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New Images Of China’s Elusive Catapult-Capable J-15T Carrier Fighter Emerge
People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

New Images Of China’s Elusive Catapult-Capable J-15T Carrier Fighter Emerge

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 18, 2020

Greece Says It Is Willing To Take Second-Hand F-35s As Part Of An Urgent Request: Report
Hellenic Air Force

Greece Says It Is Willing To Take Second-Hand F-35s As Part Of An Urgent Request: Report

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 17, 2020

Watch The Biggest Unexploded World War Two Bomb Ever Found in Poland Blow Up
Royal Air Force

Watch The Biggest Unexploded World War Two Bomb Ever Found in Poland Blow Up

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 13, 2020

Israel’s Specially-Built F-35I Test Jet Just Touched Down In-Country
Israeli Air Force

Israel’s Specially-Built F-35I Test Jet Just Touched Down In-Country

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 11, 2020

This May Be Our First Glimpse Of China’s New Air-Launched Anti-Radiation Missile
People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

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

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 9, 2020

Russian Mi-24 Hind Gunship Shot Down In Armenia Near Border With Azerbaijan (Updated)
Russian Air Force

Russian Mi-24 Hind Gunship Shot Down In Armenia Near Border With Azerbaijan (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 9, 2020

Spad To The Bone: Texas F-16 Squadron Marks 75th Anniversary With Bold Paint Job
U.S. Air Force

Spad To The Bone: Texas F-16 Squadron Marks 75th Anniversary With Bold Paint Job

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 5, 2020

The Nanchang J-12 Is The Lightweight Chinese Fighter You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

The Nanchang J-12 Is The Lightweight Chinese Fighter You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 5, 2020

Aussie F/A-18 Hornet Bristling With Missiles Joins Others For Jaw-Dropping Photo Shoot
Royal Air Force

Aussie F/A-18 Hornet Bristling With Missiles Joins Others For Jaw-Dropping Photo Shoot

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Nov 5, 2020

Was The Secret RQ-180 Stealth Drone Really Photographed Over The Mojave Desert?
U.S. Air Force

Was The Secret RQ-180 Stealth Drone Really Photographed Over The Mojave Desert?

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 2, 2020

F-117s Photographed Flying Out Of Nellis AFB For The First Time In Over A Decade
U.S. Air Force

F-117s Photographed Flying Out Of Nellis AFB For The First Time In Over A Decade

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 31, 2020

It’s Official: A Foreign Company Will Help Mitsubishi Build Japan’s Next Fighter
Japan Air Self Defense Force

It’s Official: A Foreign Company Will Help Mitsubishi Build Japan’s Next Fighter

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 30, 2020

F-16 Pops Flares Grabbing Trump’s Attention After Plane Strays Into Airspace Over Rally
U.S. Air Force

F-16 Pops Flares Grabbing Trump’s Attention After Plane Strays Into Airspace Over Rally

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 28, 2020

Squadron Showcases F-15E Strike Eagles Adorned With Villain-Themed Nose Art Ahead Of Halloween
Royal Air Force

Squadron Showcases F-15E Strike Eagles Adorned With Villain-Themed Nose Art Ahead Of Halloween

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 28, 2020

Scaled Composites’ Stealthy Test Jet Now Flying With Possible Laser Weapon Modifications
U.S. Air Force

Scaled Composites’ Stealthy Test Jet Now Flying With Possible Laser Weapon Modifications

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 28, 2020

Air Force Confirms, Then Retracts Statement That One Of Its RC-135W Spy Planes Flew Over Taiwan
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Confirms, Then Retracts Statement That One Of Its RC-135W Spy Planes Flew Over Taiwan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 23, 2020

Brazil’s Upgraded Tiger IIs Might Be The Most Capable F-5s In The World
Air Forces

Brazil’s Upgraded Tiger IIs Might Be The Most Capable F-5s In The World

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 20, 2020

U-2 Spy Plane Got New Target Recognition Capabilities In First-Ever In-Flight Software Update
U.S. Air Force

U-2 Spy Plane Got New Target Recognition Capabilities In First-Ever In-Flight Software Update

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 20, 2020

Britain Banks On Tempest Future Fighter Program As Its Next Great Hope In Combat Airpower
Royal Air Force

Britain Banks On Tempest Future Fighter Program As Its Next Great Hope In Combat Airpower

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Oct 16, 2020

StormBreaker Mini Glide Bomb That Can Hit Moving Targets In Any Weather Is Ready For War
U.S. Air Force

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 14, 2020

Air Force Says New Hypersonic Missile Will Hit Targets 1,000 Miles Away In Under 12 Minutes
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Says New Hypersonic Missile Will Hit Targets 1,000 Miles Away In Under 12 Minutes

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 13, 2020

All The Ways The F-35 Tried To Kill Its Pilot Prior To Eglin AFB Crash
U.S. Air Force

All The Ways The F-35 Tried To Kill Its Pilot Prior To Eglin AFB Crash

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 12, 2020

Boom Rolls Out Its XB-1 “Baby Boom” Supersonic Demonstrator Jet
U.S. Air Force

Boom Rolls Out Its XB-1 “Baby Boom” Supersonic Demonstrator Jet

By Joseph Trevithick, Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 12, 2020

Here’s The Full List Of Kit Offered To Finland If It Chooses F-35 Or Super Hornet
Air Forces

Here’s The Full List Of Kit Offered To Finland If It Chooses F-35 Or Super Hornet

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 9, 2020

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

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 9, 2020

RAF Tests Swarm Loaded With BriteCloud Electronic Warfare Decoys To Overwhelm Air Defenses
Royal Air Force

RAF Tests Swarm Loaded With BriteCloud Electronic Warfare Decoys To Overwhelm Air Defenses

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 8, 2020

Satellite Images Confirm Turkish F-16 Fighters Secretly Deployed To Azerbaijan
Turkish Air Force

Satellite Images Confirm Turkish F-16 Fighters Secretly Deployed To Azerbaijan

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 8, 2020

Russian Flight Test Center Flew A “Cabriolet” Su-57 Fighter Jet
Russian Air Force

Russian Flight Test Center Flew A “Cabriolet” Su-57 Fighter Jet

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 5, 2020

Watch This C-17 Crew Experience Sinister-Looking St. Elmo’s Fire
Royal Air Force

Watch This C-17 Crew Experience Sinister-Looking St. Elmo’s Fire

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 5, 2020

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

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
U.S. Air Force

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 3, 2020

Over A Dozen Companies Awarded Contracts For Air Force’s Skyborg Combat Drone Program
U.S. Air Force

Over A Dozen Companies Awarded Contracts For Air Force’s Skyborg Combat Drone Program

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 1, 2020

Russian Flanker Fighter Reportedly Downs Another With Its Cannon By Accident
Russian Air Force

Russian Flanker Fighter Reportedly Downs Another With Its Cannon By Accident

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 23, 2020

Chinese Air Force Video Depicting Bombers Attacking Guam Steals Scenes From Transformers
People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

Chinese Air Force Video Depicting Bombers Attacking Guam Steals Scenes From Transformers

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 21, 2020

State Department Wishes Air Force Happy Birthday With Pic Of Navy’s Blue Angels
U.S. Air Force

State Department Wishes Air Force Happy Birthday With Pic Of Navy’s Blue Angels

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Sep 18, 2020

Storm Clouds Gather Over F-35B Lightning As United Kingdom Prepares Defense Review
Royal Air Force

Storm Clouds Gather Over F-35B Lightning As United Kingdom Prepares Defense Review

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 16, 2020

The Air Force’s First Overseas-Based F-35A Unit Is Revealed And Now It Needs A Name
Royal Air Force

The Air Force’s First Overseas-Based F-35A Unit Is Revealed And Now It Needs A Name

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 15, 2020

The U.S. Air Force Has Secretly Flown A Demonstrator For Its Next-Generation Fighter
U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Air Force Has Secretly Flown A Demonstrator For Its Next-Generation Fighter

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Sep 15, 2020

Greece Is Buying French Rafale Fighters In Light Of Tensions With Turkey
Hellenic Air Force

Greece Is Buying French Rafale Fighters In Light Of Tensions With Turkey

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Sep 15, 2020

This Is The Royal Air Force’s First Aggressor Eurofighter Typhoon
Royal Air Force

This Is The Royal Air Force’s First Aggressor Eurofighter Typhoon

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Sep 11, 2020

MQ-9 Reaper, Howitzer, Rocket Toting F-16 All Shoot Down Mock Cruise Missiles In Huge Test
U.S. Air Force

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

Video Reportedly Shows Russian Pilot On The Ground In Libya After Ejecting
Russian Air Force

Video Reportedly Shows Russian Pilot On The Ground In Libya After Ejecting

By Thomas Newdick and Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 8, 2020

The Air Force Just Tested “Robot Dogs” For Use In Base Security
U.S. Air Force

The Air Force Just Tested “Robot Dogs” For Use In Base Security

By Brett Tingley and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 7, 2020

B-52 Bombers Fly Unprecedented Patrol Along Edge Of Russian-Controlled Territory In Ukraine (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

B-52 Bombers Fly Unprecedented Patrol Along Edge Of Russian-Controlled Territory In Ukraine (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 4, 2020

Test Aircraft Have Been Lugging DARPA’s Prototype Hypersonic Cruise Missiles Around
U.S. Air Force

Test Aircraft Have Been Lugging DARPA’s Prototype Hypersonic Cruise Missiles Around

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 1, 2020

New Mobile Operations Center Used To Support B-2 Stealth Bomber Deployment To Diego Garcia
U.S. Air Force

New Mobile Operations Center Used To Support B-2 Stealth Bomber Deployment To Diego Garcia

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 1, 2020

Russian Su-27 Flew Into Danish Territory After Intercepting B-52 Bomber Over The Baltic Sea
Russian Air Force

Russian Su-27 Flew Into Danish Territory After Intercepting B-52 Bomber Over The Baltic Sea

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 31, 2020

Pentagon Releases Terrifying Video Of Russian Su-27 Turning Directly In Front Of A B-52
Russian Air Force

Pentagon Releases Terrifying Video Of Russian Su-27 Turning Directly In Front Of A B-52

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 31, 2020

Six B-52s Are Flying Over All 30 NATO Nations In An Unprecedented Show Of Force (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

Six B-52s Are Flying Over All 30 NATO Nations In An Unprecedented Show Of Force (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Aug 28, 2020

Wildfire Has Spread Onto Fairchild Air Force Base (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

Wildfire Has Spread Onto Fairchild Air Force Base (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 27, 2020

China Tests Long-Range Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles As U.S. Spy Plane Watches It All
U.S. Air Force

China Tests Long-Range Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles As U.S. Spy Plane Watches It All

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 27, 2020

China Freaks Out Over Supposed U-2 Spy Plane Flight Over Its Naval Exercise
U.S. Air Force

China Freaks Out Over Supposed U-2 Spy Plane Flight Over Its Naval Exercise

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 26, 2020

Air Force Wants New Ideas To Help Make It Easier For Female Fighter Pilots To Pee In Flight
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Wants New Ideas To Help Make It Easier For Female Fighter Pilots To Pee In Flight

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 25, 2020

Six B-52 Strategic Bombers Fly Alongside Norwegian Fighters In A Clear Signal To Russia
Norwegian Air Force

Six B-52 Strategic Bombers Fly Alongside Norwegian Fighters In A Clear Signal To Russia

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 24, 2020

Air Force’s Mayhem Project Tied To Hypersonic Engines For Planes Such As The SR-72
U.S. Air Force

Air Force’s Mayhem Project Tied To Hypersonic Engines For Planes Such As The SR-72

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 23, 2020

Image Shows Russia Extending Runway At Arctic Base, Could Support Fighter Jets, Bombers
Russian Air Force

Image Shows Russia Extending Runway At Arctic Base, Could Support Fighter Jets, Bombers

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 21, 2020

Air Force Eyes Adding Nuclear-Armed Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicles To Its Future ICBMs
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Eyes Adding Nuclear-Armed Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicles To Its Future ICBMs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 19, 2020

Trio Of B-2 Stealth Bombers Deployed To The Island Of Diego Garcia As Seen From Space
U.S. Air Force

Trio Of B-2 Stealth Bombers Deployed To The Island Of Diego Garcia As Seen From Space

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 19, 2020

Two MQ-9 Reaper Drones Collide Over Syria After Days Of Sightings From Those On The Ground
U.S. Air Force

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

Australia’s Loyal Wingman Drone It’s Developing With Boeing Has Been Photographed In The Wild
Royal Australian Air Force

Australia’s Loyal Wingman Drone It’s Developing With Boeing Has Been Photographed In The Wild

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Aug 18, 2020

Air Force One Just Had A Near Miss With A Drone According To Reporter Onboard (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

Air Force One Just Had A Near Miss With A Drone According To Reporter Onboard (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 18, 2020

New Chinese Air-Launched Glide Weapon Designed To Be An Airfield Killer
People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

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

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Aug 17, 2020

Israeli Air Force Jets Touch Down In Germany For Historic Air Combat Exercise
Israeli Air Force

Israeli Air Force Jets Touch Down In Germany For Historic Air Combat Exercise

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Aug 17, 2020

Is The Stargazer Air-Launch Mothership About To Test A Secretive Air Force Payload?
U.S. Air Force

Is The Stargazer Air-Launch Mothership About To Test A Secretive Air Force Payload?

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 13, 2020