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

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

F-15EX To Carry New Oversized Air-To-Air Missile
Air-To-Air

F-15EX To Carry New Oversized Air-To-Air Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 17, 2021

Continuous Mass Rocket Attacks Pose New Challenges For Israel’s Iron Dome System
Air-To-Ground

Continuous Mass Rocket Attacks Pose New Challenges For Israel’s Iron Dome System

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 14, 2021

Taiwanese F-16s Have Fired AIM-120 AMRAAM Missiles Locally For The First Time
AIM-120 AMRAAM

Taiwanese F-16s Have Fired AIM-120 AMRAAM Missiles Locally For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 12, 2021

Largest Rocket Barrage From Gaza Ever Hits Central Israel Amid Fears Of An Imminent War
Air-To-Ground

Largest Rocket Barrage From Gaza Ever Hits Central Israel Amid Fears Of An Imminent War

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 11, 2021

Five JASSM Stealth Missiles Have Been Loaded On An F-15E Strike Eagle For The First Time
AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

Five JASSM Stealth Missiles Have Been Loaded On An F-15E Strike Eagle For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 11, 2021

It’s Official: KC-46 Tankers And More F-35s For Israel, But No Advanced F-15s For Now
Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)

It’s Official: KC-46 Tankers And More F-35s For Israel, But No Advanced F-15s For Now

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 11, 2021

The Definitive Answer On Why F-16s Carry AIM-120 AMRAAMs On Their Wingtip Rails
AIM-120 AMRAAM

The Definitive Answer On Why F-16s Carry AIM-120 AMRAAMs On Their Wingtip Rails

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 6, 2021

F-15E Strike Eagle Smart-Bomb Transports Are Hauling Munitions Around The Middle East
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

F-15E Strike Eagle Smart-Bomb Transports Are Hauling Munitions Around The Middle East

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 28, 2021

Japan-Based USAF F-16s Flew South China Sea Mission Fully Loaded With Live Air-To-Air Missiles
AIM-9 Sidewinder

Japan-Based USAF F-16s Flew South China Sea Mission Fully Loaded With Live Air-To-Air Missiles

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Apr 20, 2021

Turkish F-16 Knocks Down Target Drone With New Indigenous Air-To-Air Missile
Air-To-Air

Turkish F-16 Knocks Down Target Drone With New Indigenous Air-To-Air Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Apr 15, 2021

F-15 Eagle Scores “Longest Known” Air-To-Air Missile Shot During U.S. Air Force Test
AIM-120 AMRAAM

F-15 Eagle Scores “Longest Known” Air-To-Air Missile Shot During U.S. Air Force Test

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 14, 2021

Meet South Korea’s New KF-21 “Hawk” Indigenous Fighter
Meteor

Meet South Korea’s New KF-21 “Hawk” Indigenous Fighter

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Apr 9, 2021

Russian Knights Aerobatic Jet Team Launches Live Missile
Air-To-Air

Russian Knights Aerobatic Jet Team Launches Live Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Apr 7, 2021

Watch A Saudi F-15 Fighter Swoop In Low To Blast A Houthi Rebel Drone Out Of The Sky
AIM-120 AMRAAM

Watch A Saudi F-15 Fighter Swoop In Low To Blast A Houthi Rebel Drone Out Of The Sky

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 30, 2021

Nothing But Images Of Precision Guided Weapons Taken Just Before They Obliterate Their Targets
AGM-114 Hellfire

Nothing But Images Of Precision Guided Weapons Taken Just Before They Obliterate Their Targets

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 21, 2021

An Army AH-64 Apache Used An Israeli-Made Missile To Blast A Small Boat 20 Miles Away
Air Force Munitions

An Army AH-64 Apache Used An Israeli-Made Missile To Blast A Small Boat 20 Miles Away

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 17, 2021

British Typhoons Have Used Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles For The First Time In Combat
Storm Shadow/SCALP

British Typhoons Have Used Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles For The First Time In Combat

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Mar 16, 2021

Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper Drone Replacement Requirements Now Include Air-To-Air Combat Capability
Air-To-Air

Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper Drone Replacement Requirements Now Include Air-To-Air Combat Capability

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Mar 10, 2021

Watch Russia’s Su-57 Felon Advanced Combat Jet Let Its 30mm Cannon Rip
Air Force Munitions

Watch Russia’s Su-57 Felon Advanced Combat Jet Let Its 30mm Cannon Rip

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 3, 2021

Golden Horde Swarming Munitions Program Back On Target After Second Round Of Tests
Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD)

Golden Horde Swarming Munitions Program Back On Target After Second Round Of Tests

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 3, 2021

Everything New We Just Learned About The 2020 Iranian Missile Attack On U.S. Forces In Iraq
Air-To-Ground

Everything New We Just Learned About The 2020 Iranian Missile Attack On U.S. Forces In Iraq

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 3, 2021

Air Force F-15Es Train To Launch Cruise Missiles Over The Baltic Sea
AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

Air Force F-15Es Train To Launch Cruise Missiles Over The Baltic Sea

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 2, 2021

Biden Strikes Back: What We Know About The Bombing Raid On Iran’s Militias (Updated)
Air-To-Ground

Biden Strikes Back: What We Know About The Bombing Raid On Iran’s Militias (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 26, 2021

Airbus C295 Transport Testbed Emerges Loaded With Turkish Guided Bombs
Air Force Munitions

Airbus C295 Transport Testbed Emerges Loaded With Turkish Guided Bombs

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Feb 19, 2021

Super Bowl Flyover Offered A Glimpse Of A Future Where Multiple Bomber Types Join Forces In Combat
AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

Super Bowl Flyover Offered A Glimpse Of A Future Where Multiple Bomber Types Join Forces In Combat

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 12, 2021

DARPA Is Developing Aircraft-Launched Missile-Like Drones That Fire Their Own Air-To-Air Missiles
Air-To-Air

DARPA Is Developing Aircraft-Launched Missile-Like Drones That Fire Their Own Air-To-Air Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 10, 2021

Sweden’s Bigger Badder Gripen Fighter Packs A Lot Of Punch In An Incredibly Efficient Package
Meteor

Sweden’s Bigger Badder Gripen Fighter Packs A Lot Of Punch In An Incredibly Efficient Package

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Feb 4, 2021

Russia Developing First Brand-New Short-Range Air-To-Air Missile Since The End Of The Cold War
Air-To-Air

Russia Developing First Brand-New Short-Range Air-To-Air Missile Since The End Of The Cold War

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Feb 4, 2021

Check Out This F-15E Strike Eagle Packing A Stealthy JASSM-ER Cruise Missile
AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

Check Out This F-15E Strike Eagle Packing A Stealthy JASSM-ER Cruise Missile

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 28, 2021

Air Force Fighters Almost Got An Air-Launched Ballistic Missile 40 Years Ago, Now They’re A Hot Item
Air Force Munitions

Air Force Fighters Almost Got An Air-Launched Ballistic Missile 40 Years Ago, Now They’re A Hot Item

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jan 26, 2021

Fighter Pilots Reveal Why You Don’t Want To Mess With The A-10 Warthog In A Dogfight
Air-To-Air

Fighter Pilots Reveal Why You Don’t Want To Mess With The A-10 Warthog In A Dogfight

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jan 26, 2021

New Pods Will Allow Reaper Drones To Hunt Submarines And Launch Small Weapons And Drones
Air Force Munitions

New Pods Will Allow Reaper Drones To Hunt Submarines And Launch Small Weapons And Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 21, 2021

How British Tornados Used A Special Weapon To Ravage Saddam’s Airfields In Daring Desert Storm Raids
Air Force Munitions

How British Tornados Used A Special Weapon To Ravage Saddam’s Airfields In Daring Desert Storm Raids

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Jan 15, 2021

Report Adds Further Evidence Iran’s Soleimani Was Killed By New Highly Precise Missile
Air-To-Ground

Report Adds Further Evidence Iran’s Soleimani Was Killed By New Highly Precise Missile

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 15, 2021

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

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

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Air-To-Ground

This Is Our Best Look Yet At China’s Z-20F Seahawk Clone Toting Air-To-Surface Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 13, 2021

Iran Just Fired Its Sidewinder Missile Clone From A Drone
AIM-9 Sidewinder

Iran Just Fired Its Sidewinder Missile Clone From A Drone

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 6, 2021

China’s Z-20 Black Hawk Clone Is Now Packing Air-To-Ground Missiles
AGM-114 Hellfire

China’s Z-20 Black Hawk Clone Is Now Packing Air-To-Ground Missiles

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 31, 2020

Watch This F-15 Take Out A Target With A Sidewinder Missile At Very Close Range
AIM-9 Sidewinder

Watch This F-15 Take Out A Target With A Sidewinder Missile At Very Close Range

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 29, 2020

Russia’s Predator-Style Drone With Big Export Potential Has Launched Its First Missiles
Air Force Munitions

Russia’s Predator-Style Drone With Big Export Potential Has Launched Its First Missiles

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 28, 2020

Qatar Executes An Incredible “Elephant Walk” Showcasing Its Growing Air Combat Might
AGM-114 Hellfire

Qatar Executes An Incredible “Elephant Walk” Showcasing Its Growing Air Combat Might

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 17, 2020

General Atomics Avenger Drone Flew An Autonomous Air-To-Air Mission Using An AI Brain
Air-To-Air

General Atomics Avenger Drone Flew An Autonomous Air-To-Air Mission Using An AI Brain

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 6, 2020

F-102 Delta Dagger’s Weapons Bays Combined Rockets And Missiles In A Feat Of Cold War Ingenuity
Air Force Munitions

F-102 Delta Dagger’s Weapons Bays Combined Rockets And Missiles In A Feat Of Cold War Ingenuity

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Strike Eagle Pilot Gives A Detailed Walk Around Tour Of An F-15E
Air Force Munitions

Strike Eagle Pilot Gives A Detailed Walk Around Tour Of An F-15E

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The Full Story On That Oregon F-15 That Fired Its Missiles Into The Sea Before Landing
AIM-120 AMRAAM

The Full Story On That Oregon F-15 That Fired Its Missiles Into The Sea Before Landing

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The Plan For Making Aging USMC F/A-18 Hornets Deadlier Than Ever For A Final Decade Of Service
Air Force Munitions

The Plan For Making Aging USMC F/A-18 Hornets Deadlier Than Ever For A Final Decade Of Service

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The Little Model Shop That Played A Big Role In Killing Osama Bin Laden
Air-To-Ground

The Little Model Shop That Played A Big Role In Killing Osama Bin Laden

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Her Majesty’s Death Ray: How The AIM-9L Sidewinder Vanquished The Argentine Air Force
AIM-9 Sidewinder

Her Majesty’s Death Ray: How The AIM-9L Sidewinder Vanquished The Argentine Air Force

By Rowland White

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

This Is Our First Look At A B-1 Bomber Carrying A Stealthy Cruise Missile Externally
Air Force Munitions

This Is Our First Look At A B-1 Bomber Carrying A Stealthy Cruise Missile Externally

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 25, 2020

This May Be Our First Glimpse Of China’s New Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile
AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)

This May Be Our First Glimpse Of China’s New Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 9, 2020

StormBreaker Mini Glide Bomb That Can Hit Moving Targets In Any Weather Is Ready For War
Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)/Stormbreaker

StormBreaker Mini Glide Bomb That Can Hit Moving Targets In Any Weather Is Ready For War

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 14, 2020

India’s First Indigenous Air-Launched Radar-Killing Missile Is Headed For Service
Air Force Munitions

India’s First Indigenous Air-Launched Radar-Killing Missile Is Headed For Service

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 9, 2020

Russian Air-To-Air Missile Tests Signal Potential New Capabilities For Flanker and Felon
Air-To-Air

Russian Air-To-Air Missile Tests Signal Potential New Capabilities For Flanker and Felon

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 5, 2020

Air Force C-17 Launched A Pallet Of Mock Cruise Missiles During Recent Arsenal Plane Test
AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

Air Force C-17 Launched A Pallet Of Mock Cruise Missiles During Recent Arsenal Plane Test

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 3, 2020

Navy P-8 Poseidon Flies Mission Armed With Harpoon Missiles In Asia-Pacific Show Of Force
Air Force Munitions

Navy P-8 Poseidon Flies Mission Armed With Harpoon Missiles In Asia-Pacific Show Of Force

By Thomas Newdick and Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 1, 2020

Taiwan Displays Air-Launched Cruise Missiles At Air Base In Heart Of Taiwan Strait
Air Force Munitions

Taiwan Displays Air-Launched Cruise Missiles At Air Base In Heart Of Taiwan Strait

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 22, 2020

MQ-9 Reaper, Howitzer, Rocket Toting F-16 All Shoot Down Mock Cruise Missiles In Huge Test
AIM-9 Sidewinder

MQ-9 Reaper, Howitzer, Rocket Toting F-16 All Shoot Down Mock Cruise Missiles In Huge Test

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 11, 2020

Check Out These F-35s Dropping Full Loads Of Small Diameter Bombs During A Test Mission
Air Force Munitions

Check Out These F-35s Dropping Full Loads Of Small Diameter Bombs During A Test Mission

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 23, 2020

Two MQ-9 Reaper Drones Collide Over Syria After Days Of Sightings From Those On The Ground
AGM-114 Hellfire

Two MQ-9 Reaper Drones Collide Over Syria After Days Of Sightings From Those On The Ground

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 19, 2020

New Chinese Air-Launched Glide Weapon Designed To Be An Airfield Killer
AGM-154 Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW)

New Chinese Air-Launched Glide Weapon Designed To Be An Airfield Killer

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Aug 17, 2020

Chinese Z-10A Attack Helicopter Shows Off New Missile During Live-Fire Exercise
Air-To-Ground

Chinese Z-10A Attack Helicopter Shows Off New Missile During Live-Fire Exercise

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 11, 2020

Taiwanese F-16s Begin Flying Patrols With Live Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles To Deter China
Air Force Munitions

Taiwanese F-16s Begin Flying Patrols With Live Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles To Deter China

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Aug 6, 2020

Boeing Shows Super Hornets Bristling With 14 Missiles In Formal Sales Pitch To Canada
AIM-120 AMRAAM

Boeing Shows Super Hornets Bristling With 14 Missiles In Formal Sales Pitch To Canada

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 31, 2020