Air (Page 2)

Posted on Oct 30, 2026

UCAVs

Highlights From North Korea’s Drone-A-Palooza

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 30, 2026

F-16

USAF F-16s Back On Alert Duty In Aleutian Islands For First Time In Decades

Posted on Oct 30, 2026

General Atomics Developing Strike-Recon Flying Wing Called NextGen That Uses Hybrid-Electric Propulsion

Posted on Oct 30, 2026

Japan Air Self Defense Force

Japan To Assemble AMRAAM Missiles As U.S. Moves To Dramatically Boost AIM-120 Production

Posted on Oct 29, 2026

MiG-29

Polish MiG-29s, F-16 Cannon Ammo Reportedly Headed To Ukraine As Bitter Warsaw-Kyiv Rift Heals

Posted on Oct 29, 2026

Let’s Talk About The U.S. Target Drone Iran Claims To Have Recovered Intact

Posted on Oct 29, 2026

Transports

China’s CE-25A Electric Commuter Airliner Demonstrator Emerges

Posted on Oct 28, 2026

Flankers

Ethiopia Gets 12 Russian Su-35 Fighters, Eyes S-400 Air Defenses

Posted on Oct 28, 2026

U.S. Air Force

Hardened Shelters Critical To Survival Of USAF’s Tanker Fleet: Study

Posted on Oct 28, 2026

SR-71

Confessions Of An SR-71 Blackbird Pilot

Posted on Oct 28, 2026

Search And Rescue

Ukraine’s StarGate Drone Now Evacuating Wounded Soldiers

Posted on Oct 27, 2026

ARRW

USAF Orders ARRW Hypersonic Missile Into Production, The Same Weapon It Nearly Cancelled

Posted on Oct 27, 2026

Military Aviation History

Britain’s Final Plan To Kill Argentina’s Super Étendard Attack Jets

By Mariano Sciaroni

Posted on Oct 26, 2026

Israeli Air Force

On The Brink Of Epic Fury Round Two?

Posted on Oct 23, 2026

General Atomics FQ-42 CCA Drone Production Ramp Up To Be Boosted By Boeing Subsidiary

Posted on Oct 23, 2026

Air-To-Ground

Denmark To Buy Anthem Munitions, Joint Strike Missiles In Dual Long-Range Strike Push

Posted on Oct 23, 2026

B-21

USAF Confirms Bombers Could Have A Major Air-To-Air Combat Role

Posted on Oct 22, 2026

Airborne Radar

Four KJ-3000 Radar Jets At Chinese Factory Point To Serial Production

Posted on Oct 22, 2026

Air Force Munitions

Ground-Launched Rusty Dagger Low-Cost Cruise Missile Seen For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 22, 2026

A-4

A-4 ‘Super’ Skyhawks Playing The Bad Guys In European Skies

Posted on Oct 22, 2026

F/A-18E/F

Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Spotted Carrying New AIM-174B And AIM-260 Long-Range Missiles Together

Posted on Oct 21, 2026

F-16

Any Decision To Buy New-Build F-16s Not An “Urgent” Priority: USAF

Posted on Oct 21, 2026

KC-10

Retired KC-10 Extender Tanker Has Risen From Boneyard To Fly Again

Posted on Oct 20, 2026

Major Ukrainian Arms Maker Rethinking Future Reliance On Starlink

Posted on Oct 20, 2026

MQ-28

Germany Drops Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat Rapid Procurement Plan

Posted on Oct 19, 2026

Airborne Sensors

Army’s Plan To Launch Hundreds Of Balloons Into Enemy Territory If A Future Conflict Breaks Out

Posted on Oct 19, 2026

B-21

We Finally Know The B-21 Raider’s True Wingspan

Posted on Oct 19, 2026

Search And Rescue

Aerial Drones Appear To Be Picking Up Wounded Off The Battlefield In Ukraine

Posted on Oct 19, 2026

F-22 Pilot Controls FQ-44 Fighter Drone From The Cockpit For The First Time

Posted on Oct 16, 2026

The Army’s Plan For Employing LUCAS Kamikaze Drones Against Its Adversaries

Posted on Oct 16, 2026

Royal Canadian Air Force

Canada’s Snowbirds Say Farewell To The CT-114 Tutor Jet

Posted on Oct 16, 2026

C-130

First C-130J For Navy’s New E-130J Phoenix II Ballistic Submarine Communications Fleet Delivered

Posted on Oct 16, 2026

Helicopters

MQ-72C Cargo Helicopter Drone Capabilities Demonstrated For U.S. Army

Posted on Oct 15, 2026

Air-launched hypersonic boost glide vehicles

New Montana “Super Range” Complex Could Add Critical Weapons Testing Capacity

Posted on Oct 15, 2026

Airborne Sensors

High Altitude Balloons Are A “Game-Changing” Capability: Army Space Command Boss

Posted on Oct 14, 2026

F-35C

F-35C Makes First Arrested Landing Aboard A Ford Class Carrier

Posted on Oct 14, 2026

Airbus Details Progress With Lakota Connector Uncrewed Cargo Helicopter

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Oct 14, 2026

H-60

Sikorsky Aiming For Black Hawk ‘Nose Jobs’ To Be Available Within The Next Year

Posted on Oct 14, 2026

General Atomics’ Mojave Drone Completes Austere Testing in Korea

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Oct 13, 2026

Drones Are Creating New Opportunities For The U.S. Army To Deceive Its Enemies

Posted on Oct 13, 2026

XQ-58

European U740 Variant Of The XQ-58A Valkyrie Has Flown

Posted on Oct 12, 2026

B-52

B-52 To Get Stealthy AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles

Posted on Oct 9, 2026

KC-10

Retired KC-10 Extender Tankers Could Get A Second Life With North African Mystery Operator

Posted on Oct 8, 2026

F-35A

U.S. Makes F-35 Push As Portugal Weighs F-16 Replacement

Posted on Oct 8, 2026

Navy Doubles Down On X-BAT VTOL ‘Fighter’ Drone Development

Posted on Oct 8, 2026

Sikorsky’s “Black Hawk 2070” Strategy Includes Drones, New Engines, And Flying The Pilotless U-Hawk This Year

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Oct 8, 2026

F-47

How The Groundwork For F-47 Flight Testing Is Being Laid

Posted on Oct 7, 2026

B-1

Glaring Lack Of Investment In Aircraft Shelters Highlighted By B-1B’s Sudden Retreat From U.K. Airbase

Posted on Oct 7, 2026

SR-71

Could NASA’s SR-71 Blackbird Be Modified To Reach Mach 4?

By Howard Altman, Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 7, 2026

F-16

First F-16 Block 72 Has Flown

Posted on Oct 6, 2026

Air-launched hypersonic cruise missiles

First Release Of USAF’s New HACM Hypersonic Cruise Missile Has Happened Over Australian Range

Posted on Oct 5, 2026

Manned ISR

Spain Picks Airbus A321 For New Electronic Intelligence Aircraft

Posted on Oct 5, 2026

P-3

The P-3 Orion Airborne Early Warning Aircraft Has Flown Its Last Mission

Posted on Oct 5, 2026

B-1

B-1B Bombers Make Hasty Departure From England

Posted on Oct 5, 2026

Northrop Grumman’s Talon Blue Collaborative Combat Aircraft Has Flown

Updated on Oct 3, 2026

F/A-18E/F

All The Weapons A Single Navy Fighter Squadron Launched During Operation Epic Fury

Posted on Oct 2, 2026

SR-71

Former SR-71 Engineer Talks NASA’s Blackbird Revival Program

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 2, 2026

Q-9

Hunt For MQ-9 Reaper Successor Surprisingly Includes Exotic Aircraft Manufacturer Otto Aerospace

Posted on Oct 2, 2026

F-16

Taiwan’s First F-16 Block 70s Have Finally Arrived

Posted on Oct 2, 2026

F/A-18E/F

AIM-260 JATM Missile Spotted On Australian Super Hornet

Posted on Oct 1, 2026

SR-71

Lessons Learned From Getting An SR-71 In The Air Again May Be As Valuable As Its Flight Test Data

Posted on Sep 30, 2026

F-15

F-15EX May Finally Get Missile Warning System The USAF Originally Skimped On Buying