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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?

Posted on Apr 3, 2025

Air Force One

C-32A ‘Air Force 2’ Jet Like You’ve Never Seen One Before

Updated on Mar 31, 2025

Bunker 42 situé à plus de 60 mètres de profondeur en plein centre-ville, ancien centre stratégique de commandement et de communication militaire transformé en musée de la Guerre Froide, 23 mars 2016, Moscou. (Photo by Francois LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty

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

Posted on Mar 29, 2025

F/A-XX

What Cat Name Should Northrop Grumman Give Its Fighter If It Wins The Navy’s F/A-XX Competition?

Posted on Mar 27, 2025

The puzzling canards on the F-47 could be an indicator of what the aircraft's design goals are.

F-47

What The F-47’s Canards Say About The Rest Of Its Design

Posted on Mar 24, 2025

F-47

F-47 Was Born Out Of Secret X-Planes Built By Both Boeing And Lockheed

Posted on Mar 23, 2025

F-47

Boeing Wins F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Contract (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 22, 2025

10th July 1943: British Air Force officer Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris, commander-in-chief of Bomber Command RAF, emerging from the bunker at Bomber Command after conferring with other RAF chiefs. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1473 - The Man Who Picks The Target For Tonight - pub. 1943 (Photo by Leonard McCombe/Picture Post/Getty Images)

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

Posted on Mar 21, 2025

J36 second flight from its base in Chengdu.

J-36

China’s J-36 Tailless Stealth Fighter Seen Flying For Second Time

Updated on Mar 17, 2025

15th September 1947: The 'ops' room at the secret operational headquarters at Uxbridge RAF station, from where the Battle of Britain was conducted, is now the control centre for the fly past for Battle of Britain week. (Photo by Fred Morley/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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

Posted on Mar 15, 2025

T-45 Goshawks rest aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort as part of the advanced course of the Student Naval Aviator strike pilot training program Sept. 15. The Goshawk is a fully carrier-capable version of the British Aerospace Hawk Mk-60. It was developed as a jet flight trainer for the Navy and Marine Corps. The T-45s are with Training Air Wing 1 from Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss. and TRAWING-2 from NAS Kingsville, Texas. The TRAWINGs chose MCAS Beaufort as an alternate training site due to its accommodations and facilities for jet aircraft.

T-45

T-45 Navy Jet Trainer Fleet Grounded After Engine Incident

Updated on Mar 13, 2025

In response to recent European media reports, Lockheed Martin and several governments have pushed back on the idea that F-35 Joint Strike Fighters have any kind of a discreet 'kill switch' that U.S. authorities could use to remotely disable the jets.

F-35

You Don’t Need A Kill Switch To Hobble Exported F-35s

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 11, 2025

An F16-D Fighting Falcon pilot from the 40th Flight Test Squadron demonstrates proper flare technique during a training mission near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., June 6, 2019. A flare is an aerial infrared countermeasure used by planes or helicopter to counter an infrared homing surface-to-air missile or air-to-air missile. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Hoskins)

F-16

AI-Enabled Cognitive Electronic Warfare Capability Plugs Into F-16’s Existing Radar Warning Receiver

Posted on Mar 10, 2025

CIRCA 1983: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman watch as he tries to control the NORAD defense computers in a scene for the MGM/UA movie "WarGames" circa 1983. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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

Posted on Mar 8, 2025

Thales Scorpion will equip the F-22s of the Hawaii ANG.

F-16

F-22 Raptor Pilots Finally Getting Helmet Mounted Displays

Updated on Mar 5, 2025

AGM114R9X seen in action for the first time

Q-9

Bladed ‘Ginsu’ Hellfire Missile Seen In Action For First Time

Updated on Mar 1, 2025

BAD NEUENAHR-AHRWEILER, GERMANY - MAY 03: The command central of the Cold War-era former West German government bunker pictured on May 03, 2023 near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany. The bunker, built at the site of a railway tunnel inside hills, had the capacity to sleep 936 people, had over 800 office rooms and would have served as a shelter to keep the West German government functioning in the event of war. Russia's current war in Ukraine and its recent stationing of nuclear missiles in Belarus has revived memories of the Cold War. Both West and East Germany had extensive bunker systems that Germany's post-reunification government chose to abandon in 2007, citing the post-Cold War era peace dividend and claiming that bunkers would be largely useless in the event of a nuclear war anyway.

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

Posted on Feb 28, 2025

Airborne Radar

China’s Massive WZ-9 Divine Eagle Drone Now Operating From South China Sea Base

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 25, 2025

F-15

Israel Performs Parade-Like Fighter Jet Flyover For Arch Enemy’s Funeral

Posted on Feb 23, 2025

General Secretary of NATO Paul Henri Spaak of Belgium and United States Air Force General T.S. Power visit the Headquarters Strategic Air Comand control room with a contingency of officers. | Location: Offut Air Force Base, Nebraska, USA. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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

Posted on Feb 22, 2025

NANTWICH, ENGLAND - MAY 24: The British Telecom telephone exchange 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 Feb 14, 2025

EA-18G

EA-18G Growler Crashes Into San Diego Bay (Updated)

Updated on Feb 12, 2025

(Original Caption) 12/2/1962-Nebraska- New visiual display system designed to expediate command and control of Strategic Air Commands far flung retalitory forces in operation in the Commands' underground Control Center here.

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

Posted on Feb 8, 2025

Beirut bunker buster CCTV on hezbollah bunker

Israeli Air Force

Unprecedented New View Of BLU-109 Bunker Buster Strike That Killed Hezbollah’s Leadership

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 7, 2025

Infrared Search And Track

Infrared Seeker For APKWS Guided Rockets Is In The Works

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

High Powered Microwaves

Navy HELIOS Laser Aboard USS Preble Zaps Drone In Latest Test

By Geoff Ziezulewicz, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

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