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William Tell Air Force
Air Combat Exercises

William Tell Has Fighter Pilots Competing For Trophies Once Again

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Sep 11, 2023

Personnel from the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, also known as the Night Stalkers, recently took part in an exercise focused in part on the defense of strategic Shemya Island.
Air Combat Exercises

Night Stalker Helicopters Train To Defend Strategic Alaskan Island

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 23, 2023

CSAR USAF Serbia
Air Combat Exercises

U.S. Combat Rescue Helicopters Train With Old Foe Serbia For First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 18, 2023

US Marine Corps and US Air Force F-35s have been practicing tactics, techniques, and procedures they would use while working together with non-stealth fighters, like F-16s, in a future high-end fight during an exercise in Wisconsin.
Air Combat Exercises

F-35s Keep F-16s In The Fight During Northern Lightning

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 15, 2023

F-22 Pacific
Red Flag

Red Flag Expands Out Into The Pacific With An Eye On China

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 8, 2023

Guam Mobility Guardian
Air Combat Exercises

Guam Hosts Air Force’s Biggest Mobility Exercise As Fears Of Pacific Fight Grow

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jul 6, 2023

Live Fire Missile Combat Archer Gulf of Mexico
Air Combat Exercises

Chasing Missile Shooters Over The Gulf Of Mexico In An F-15

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jun 16, 2023

AIM-9X Combat Archer
Air Combat Exercises

Pushing Air-to-Air Missiles To Their Limits At Combat Archer

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jun 15, 2023

F-16 Pilot
Air Combat Exercises

Combat Archer Is A Final Crucible For Deploying U.S. Fighter Squadrons

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jun 14, 2023

AD23 formation NATO
Air Combat Exercises

NATO’s Largest Air Combat Exercise Ever Has Begun

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jun 13, 2023

QF16 target
Air Combat Exercises

Flying QF-16 ‘Zombie Vipers’ That Were Born To Die

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Jun 13, 2023

Inside The Air Force’s Biggest Live Air-To-Air Missile Shoot
Air Combat Exercises

Inside The Air Force’s Biggest Live Air-To-Air Missile Shoot

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jun 12, 2023

F-117 Alaska
Northern Edge

F-117 Nighthawks Soar Over Alaska

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 22, 2023

Air Defender 23 will be NATO's largest air exercise in history
Air Combat Exercises

NATO Will Hold Its Biggest Air Exercise In History This Summer

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Apr 13, 2023

Air Force Aggressors More Relevant Than Ever At 50
Air Combat Exercises

Air Force Aggressors More Relevant Than Ever At 50

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Jan 27, 2023

B-52 Juniper
Air Combat Exercises

Biggest U.S.-Israel War Games Ever Are Underway

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jan 26, 2023

Aircraft From Area 51 Are Flying In Latest Air Force Red Flag Exercise
Red Flag

Aircraft From Area 51 Are Flying In Latest Air Force Red Flag Exercise

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 22, 2022

Drone edge 22
Air Combat Exercises

28-Drone Swarm Just Led The Way For A Simulated Air Assault Mission

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 24, 2022

Air Force’s Black Flag Test Exercise Goes International With Focus On China
Air Combat Exercises

Air Force’s Black Flag Test Exercise Goes International With Focus On China

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 20, 2022

Adversary Air Contract For Nellis Air Force Base Won’t Be Renewed
Red Flag

Adversary Air Contract For Nellis Air Force Base Won’t Be Renewed

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 8, 2022

Marine F-35s Fight F-117 Aggressors, Train For Very Long-Range Combat In Huge West Coast Exercise
Air Combat Exercises

Marine F-35s Fight F-117 Aggressors, Train For Very Long-Range Combat In Huge West Coast Exercise

By James Deboer

Updated on Mar 18, 2022

U.S. Air Force Trains With Japan’s US-2 Flying Boat As It Looks Forward To Its Own Amphibious Plane
Air Combat Exercises

U.S. Air Force Trains With Japan’s US-2 Flying Boat As It Looks Forward To Its Own Amphibious Plane

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 23, 2022

KC-46 Tanker Shows It Can Rapidly Unload Tons Of Fuel To Thirsty Fighters At Austere Airstrips
Air Combat Exercises

KC-46 Tanker Shows It Can Rapidly Unload Tons Of Fuel To Thirsty Fighters At Austere Airstrips

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Feb 16, 2022

Air Force Releases List Of What’s In Its Famous ‘Petting Zoo’ Threat Training Facility
Air Combat Exercises

Air Force Releases List Of What’s In Its Famous ‘Petting Zoo’ Threat Training Facility

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Jan 4, 2022

Watch This C-130 Run For Its Life At Low Level From A Mock Enemy Missile Crew
Red Flag

Watch This C-130 Run For Its Life At Low Level From A Mock Enemy Missile Crew

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 31, 2021

F-117 Aggressors Photographed Low Over The Nevada Desert During Red Flag War Games
Red Flag

F-117 Aggressors Photographed Low Over The Nevada Desert During Red Flag War Games

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 21, 2021

War Games In California And Florida Linked To Test Massive “Kill Web”
Air Combat Exercises

War Games In California And Florida Linked To Test Massive “Kill Web”

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Jul 10, 2021

Chinese Pilots Are Also Dueling With AI Opponents In Simulated Dogfights And Losing: Report
Air Combat Exercises

Chinese Pilots Are Also Dueling With AI Opponents In Simulated Dogfights And Losing: Report

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 18, 2021

Legion Infrared Search And Track Pods Can Now Carry Their Own Datalinks For More Lethal Targeting
Northern Edge

Legion Infrared Search And Track Pods Can Now Carry Their Own Datalinks For More Lethal Targeting

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 8, 2021

How The Air Force Fires Live Missiles To Make Sure Pilots And Weapons Function In Actual Combat
Air Combat Exercises

How The Air Force Fires Live Missiles To Make Sure Pilots And Weapons Function In Actual Combat

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on May 18, 2021

B-52 Simulated A Hypersonic Weapon Strike During Massive Alaskan War Games
Northern Edge

B-52 Simulated A Hypersonic Weapon Strike During Massive Alaskan War Games

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 7, 2021

Air Force Combines Wargames To Make The Mother Of All Airpower Testing Events
Air Combat Exercises

Air Force Combines Wargames To Make The Mother Of All Airpower Testing Events

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Mar 11, 2021

F-35s And F-16s Set To Operate From Austere Jungle Airfield During Major Exercise On Guam
Air Combat Exercises

F-35s And F-16s Set To Operate From Austere Jungle Airfield During Major Exercise On Guam

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 28, 2021

Black Flag Rises: New “Super Bowl Of Test Exercises” Pushes USAF’s Top Weapons To Their Limit
Northern Edge

Black Flag Rises: New “Super Bowl Of Test Exercises” Pushes USAF’s Top Weapons To Their Limit

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Jan 13, 2021

F-117 Nighthawks Now Appear To Be Flying As Adversaries In Red Flag Aerial War Games
Red Flag

F-117 Nighthawks Now Appear To Be Flying As Adversaries In Red Flag Aerial War Games

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Red Flag Is Back In Business As Two Of The Big Air Combat Exercises Kick Off Simultaneously
Red Flag

Red Flag Is Back In Business As Two Of The Big Air Combat Exercises Kick Off Simultaneously

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Aug 4, 2020

Air Force Aggressor Squadron Has A Surprising Secondary Mission
Red Flag

Air Force Aggressor Squadron Has A Surprising Secondary Mission

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

Check Out All The Airpower On Guam For Exercise Cope North In This Exclusive Satellite Image
Air Combat Exercises

Check Out All The Airpower On Guam For Exercise Cope North In This Exclusive Satellite Image

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 17, 2020

This Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From Space
Red Flag

This Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From Space

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 3, 2020

Here’s What Really Happened When U.S. Marines Brought F-35Bs to Red Flag
Red Flag

Here’s What Really Happened When U.S. Marines Brought F-35Bs to Red Flag

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 29, 2019

Jaded Thunder Exercise Trains Elite Troops to Call in Almost Any Sort of Fire Support
Air Combat Exercises

Jaded Thunder Exercise Trains Elite Troops to Call in Almost Any Sort of Fire Support

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Blue Flag Exercise Has Dozens of Foreign Fighter Jets Over Israel Training For War
Air Combat Exercises

Blue Flag Exercise Has Dozens of Foreign Fighter Jets Over Israel Training For War

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

NATO Members Train to Nuke a “Fictional” Enemy After Major Russian Drills
Air Combat Exercises

NATO Members Train to Nuke a “Fictional” Enemy After Major Russian Drills

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Watch This Russian KA-52 Attack Chopper Accidentally Fire Rockets at Exercise Observers
Air Combat Exercises

Watch This Russian KA-52 Attack Chopper Accidentally Fire Rockets at Exercise Observers

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

F-22s Team Up With Combat Rescue Personnel to Practice for Quick Deployments
Air Combat Exercises

F-22s Team Up With Combat Rescue Personnel to Practice for Quick Deployments

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

USAF’s Reboot Of Its Huge International Air Mobility Exercise Has Begun
Air Combat Exercises

USAF’s Reboot Of Its Huge International Air Mobility Exercise Has Begun

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

F-15C Eagle’s New Infrared Search And Track Pod Spotted At Huge Exercise In Alaska
Northern Edge

F-15C Eagle’s New Infrared Search And Track Pod Spotted At Huge Exercise In Alaska

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 18, 2019

Marines Want Contractor-Flown Russian Mi-24 Hind Helicopter Gunships At More Exercises
Air Combat Exercises

Marines Want Contractor-Flown Russian Mi-24 Hind Helicopter Gunships At More Exercises

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 1, 2018

USAF Is Jamming GPS In The Western U.S. For Largest Ever Red Flag Air War Exercise
Red Flag

USAF Is Jamming GPS In The Western U.S. For Largest Ever Red Flag Air War Exercise

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 26, 2018

How Sly RAF Tornado Crews Repeatedly Killed U.S. Navy F-14s And F/A-18s In Training
Air Combat Exercises

How Sly RAF Tornado Crews Repeatedly Killed U.S. Navy F-14s And F/A-18s In Training

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 9, 2017

Pentagon Flight Testers Now Have Their Own Mock Air War Called “Orange Flag”
Air Combat Exercises

Pentagon Flight Testers Now Have Their Own Mock Air War Called “Orange Flag”

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2017

Alaskan Aggressor F-16 Emerges In Awesome New Forest Green “Splinter” Camouflage
Red Flag

Alaskan Aggressor F-16 Emerges In Awesome New Forest Green “Splinter” Camouflage

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 9, 2017

One Of North Korea’s Most Dangerous Weapons Is The Ancient An-2 Biplane
Air Combat Exercises

One Of North Korea’s Most Dangerous Weapons Is The Ancient An-2 Biplane

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 27, 2017

Aggressor F-16C Appears At Red Flag Alaska In SR-71 Blackbird Like Paint Scheme
Red Flag

Aggressor F-16C Appears At Red Flag Alaska In SR-71 Blackbird Like Paint Scheme

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 2, 2017

Check Out These Sizzling Photos From Two Of Europe’s Premier Air Combat Drills
Air Combat Exercises

Check Out These Sizzling Photos From Two Of Europe’s Premier Air Combat Drills

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 12, 2017

U-2 Flies in Alaska Exercise for First Time, But Not as a Spy Plane
Northern Edge

U-2 Flies in Alaska Exercise for First Time, But Not as a Spy Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 22, 2017

Let’s Talk About Those F-35 Kill Ratio Reports From Red Flag
Red Flag

Let’s Talk About Those F-35 Kill Ratio Reports From Red Flag

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 9, 2017