi-17 Appears To Have Been Downed By FPV Drone In Myanmar

Posted on May 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced his plans for the "Golden Dome," a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

U.S. Space Force

Trump’s Golden Dome Missile Shield: What We Just Learned And Its Implications

Updated on May 21, 2025

F-15s deploy to Diego Garcia to protect B-52s.

F-15

F-15s Deploy To Protect Diego Garcia

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway, Howard Altman

Updated on May 17, 2025

NANTWICH, ENGLAND - MAY 24: A general view outside of the former RAF Hack Green secret nuclear bunker on May 24, 2023 in Nantwich, England. Hack Green played a central role in the defence of Britain for almost sixty years. It was chosen during WW2 to protect the land between Birmingham and Liverpool from hostile attack and as a location for the new RADAR equipment. The bunker went on to be used for shelter and protection during the Cold War. As relations between East and West thawed many of the UK's nuclear bunkers were sold off. The Secret Bunker is now privately owned by the Siebert family and is run as a museum trust. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Posted on May 16, 2025

F-35 was nearly downed by Houthi air defenses.

F-16

How The Houthis’ Rickety Air Defenses Threaten Even The F-35

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 14, 2025

F-47 has a range of 1,000+ nautical miles.

F-47

F-47 Now Has An Officially Stated Combat Radius Of 1,000+ Nautical Miles

Posted on May 14, 2025

Air Force One

Turning Qatar’s Gifted 747 Into Air Force One Will Be Anything But Free

Posted on May 12, 2025

BRDY MILITARY BASE, CZECH REPUBLIC - MARCH 28: A part of the abandoned bunker complex that formerly belonged to the Soviet military on the Brdy reservation near Mirosov on March 28, 2007 near Plzen, Czech Republic. The site which was visited by US experts, may become the new location of an American radar installation that will be used for the pupose of anti-missile defense. (Photo by Kurt Vinion/Getty Images)

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

Posted on May 10, 2025

Drones

We Talk About The U.S. Army’s New Black Widow Short-Range Recon Drone With Red Cat

By Jamie Hunter, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 8, 2025

L3Harris Sky Warden test aircraft for the OA-1K Skyraider II program for the Air Force Special Operations Command.

OA-1K Skyraider II Walk-Around Tour With Its Test Pilot

By Jamie Hunter, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 7, 2025

Hornet crashed aboard the USS Harry S Truman

F/A-18E/F

Super Hornet Crashes Landing On USS Truman, Its Second F/A-18 Loss In A Week

Updated on May 7, 2025

XQ-58

Kratos Close To “A Couple” Final Versions Of XQ-58 Valkyrie For The Marines

Posted on May 5, 2025

NANTWICH, ENGLAND - MAY 24: The nuclear strike mapping room view inside the former RAF Hack Green secret nuclear bunker on May 24, 2023 in Nantwich, England. Hack Green played a central role in the defence of Britain for almost sixty years. It was chosen during WW2 to protect the land between Birmingham and Liverpool from hostile attack and as a location for the new RADAR equipment. The bunker went on to be used for shelter and protection during the Cold War. As relations between East and West thawed many of the UK's nuclear bunkers were sold off. The Secret Bunker is now privately owned by the Siebert family and is run as a museum trust. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Posted on May 3, 2025

Air Force One

Is An ‘Interim’ Air Force One Replacement Even Feasible?

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 2, 2025

MV-22

Marine MV-22 Ospreys Won’t Get Tanker Capability To Refuel F-35Bs Anytime Soon

Updated on May 1, 2025

Lumberjack strike munition from Northrop Grumman

Loitering Munitions

Lumberjack Jet-Powered One-Way Attack Munition Can Drop Its Own Precision Bomblets (Updated)

Updated on Apr 30, 2025

An F-15EX Eagle II aircraft assigned to 53rd Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida taxis towards the runway prior to take off at Nellis Air Force, Nevada, Oct. 21, 2021. The aircraft are at Nellis AFB to conduct Integrated Test and Evaluation along with F-15C aircraft from the 123rd Fighter Squadron, Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon. (U.S. Air Force photo by William R. Lewis)

F-15

F-15EX To Replace Michigan Air National Guard A-10s

Posted on Apr 29, 2025

Tactical airpower, and specifically the F-15E Strike Eagle and F-15EX Eagle II, are big beneficiaries of recently proposed legislation put forward by the Republican leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees.

F-15

F-15 Eagles Win Big In Supersized Defense Spending Bill

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 28, 2025

Air

North Korea’s New Frigate Has Ballistic Missile Launchers

Posted on Apr 27, 2025

Abandoned bunker on an abandoned soviet military ground in the forests of Brandenburg State, Germany. Rumors say, that this bunkers was also a storage for nuclear missiles.

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Posted on Apr 25, 2025

A U.S. F-35 stealth fighter had to take evasive action to avoid being hit by a Houthi SAM, a U.S. official told The War Zone.

F-22

Giving F-35 “NASCAR Upgrade” Can Deliver 80% Of F-47 Capabilities At Half Cost: Lockheed

Updated on Apr 22, 2025

Air

USMC Anti-Ship Missile Deployment To Highly Strategic Luzon Strait Is Unprecedented

Posted on Apr 21, 2025

The Fenden home showing panels from the control unit used fire missiles. The missile silo was transformed into a private home.(Photo by Najlah Feanny/Corbis via Getty Images)

Air

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Posted on Apr 18, 2025

J-50 tailless fighter's canopy seen for first time.

J-XDS

Canopy Seen Clearly On China’s Next Gen Tailless Stealth Fighter For First Time

Posted on Apr 16, 2025

Australia is pushing back on a report that Russia asked to base its long-range bombers at an Indonesian airbase.

Russian Air Force

Australia Casts Doubt On Russia Basing Bombers At Indonesian Air Base

Posted on Apr 15, 2025

Photograph of an armoury of a night bombing squadron on the British front in France. Scrupulous care was taken of their guns and pistols. Dated 1942 (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Posted on Apr 11, 2025

Drones

MQ-35 V-BAT’s Capabilities Grow, Micro Guided Munitions Coming Next Year

Posted on Apr 8, 2025

Loyal Wingman

Navy Won’t Scramble To Field Loyal Wingman Drones Like The Air Force

Updated on Apr 8, 2025

MQ-25

MQ-25 Stingray’s Extreme Range Gives It Massive Potential Far Beyond A Tanker

Updated on Apr 7, 2025

377th Test and Evaluation Group missile operators conduct mission operations at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Feb. 18, 2025. The 377 TEG, the nation’s only dedicated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test organization, oversaw an operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. Fired at 1 a.m. Pacific Time on Feb. 19, 2025, the missile traveled approximately 4,200 miles at speeds up to 15,000 miles per hour before impacting in the Pacific Ocean.

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Posted on Apr 4, 2025

B-2

B-2 Stealth Bombers Deployed To Diego Garcia Have Been Striking Targets In Yemen

Updated on Apr 4, 2025

J-50 images out of china of the new stealth fighter prototype

J-XDS

China’s ‘J-50’ Tailless Stealth Fighter Seen In New Imagery

Posted on Apr 4, 2025

F-47

Rise And Avenge The X-32 With This F-47 Inspired T-Shirt

Posted on Apr 3, 2025

B-2

Is The U.S. About To Go To War With Iran?