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Air Force Tweet Showing F-35As Protected By Lightning Rods Asks “Which Lightning Strikes Harder?”
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Tweet Showing F-35As Protected By Lightning Rods Asks “Which Lightning Strikes Harder?”

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 27, 2021

AI That Bested Air Force Pilot In “Digital Dogfights” Headed For L-39 Jet Trainer
U.S. Air Force

AI That Bested Air Force Pilot In “Digital Dogfights” Headed For L-39 Jet Trainer

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 26, 2021

E-4B “Doomsday Plane” Just Made A Highly Unusual Visit To Secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

E-4B “Doomsday Plane” Just Made A Highly Unusual Visit To Secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 25, 2021

Aircraft Spotter Thanked By F-15E Pilot After Alerting Him To Malfunctioning Jet
Royal Air Force

Aircraft Spotter Thanked By F-15E Pilot After Alerting Him To Malfunctioning Jet

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 24, 2021

Another Attempt To Retire A-10 Warthogs Isn’t Going Well For The Air Force
U.S. Air Force

Another Attempt To Retire A-10 Warthogs Isn’t Going Well For The Air Force

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jul 24, 2021

The Case For Stripping The P-8 Poseidon Down Into An RB-8 Multi-Role Arsenal Ship
U.S. Air Force

The Case For Stripping The P-8 Poseidon Down Into An RB-8 Multi-Role Arsenal Ship

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 22, 2021

F-117 Aggressors Photographed Low Over The Nevada Desert During Red Flag War Games
U.S. Air Force

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 21, 2021

Russia Threat Could See U.K. Fighter Jets Operating From Highways Once Again
Royal Air Force

Russia Threat Could See U.K. Fighter Jets Operating From Highways Once Again

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 21, 2021

Air Force Directed Energy Report Argues Defensive Force Fields May Be “Just On The Horizon”
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Directed Energy Report Argues Defensive Force Fields May Be “Just On The Horizon”

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jul 21, 2021

MQ-9 Reaper Tests Prove It Can Operate From Unprepared Locations On The Fly
U.S. Air Force

MQ-9 Reaper Tests Prove It Can Operate From Unprepared Locations On The Fly

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Jul 19, 2021

A Fifth Of The Air Force’s Combat-Coded F-22 Stealth Fighters Are Headed For Guam
U.S. Air Force

A Fifth Of The Air Force’s Combat-Coded F-22 Stealth Fighters Are Headed For Guam

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 16, 2021

Arctic Pit Stop A First For British Typhoon Fighter Jets
Norwegian Air Force

Arctic Pit Stop A First For British Typhoon Fighter Jets

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 15, 2021

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

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

Fifteen Percent Of U.S. Air Force F-35s Don’t Have Working Engines
U.S. Air Force

Fifteen Percent Of U.S. Air Force F-35s Don’t Have Working Engines

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 14, 2021

Check Out This F-15E Strike Eagle Spewing Sparks After Takeoff
U.S. Air Force

Check Out This F-15E Strike Eagle Spewing Sparks After Takeoff

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 14, 2021

War Games In California And Florida Linked To Test Massive “Kill Web”
U.S. Air Force

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

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Jul 10, 2021

NASA’s Experimental X-56B Unmanned Aircraft Suffered An “Anomaly” After Takeoff
U.S. Air Force

NASA’s Experimental X-56B Unmanned Aircraft Suffered An “Anomaly” After Takeoff

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 9, 2021

The B-17 Bomber’s Combat Debut 80 Years Ago Today Was A Fiasco
U.S. Air Force

The B-17 Bomber’s Combat Debut 80 Years Ago Today Was A Fiasco

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 9, 2021

Warhead For Air Force’s First Hypersonic Missile Tested For The First Time
U.S. Air Force

Warhead For Air Force’s First Hypersonic Missile Tested For The First Time

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 8, 2021

New B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Rendering Released By The Air Force (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

New B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Rendering Released By The Air Force (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 7, 2021

Meet The MC-145B Wily Coyote Armed Special Ops Transport Plane
U.S. Air Force

Meet The MC-145B Wily Coyote Armed Special Ops Transport Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 1, 2021

Draken Becomes The Next Red Air Private Contractor To Acquire F-16 Fighter Jets
Royal Netherlands Air Force

Draken Becomes The Next Red Air Private Contractor To Acquire F-16 Fighter Jets

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 1, 2021

Skyborg AI Computer “Brain” Successfully Flew A General Atomics Avenger Drone
U.S. Air Force

Skyborg AI Computer “Brain” Successfully Flew A General Atomics Avenger Drone

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Jun 30, 2021

New Systems For Navigation In GPS Denied Combat Environments Tested In Air Force’s Agile Pod
U.S. Air Force

New Systems For Navigation In GPS Denied Combat Environments Tested In Air Force’s Agile Pod

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Jun 29, 2021

The CIA’s Bird-Shaped Aquiline Drones Could Still Be Caged Up At Area 51
U.S. Air Force

The CIA’s Bird-Shaped Aquiline Drones Could Still Be Caged Up At Area 51

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jun 28, 2021

U.S. Is Betting Big On Naval Mine Warfare With These New Sub-Launched and Air-Dropped Types
U.S. Air Force

U.S. Is Betting Big On Naval Mine Warfare With These New Sub-Launched and Air-Dropped Types

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 28, 2021

Air Force Finds New Need For Low-Cost Engine Tech Used On Nazi Buzz Bombs
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Finds New Need For Low-Cost Engine Tech Used On Nazi Buzz Bombs

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 24, 2021

Air Force Flightlines Are Under Threat From Drones And It Wants Your Ideas On How To Protect Them
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Flightlines Are Under Threat From Drones And It Wants Your Ideas On How To Protect Them

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Jun 22, 2021

Israel Has Shot Down Drones With An Airborne High-Power Laser
Israeli Air Force

Israel Has Shot Down Drones With An Airborne High-Power Laser

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jun 21, 2021

Giant Studio Model Of Broken Arrow’s B-3 Stealth Bomber Is On The Auction Block
U.S. Air Force

Giant Studio Model Of Broken Arrow’s B-3 Stealth Bomber Is On The Auction Block

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 19, 2021

The Air Force Might Make Two Distinct Versions Of Its Next Multirole Stealth Fighter
U.S. Air Force

The Air Force Might Make Two Distinct Versions Of Its Next Multirole Stealth Fighter

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 18, 2021

Chinese Pilots Are Also Dueling With AI Opponents In Simulated Dogfights And Losing: Report
People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 18, 2021

Air Force Says Hypersonic Missile Tests Could Kill Four Snails And 90 Clams
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Says Hypersonic Missile Tests Could Kill Four Snails And 90 Clams

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jun 18, 2021

Questions Remain After Report That F-22s Scrambled Due To Major Russian Naval Exercise Near Hawaii (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

Questions Remain After Report That F-22s Scrambled Due To Major Russian Naval Exercise Near Hawaii (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 17, 2021

Air Force Plans To Buy A New Tanker As Problems Persist With The One It’s Already Buying
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Plans To Buy A New Tanker As Problems Persist With The One It’s Already Buying

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 17, 2021

The U.S. Military Doesn’t Even Track How Many Weapons It Loses, And It Has Lost Thousands
U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Military Doesn’t Even Track How Many Weapons It Loses, And It Has Lost Thousands

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Jun 16, 2021

Texan F-16 Viper Appears In Vietnam-Era Green And Tan Camouflage
U.S. Air Force

Texan F-16 Viper Appears In Vietnam-Era Green And Tan Camouflage

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 10, 2021

Drone Used High Power Microwaves To Knock Down Other Drones In DARPA Demo
U.S. Air Force

Drone Used High Power Microwaves To Knock Down Other Drones In DARPA Demo

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jun 10, 2021

Air Force Corrects Top Official’s Statement On B-21 Bomber Progress (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Corrects Top Official’s Statement On B-21 Bomber Progress (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 10, 2021

Huge “Swarm” That Lit-Up Radar Was Almost Certainly Caused By The Military, Not Ladybugs
U.S. Air Force

Huge “Swarm” That Lit-Up Radar Was Almost Certainly Caused By The Military, Not Ladybugs

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jun 8, 2021

These Are The Best Images Yet Of “RAT 55,” The World’s Most Secretive 737
U.S. Air Force

These Are The Best Images Yet Of “RAT 55,” The World’s Most Secretive 737

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 8, 2021

MC-130J Commando II Simulated Launching A Pallet Of Cruise Missiles During A Mock Strike Mission
U.S. Air Force

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 7, 2021

FAA Data Shows Strange Pattern Of Military Encounters With Unidentified Aircraft
U.S. Air Force

FAA Data Shows Strange Pattern Of Military Encounters With Unidentified Aircraft

By Adam Kehoe and Marc Cecotti

Updated on Jun 4, 2021

‘Air Force Two’ Replacement Dropped With Funds Redirected To Supersonic Transport Research
U.S. Air Force

‘Air Force Two’ Replacement Dropped With Funds Redirected To Supersonic Transport Research

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 4, 2021

This Is What Pilots Actually See Inside Red 6’s Augmented Reality Dogfighting Goggles
U.S. Air Force

This Is What Pilots Actually See Inside Red 6’s Augmented Reality Dogfighting Goggles

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 3, 2021

Rocket Delivery Of Cargo Anywhere In An Hour In New Air Force Budget Proposal
U.S. Air Force

Rocket Delivery Of Cargo Anywhere In An Hour In New Air Force Budget Proposal

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 1, 2021

16 Chinese Airlifters Made A Run Over The South China Sea At Malaysian Airspace
People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

16 Chinese Airlifters Made A Run Over The South China Sea At Malaysian Airspace

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 1, 2021

Here Are The Major Airpower Developments In The Pentagon’s Latest Budget Proposal
U.S. Air Force

Here Are The Major Airpower Developments In The Pentagon’s Latest Budget Proposal

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 1, 2021

Navy Details Its Plans To Add Ex-Air Force F-16s To Its Fleet
U.S. Air Force

Navy Details Its Plans To Add Ex-Air Force F-16s To Its Fleet

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 29, 2021

Mysterious Black Towed Target Was Built To Support Airborne Laser Tests
U.S. Air Force

Mysterious Black Towed Target Was Built To Support Airborne Laser Tests

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 28, 2021

That Mysterious Black Target From Kirtland AFB Was Related To A Program Called TDU-X
U.S. Air Force

That Mysterious Black Target From Kirtland AFB Was Related To A Program Called TDU-X

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 28, 2021

The Story Behind The Thunderbirds’ Black-Tailed F-4 Phantom And “Captain Carbon”
U.S. Air Force

The Story Behind The Thunderbirds’ Black-Tailed F-4 Phantom And “Captain Carbon”

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 28, 2021

Here Are The Pentagon’s “Tough Choice” Cuts To Airpower As Part Of Its 2021 Budget
U.S. Air Force

Here Are The Pentagon’s “Tough Choice” Cuts To Airpower As Part Of Its 2021 Budget

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 28, 2021

KC-46A’s Long-Troubled Vision System Can’t Even Reliably Show The End Of The Refueling Boom
U.S. Air Force

KC-46A’s Long-Troubled Vision System Can’t Even Reliably Show The End Of The Refueling Boom

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 27, 2021

Plan To Buy 145 B-21 Raider Bombers Gets Endorsement From Biden Air Force Nominee
U.S. Air Force

Plan To Buy 145 B-21 Raider Bombers Gets Endorsement From Biden Air Force Nominee

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 26, 2021

Early F-35As May Get Axed Even Though Overall Readiness Has Improved Significantly
U.S. Air Force

Early F-35As May Get Axed Even Though Overall Readiness Has Improved Significantly

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 25, 2021

Pilot Dies In Crash Of Contractor-Owned Mirage F1 Adversary Jet Near Nellis AFB (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

Pilot Dies In Crash Of Contractor-Owned Mirage F1 Adversary Jet Near Nellis AFB (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 25, 2021

The New Air Force One’s Custom Hangar Facility Is Taking Shape
U.S. Air Force

The New Air Force One’s Custom Hangar Facility Is Taking Shape

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 22, 2021

Special Operations Command Is Now Seeking A High-Speed VTOL Aircraft
U.S. Air Force

Special Operations Command Is Now Seeking A High-Speed VTOL Aircraft

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 20, 2021

Mysterious Secluded Facility With Large Hangar Emerges At Chinese Bomber Base
People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

Mysterious Secluded Facility With Large Hangar Emerges At Chinese Bomber Base

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 19, 2021

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

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

Secretive Army Suicide Drone Smashed Mock Air Defenses During Advanced War Games
U.S. Air Force

Secretive Army Suicide Drone Smashed Mock Air Defenses During Advanced War Games

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 18, 2021

New Details Emerge About The Secretive Program That Aims To Replace The F-22
U.S. Air Force

New Details Emerge About The Secretive Program That Aims To Replace The F-22

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 14, 2021

Yes, It’s True, The F-22 Isn’t In The Air Force Chief’s Future Fighter Plans
U.S. Air Force

Yes, It’s True, The F-22 Isn’t In The Air Force Chief’s Future Fighter Plans

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 13, 2021