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The Last Of 17 B-1B Bombers Slated For Early Retirement Has Arrived At The Boneyard
U.S. Air Force

The Last Of 17 B-1B Bombers Slated For Early Retirement Has Arrived At The Boneyard

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 24, 2021

Top Air Force General In The Pacific Wants E-7 Wedgetails To Replace E-3 Radar Planes
Royal Australian Air Force

Top Air Force General In The Pacific Wants E-7 Wedgetails To Replace E-3 Radar Planes

By Thomas Newdick and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 24, 2021

It’s Official: Canada’s CF-18 Hornet Fighters Are Set To Get New Advanced Radars
Royal Canadian Air Force

It’s Official: Canada’s CF-18 Hornet Fighters Are Set To Get New Advanced Radars

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 24, 2021

Stealthy F-117 Nighthawks Have Been Masquerading As Cruise Missiles
U.S. Air Force

Stealthy F-117 Nighthawks Have Been Masquerading As Cruise Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 23, 2021

E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jets Eyed As A Bridge To A Space-Based System By The Air Force
U.S. Air Force

E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jets Eyed As A Bridge To A Space-Based System By The Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 23, 2021

RC-135 Now Flying With Donor KC-135 Engine Cover After Frightening Crosswind Landing Mishap
Royal Air Force

RC-135 Now Flying With Donor KC-135 Engine Cover After Frightening Crosswind Landing Mishap

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 23, 2021

Tucson Mystery Drone Had Rotors According To Border Patrol Helicopter Aircrew’s Emails
U.S. Air Force

Tucson Mystery Drone Had Rotors According To Border Patrol Helicopter Aircrew’s Emails

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Sep 22, 2021

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

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

The Air Force Is Testing Robotic Loaders To Mount Hypersonic Missiles On Its Bombers
U.S. Air Force

The Air Force Is Testing Robotic Loaders To Mount Hypersonic Missiles On Its Bombers

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Sep 21, 2021

Boeing Unveils New Two-Stage Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile Concept
U.S. Air Force

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 21, 2021

Five B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers Are Now In Final Assembly
U.S. Air Force

Five B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers Are Now In Final Assembly

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 21, 2021

The Air Force Blew It When It Decided Not To Give Its KC-135s Winglets 40 Years Ago
U.S. Air Force

The Air Force Blew It When It Decided Not To Give Its KC-135s Winglets 40 Years Ago

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Sep 20, 2021

Watch This RC-135 Spy Plane Make A Frightening Crosswind Landing In England (Updated)
Royal Air Force

Watch This RC-135 Spy Plane Make A Frightening Crosswind Landing In England (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 20, 2021

Damaged B-2 Moved To A Hangar Days After Skidding Off Runway, Airspace Restriction Lifted
U.S. Air Force

Damaged B-2 Moved To A Hangar Days After Skidding Off Runway, Airspace Restriction Lifted

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 18, 2021

Behold F-117s On Their Historic Deployment To Fresno In These Stunning Shots
U.S. Air Force

Behold F-117s On Their Historic Deployment To Fresno In These Stunning Shots

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 16, 2021

C-130s Operate From A Wyoming Highway To Train To Fight Against A Major Adversary
U.S. Air Force

C-130s Operate From A Wyoming Highway To Train To Fight Against A Major Adversary

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Sep 16, 2021

F-22 Export Briefing Shows What It Would Have Taken To Sell The Raptor Abroad
U.S. Air Force

F-22 Export Briefing Shows What It Would Have Taken To Sell The Raptor Abroad

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 16, 2021

Two NATO Fighters Accidentally Flew Behind The Iron Curtain 60 Years Ago Today
U.S. Air Force

Two NATO Fighters Accidentally Flew Behind The Iron Curtain 60 Years Ago Today

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Sep 16, 2021

Damaged B-2 Spirit Is Sitting Wing-Down Off The Runway After Landing Mishap
U.S. Air Force

Damaged B-2 Spirit Is Sitting Wing-Down Off The Runway After Landing Mishap

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 15, 2021

B-2 Stealth Bomber Damaged During Emergency Landing Incident
U.S. Air Force

B-2 Stealth Bomber Damaged During Emergency Landing Incident

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 14, 2021

F-117s Make Surprise Appearance At Fresno Airport To Train Against Local F-15s
U.S. Air Force

F-117s Make Surprise Appearance At Fresno Airport To Train Against Local F-15s

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 14, 2021

Air Force Makes Extremely Rare Mention Of Deployment Of RQ-170 Stealth Drones
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Makes Extremely Rare Mention Of Deployment Of RQ-170 Stealth Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 13, 2021

Bell’s Plan To Finally Realize A Rotorcraft That Flies Like A Jet But Hovers Like A Helicopter
U.S. Air Force

Bell’s Plan To Finally Realize A Rotorcraft That Flies Like A Jet But Hovers Like A Helicopter

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 10, 2021

North Korea Trades Missiles For Militias At Its Latest Parade
North Korean Air Force

North Korea Trades Missiles For Militias At Its Latest Parade

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 9, 2021

What It’s Like Being A Royal Air Force Photographer Capturing The Action On Deployment
Royal Air Force

What It’s Like Being A Royal Air Force Photographer Capturing The Action On Deployment

By Corporal ‘Matty’ Matthews, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 8, 2021

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

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 2, 2021

Taliban Show Off Captured Aircraft And Other Spoils After Taking Over Kabul’s Airport (Updated)
Afghan Air Force

Taliban Show Off Captured Aircraft And Other Spoils After Taking Over Kabul’s Airport (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 31, 2021

Here’s What The U.S. Military Left Behind At Kabul Airport
Afghan Air Force

Here’s What The U.S. Military Left Behind At Kabul Airport

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 31, 2021

These Are The Military’s Options For Extending Evacuations In Afghanistan. None Of Them Are Good.
U.S. Air Force

These Are The Military’s Options For Extending Evacuations In Afghanistan. None Of Them Are Good.

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 25, 2021

Massive Expansion Underway At Russia’s Northernmost Arctic Air Base (Updated)
Russian Air Force

Massive Expansion Underway At Russia’s Northernmost Arctic Air Base (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 24, 2021

Packed C-17 Cargo Jet Out Of Kabul Actually Had 823 People Onboard Setting New Record (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

Packed C-17 Cargo Jet Out Of Kabul Actually Had 823 People Onboard Setting New Record (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 20, 2021

Want Uncle Sam To Get You Out Of Kabul? It Could Cost You Thousands Of Dollars… Or Maybe Not?
U.S. Air Force

Want Uncle Sam To Get You Out Of Kabul? It Could Cost You Thousands Of Dollars… Or Maybe Not?

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 20, 2021

Dozens Of U.S.-Bought Afghan Air Force Aircraft Are Now Orphaned At An Uzbek Airfield
Afghan Air Force

Dozens Of U.S.-Bought Afghan Air Force Aircraft Are Now Orphaned At An Uzbek Airfield

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 18, 2021

RC-135W Rivet Joint Spy Plane Is Flying Orbits Over Kabul (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

RC-135W Rivet Joint Spy Plane Is Flying Orbits Over Kabul (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 17, 2021

Situation At Kabul Airport “Would Have Been Difficult For Anyone To Predict” Says Pentagon Spokesman (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

Situation At Kabul Airport “Would Have Been Difficult For Anyone To Predict” Says Pentagon Spokesman (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 17, 2021

800 People Evacuated From Kabul Aboard A Single C-17 Cargo Jet (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

800 People Evacuated From Kabul Aboard A Single C-17 Cargo Jet (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 16, 2021

U.S. Troops Kill Two Armed Afghans At Unsecured Kabul Airport, Thousands More Being Sent (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

U.S. Troops Kill Two Armed Afghans At Unsecured Kabul Airport, Thousands More Being Sent (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 16, 2021

Apache Helicopters Chase Afghans Swarming A C-17 On Kabul Airport’s Runway (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

Apache Helicopters Chase Afghans Swarming A C-17 On Kabul Airport’s Runway (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 16, 2021

Shadowy KC-135RT Special Ops Tankers Head Toward Afghanistan As Evacuation Airbridge Forms (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

Shadowy KC-135RT Special Ops Tankers Head Toward Afghanistan As Evacuation Airbridge Forms (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 14, 2021

Emergency Troop Surge Now Needed For Afghan Withdrawal (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

Emergency Troop Surge Now Needed For Afghan Withdrawal (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 13, 2021

Skunk Works’ Factory Of The Future Will Use Roaming Robots To Rapidly Assemble Top Secret Aircraft
U.S. Air Force

Skunk Works’ Factory Of The Future Will Use Roaming Robots To Rapidly Assemble Top Secret Aircraft

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 13, 2021

Watch This F-22 Raptor’s Tailhook Catch The Arresting Wire During An Emergency Landing
U.S. Air Force

Watch This F-22 Raptor’s Tailhook Catch The Arresting Wire During An Emergency Landing

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 12, 2021

New Light Shed On The Once Top Secret Tacit Blue Aircraft By Veteran Program Manager
U.S. Air Force

New Light Shed On The Once Top Secret Tacit Blue Aircraft By Veteran Program Manager

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 10, 2021

Watch This 2021 Ford Bronco Play Chase Car For A U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane
U.S. Air Force

Watch This 2021 Ford Bronco Play Chase Car For A U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 9, 2021

RQ-4 Global Hawk Drone Crashes Just Outside Of Grand Forks Air Force Base
U.S. Air Force

RQ-4 Global Hawk Drone Crashes Just Outside Of Grand Forks Air Force Base

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 6, 2021

Curious Mission Flown Over The Baltic Sea By U.S. Air Force Nuke Sniffing Plane
U.S. Air Force

Curious Mission Flown Over The Baltic Sea By U.S. Air Force Nuke Sniffing Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 6, 2021

Kratos Says Secret “Off-Board Sensing Station” Unmanned Aircraft Will Be Transformative
U.S. Air Force

Kratos Says Secret “Off-Board Sensing Station” Unmanned Aircraft Will Be Transformative

By Brett Tingley and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 5, 2021

Air Force Throws Millions At Startup Trying To Build Reusable Hypersonic Aircraft
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Throws Millions At Startup Trying To Build Reusable Hypersonic Aircraft

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Aug 5, 2021

F-35s Have Flown Their First “Red Air” Missions As Dedicated Stealth Aggressors
U.S. Air Force

F-35s Have Flown Their First “Red Air” Missions As Dedicated Stealth Aggressors

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 4, 2021

Watch This C-17 Engage Its Thrust Reversers In Mid-Air To Make An Extremely Rapid Descent
Royal Air Force

Watch This C-17 Engage Its Thrust Reversers In Mid-Air To Make An Extremely Rapid Descent

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Aug 4, 2021

Retired Marine C-9B Jet Transport Is Getting Second Life As An Air Force Sensor Testbed
U.S. Air Force

Retired Marine C-9B Jet Transport Is Getting Second Life As An Air Force Sensor Testbed

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 4, 2021

The Truth About The Air Force’s Biggest Changes To Pilot Training Since The Dawn Of The Jet Age
U.S. Air Force

The Truth About The Air Force’s Biggest Changes To Pilot Training Since The Dawn Of The Jet Age

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Aug 3, 2021

Lasers Destined For Fighter Jets Are Now Being Tested In The Air Force’s Wind Tunnels
U.S. Air Force

Lasers Destined For Fighter Jets Are Now Being Tested In The Air Force’s Wind Tunnels

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Aug 3, 2021

Electronic Warfare System On Air Force F-16 Gets Capability Update In Flight
U.S. Air Force

Electronic Warfare System On Air Force F-16 Gets Capability Update In Flight

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 2, 2021

Highly Modified Air Force Test Pilot School F-16 Is Now An X-Plane
U.S. Air Force

Highly Modified Air Force Test Pilot School F-16 Is Now An X-Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 31, 2021

Barksdale B-52 Brandishes Its Modern Arsenal In New Loadout Photos
U.S. Air Force

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

Challenge Coin For The Secretive Unit That Still Flies The F-117 Nighthawk Emerges
U.S. Air Force

Challenge Coin For The Secretive Unit That Still Flies The F-117 Nighthawk Emerges

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 30, 2021

Second Attempt To Test The Air Force’s First Hypersonic Weapon Fails
U.S. Air Force

Second Attempt To Test The Air Force’s First Hypersonic Weapon Fails

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 30, 2021

A-10 Warthogs Are About To Operate From A U.S. Highway For The First Time
U.S. Air Force

A-10 Warthogs Are About To Operate From A U.S. Highway For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 29, 2021

Lawmakers Are Skeptical About The Services’ Focus On Next Generation Fighters Over Existing Designs
U.S. Air Force

Lawmakers Are Skeptical About The Services’ Focus On Next Generation Fighters Over Existing Designs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 29, 2021

Watch This C-17 Make A Bonkers “Tactical Departure” From Portland International Airport (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

Watch This C-17 Make A Bonkers “Tactical Departure” From Portland International Airport (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 29, 2021

Navy’s New Jamming Pods For EA-18G Growler Eyed For Air Force Fighters
U.S. Air Force

Navy’s New Jamming Pods For EA-18G Growler Eyed For Air Force Fighters

By Brett Tingley and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 28, 2021

The First XQ-58A Valkyrie Is Already Headed To A Museum (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

The First XQ-58A Valkyrie Is Already Headed To A Museum (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 28, 2021

What It Takes For U.S. Jets To Keep Fighting In Afghanistan From “Over The Horizon”
U.S. Air Force

What It Takes For U.S. Jets To Keep Fighting In Afghanistan From “Over The Horizon”

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 28, 2021