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The Air Force Wants A New Generation Of Affordable Air-To-Ground Munitions With Swappable Warheads
Air-To-Ground

The Air Force Wants A New Generation Of Affordable Air-To-Ground Munitions With Swappable Warheads

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 2, 2021

Testing Of The Secretive New AIM-260 Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile Is Well Underway
AIM-260

Testing Of The Secretive New AIM-260 Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile Is Well Underway

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 22, 2021

Saudis Cleared To Buy Hundreds More AMRAAM Missiles They’ve Been Using To Shoot Down Drones
AIM-120 AMRAAM

Saudis Cleared To Buy Hundreds More AMRAAM Missiles They’ve Been Using To Shoot Down Drones

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 5, 2021

Rare Pod Simulated AIM-120 Missile Engagements During Massive War Game
AIM-120 AMRAAM

Rare Pod Simulated AIM-120 Missile Engagements During Massive War Game

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 4, 2021

Watch A Royal Navy Wildcat Helicopter Fire Its First Operational Martlet Missile
Air-To-Ground

Watch A Royal Navy Wildcat Helicopter Fire Its First Operational Martlet Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 22, 2021

The Air Force’s New 5,000-Pound Bunker Buster Bomb Breaks Cover
Bunker Busters

The Air Force’s New 5,000-Pound Bunker Buster Bomb Breaks Cover

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 12, 2021

Watch Saudi F-15 Strike Eagles Unleash Harpoon Missiles Against Ship Targets
AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)

Watch Saudi F-15 Strike Eagles Unleash Harpoon Missiles Against Ship Targets

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 8, 2021

The Legendary Sidewinder Missile Made Its First Kill Over The Taiwan Strait (Updated)
AIM-9 Sidewinder

The Legendary Sidewinder Missile Made Its First Kill Over The Taiwan Strait (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Sep 29, 2021

Our Best Look Yet At ‘Rapid Dragon’ Cargo Plane-Launched Stealth Cruise Missiles In Action
Air Force Munitions

Our Best Look Yet At ‘Rapid Dragon’ Cargo Plane-Launched Stealth Cruise Missiles In Action

By Tyler Rogoway and Thomas Newdick

Updated on Sep 21, 2021

Boeing Unveils New Two-Stage Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile Concept
Air-To-Air

Boeing Unveils New Two-Stage Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile Concept

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 21, 2021

Biden Orders Strikes On Iranian-Backed Militias’ Growing Unmanned Aircraft Arsenal (Updated)
Air-To-Ground

Biden Orders Strikes On Iranian-Backed Militias’ Growing Unmanned Aircraft Arsenal (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 13, 2021

Special Operations Command Wants Tiny Cruise Missiles With Hundreds Of Miles Range
Air Force Munitions

Special Operations Command Wants Tiny Cruise Missiles With Hundreds Of Miles Range

By Michael Peck

Updated on Sep 7, 2021

The Air Force Is Developing Smart Bombs With ‘Torpedo-Like’ Ship Killing Capability
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

The Air Force Is Developing Smart Bombs With ‘Torpedo-Like’ Ship Killing Capability

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 2, 2021

American Drone Strike Hits Suicide Attackers Targeting Kabul Airport (Updated)
Air-To-Ground

American Drone Strike Hits Suicide Attackers Targeting Kabul Airport (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 30, 2021

U.S. Executes Revenge Drone Strike On ISIS-K “Planner” In Afghanistan (Updated)
Air-To-Ground

U.S. Executes Revenge Drone Strike On ISIS-K “Planner” In Afghanistan (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 28, 2021

F-15 Uses New Infrared Pod To Shoot Down Target F-16 With AIM-120 Missile
AIM-120 AMRAAM

F-15 Uses New Infrared Pod To Shoot Down Target F-16 With AIM-120 Missile

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 11, 2021

First Live-Fire Test Of The Navy’s New Long-Range Anti-Radiation Missile Was A Success
AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)

First Live-Fire Test Of The Navy’s New Long-Range Anti-Radiation Missile Was A Success

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Aug 2, 2021

Barksdale B-52 Brandishes Its Modern Arsenal In New Loadout Photos
Air Force Munitions

Barksdale B-52 Brandishes Its Modern Arsenal In New Loadout Photos

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

General Atomics Unveils New “LongShot” Aircraft-Launched Air-To-Air Combat Drone Rendering
AIM-260

General Atomics Unveils New “LongShot” Aircraft-Launched Air-To-Air Combat Drone Rendering

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 28, 2021

MC-145B Wily Coyote Special Ops Planes Will Be Able To Launch Stealth Cruise Missiles
AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

MC-145B Wily Coyote Special Ops Planes Will Be Able To Launch Stealth Cruise Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 26, 2021

The Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like Launcher
Air Force Munitions

The Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like Launcher

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 14, 2021

Right On Cue, Russian Tu-22M3 Bombers Now Flying From Syria Brandish Anti-Ship Missiles
Air-To-Ground

Right On Cue, Russian Tu-22M3 Bombers Now Flying From Syria Brandish Anti-Ship Missiles

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 22, 2021

MC-130J Commando II Simulated Launching A Pallet Of Cruise Missiles During A Mock Strike Mission
AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

MC-130J Commando II Simulated Launching A Pallet Of Cruise Missiles During A Mock Strike Mission

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 7, 2021

Cruise Missile Variant Of Navy’s JSOW Glide Bomb Is On The Chopping Block
AGM-154 Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW)

Cruise Missile Variant Of Navy’s JSOW Glide Bomb Is On The Chopping Block

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 2, 2021

How General Atomics Is Going All-In On Making Its Drones Relevant In A Peer-State Conflict
AIM-9 Sidewinder

How General Atomics Is Going All-In On Making Its Drones Relevant In A Peer-State Conflict

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 24, 2021

Land-Based Strike Version Of Navy’s Long-Range Air Defense Blasting Missile Breaks Cover
AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)

Land-Based Strike Version Of Navy’s Long-Range Air Defense Blasting Missile Breaks Cover

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 21, 2021

Northrop Grumman Reveals Its “LongShot” Air-Launched Missile-Toting Drone Concept (Updated)
Air-To-Air

Northrop Grumman Reveals Its “LongShot” Air-Launched Missile-Toting Drone Concept (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 20, 2021

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