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F-35B Austere Operations STOVL
F-35

Inside How The Marine’s Island-Hopping F-35B Playbook Is Being Written

By James Deboer

Posted on Jan 18, 2023

DARPA’s New X-Plane Aims To Maneuver With Nothing But Bursts Of Air
Unmanned

DARPA’s New X-Plane Aims To Maneuver With Nothing But Bursts Of Air

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 18, 2023

Error, Malfunction, Sabotage Investigated As Possible Fatal Ukrainian Helicopter Crash Causes (Updated)
Helicopters

Error, Malfunction, Sabotage Investigated As Possible Fatal Ukrainian Helicopter Crash Causes (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 18, 2023

Army Wants Supersonic Cruise Missile Interceptor For Its New Air Defense System
Air-Launched Hypersonic Missiles

Army Wants Supersonic Cruise Missile Interceptor For Its New Air Defense System

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 17, 2023

Mi-28 Missile
Russian Air Force

Russia’s Mi-28NM Attack Helicopter Seen Using New Anti-Armor Missile In Ukraine

By Piotr Butowski

Posted on Jan 17, 2023

Kh-22 Ukraine
Russian Air Force

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Says It Has No Defense Against Russia’s Kh-22 Missiles

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 17, 2023

People's Army of Vietnam trains with RC planed during military exercise
Unmanned

Vietnamese Soldiers Train With Radio-Controlled ‘Adversary’ Planes

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jan 14, 2023

JAGM-MR
Air-To-Ground

How Lockheed Doubled The Range Of Its Joint Air-To-Ground Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 13, 2023

ODNI report
U.S. Air Force

Highly Anticipated Government Report On UFOs Very Thin On New Details

By Oliver Parken, Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 13, 2023

B21 Raider vs B2
NGAD

The B-21 Raider Is And Isn’t A ‘B-2 Spirit 2.0’

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 11, 2023

F-35 Technology Refresh 3
F-35

F-35 Has Flown With Its New Computer Backbone For The First Time

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jan 11, 2023

Unique Sensor Setup Emerges On Turkey’s Stealthy New Fighter
Airborne Sensors

Unique Sensor Setup Emerges On Turkey’s Stealthy New Fighter

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 10, 2023

F-35 Canada
F-35

Canada Closes Deal For 88 F-35s To Finally Replace Its Aging CF-18s

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jan 10, 2023

CENTCOM's Air Force innovation Task Force 99
U.S. Air Force

Task Force 99 Is Small, Agile, And Laser Focused On Its Own Backyard

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jan 10, 2023

‘Retired’ F-117 Nighthawks Will Fly For Another Decade
F-117

‘Retired’ F-117 Nighthawks Will Fly For Another Decade

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 9, 2023

Su57 Ukraine Russia
Su-57

Su-57 Felon Fighters Are Flying Ukraine Combat Missions: U.K. Intel

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 9, 2023

Air Gunnery on rails training WWI
Royal Air Force

WWI Aircrews Trained In These Moving Cockpits On Rails To Learn Aerial Gunnery

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jan 6, 2023

B-2 GPS Guided Munition
B-2

The B-2’s Little-Known GAM Weapon Was The First Satellite-Guided Bomb

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 5, 2023

HH-60W Jolly Green II on first operational deployment
HH-60

HH-60W Jolly Green II Helicopters Sent To Africa On First Deployment

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jan 5, 2023

S. Korea Drones
Unmanned

North Korean Drone Entered No-Fly Zone Over President’s Office In Seoul

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 5, 2023

Iranian Shahed-136 drone
Loitering Munitions

Ukraine Situation Report: More Iranian Kamikaze Drones Headed To Russia Says Kyiv

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 5, 2023

Russian Aerial Bomb With Mysterious Wing Kit Strapped To It Surfaces
Su-34

Russian Aerial Bomb With Mysterious Wing Kit Strapped To It Surfaces

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 5, 2023

RC-26B
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

RC-26 Condor Surveillance Planes Meet The End Of Their U.S. Military Career

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 4, 2023

U.S. Army AH-64E Apaches Now Flying With New Laser Countermeasures
AH-64

U.S. Army AH-64E Apaches Now Flying With New Laser Countermeasures

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 3, 2023

F-35 New Radar
F-35

F-35 Will Get New Radar Under Massive Upgrade Initiative (Updated)

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jan 3, 2023

Navy Buys XQ-58A Valkyries For Secretive ‘Killer’ Drone Project
XQ-58

Navy Buys XQ-58A Valkyries For Secretive ‘Killer’ Drone Project

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 2, 2023

WZ-7 Soaring Dragon China
Japan Air Self Defense Force

Japanese Fighters Intercept China’s High-Flying WZ-7 Drone For First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 2, 2023

SHANDONG CV-17
Flankers

Mock Attack On U.S. Navy Vessels Underway During Chinese Fighter’s ‘Unsafe Intercept’

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 30, 2022

Intercept China US South China Sea
Flankers

Pentagon Releases Video Of Chinese J-11 Fighter Making ‘Unsafe Intercept’ On U.S. Jet

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Dec 30, 2022

Engels Drone Strike Ukraine Russia
Russian Air Force

Ukraine Situation Report: No Damage Seen At Russian Bomber Base After Drone Attacks

By Howard Altman

Posted on Dec 30, 2022

F-15K Slam Eagle
F-15

South Korea To Spend Billions Upgrading Its F-15K Slam Eagle Fighters

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 29, 2022

Lockheed protest Flraa Bell
FLRAA

Sikorsky Is Formally Protesting Army’s Black Hawk Replacement Choice

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Dec 28, 2022

Osprey Cobra Marines
F-35

How Marines Went To War Off California To Prepare For A Big Pacific Fight

By James Deboer

Posted on Dec 28, 2022

USAF First F-16 kill
F-16

First AIM-120 AMRAAM And U.S. F-16 Kill Happened 30 Years Ago

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 28, 2022

USMC’s New CH-53K King Stallion Cleared For Full-Rate Production
CH-53K

USMC’s New CH-53K King Stallion Cleared For Full-Rate Production

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Dec 28, 2022

The U.S. can learn lessons from Israel operates its F-35I fleet.
F-35

Israel Has Grounded Some Of Its F-35s After Texas Crash

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Dec 27, 2022

Korean Air Force Scramble
Light Air Support

First North Korean Drone Intrusion In Five Years Spurs South To Scramble

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 26, 2022

Ukraine Seizes Ka-26 Helicopter At Hungarian Border Crossing
Helicopters

Ukraine Seizes Ka-26 Helicopter At Hungarian Border Crossing

By Stetson Payne, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 24, 2022

Ukraine Asked For 100 A-10 Warthogs Just Weeks After Russia’s Invasion
A-10

Ukraine Asked For 100 A-10 Warthogs Just Weeks After Russia’s Invasion

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 23, 2022

NEW J-20
J-20

This Could Be Our First Glimpse Of China’s Enhanced J-20 Stealth Fighter

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 23, 2022

Chinese Drone Mothership
Unmanned

China’s Naval Mothership For Aerial Drones Looks To Be Operational

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 23, 2022

Japan Air Self-Defense Force's RQ-4B takes maiden flight
RQ-4

Japan Flies Its RQ-4 Global Hawk For The First Time

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Dec 22, 2022

The F-35B Can Eject Its Pilot Automatically
F-35

The F-35B Can Eject Its Pilot Automatically

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 22, 2022

B-2 Spirit Bomber prepares for take-off at Whiteman Air Force Base
B-2

Runway At Whiteman AFB Reopens After B-2 Landing Incident

By Emma Helfrich

Updated on Dec 21, 2022

F22 JB
F-22

F-22 Test Pilot Details The Raptor’s Incredible Speed

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 21, 2022

Army and Air Force team up to simulate hot pit refueling an M1A2 Abrams tank with a C-130J Super Hercules
C-130

C-130 Simulates Refueling M1 Abrams Tank During Exercise

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Dec 21, 2022

Newest Air Force E-11A BACN Networking Jet Deploys To Saudi Arabia
E-11

Newest Air Force E-11A BACN Networking Jet Deploys To Saudi Arabia

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 20, 2022

Was A High-Altitude Airship Spotted Recently Near The South China Sea?

Was A High-Altitude Airship Spotted Recently Near The South China Sea?

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 20, 2022

B-2 Spirit Stealth bomber still damaged on Whiteman Air Force Base's only runway
B-2

Crashed B-2 Still Blocking Whiteman AFB’s Runway, Spirit Fleet Grounded

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Dec 19, 2022

THAI CORVETTE TOPSHOT
Search And Rescue

Thai Warship Sinks After Power Loss In Heavy Storm, Dozens Still Missing (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 19, 2022

Mayhem Hypersonic Strike-Recon Jet Contract Awarded To Leidos
SR-72

Mayhem Hypersonic Strike-Recon Jet Contract Awarded To Leidos

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 17, 2022

FCAS NGF
Fighters

European Future Combat Air Program Wants Demonstrators Flying By 2029

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 16, 2022

JDAM Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. Air Force

What Joint Direct Attack Munitions Could Do For Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 15, 2022

Intense Video Emerges Of Today’s F-35B Crash At Fort Worth
F-35

Intense Video Emerges Of Today’s F-35B Crash At Fort Worth

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 15, 2022

Air War Ukraine
MiG-29

A MiG-29 Pilot’s Inside Account Of The Changing Air War Over Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 15, 2022

B-1B Bomber’s New Ultra Long-Range Focus Hints At Future B-21 Ops
B-1

B-1B Bomber’s New Ultra Long-Range Focus Hints At Future B-21 Ops

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 14, 2022

Royal Australian Navy's Ghost Shark drone submarine
Testbeds

This Is Australia’s Testbed For Its Upcoming ‘Ghost Shark’ Unmanned Combat Submarines

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Dec 14, 2022

Ex-Marine Pilot Allegedly Tried To Source T-2 Carrier Trainer Jet For China
Naval Aviation

Ex-Marine Pilot Allegedly Tried To Source T-2 Carrier Trainer Jet For China

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 14, 2022

Inside Ukraine’s Desperate Fight Against Drones With MiG-29 Pilot “Juice”
MiG-29

Inside Ukraine’s Desperate Fight Against Drones With MiG-29 Pilot “Juice”

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 13, 2022

KF-21 bunker buster
Air Force Munitions

South Korea’s KF-21 Fighter Will Get A New Bunker-Busting Cruise Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 13, 2022

ATB Skunk Works Lockheed Senior Peg
B-2

This Is What Lockheed’s Stealth Bomber Would Have Looked Like

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 13, 2022

Whiteman Air Force Base's only runway closed
B-2

Runway At Whiteman AFB Remains Closed After B-2 Bomber Accident

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Dec 12, 2022

Success! Air Force’s First Hypersonic Weapon Completes Full Test With Flying Colors
B-52

Success! Air Force’s First Hypersonic Weapon Completes Full Test With Flying Colors

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 12, 2022

B-2 Whiteman
B-2

B-2 Stealth Bomber Damaged During Emergency Landing

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 11, 2022