Air (Page 41)

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

Mi8/Mi-17

Ex-Afghan Air Force Mi-17 Helicopters Are Now Flying For Ukraine

Posted on Jun 2, 2022

NGAD

Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance ‘Fighter’ Program Enters New Stage

Posted on Jun 2, 2022

Q-1

U.S. Plans To Sell Ukraine Armed MQ-1C Gray Eagle Drones: Report

Posted on Jun 1, 2022

CH-47

Germany Picks Chinook Over King Stallion For New Heavy-Lift Helicopter

Posted on Jun 1, 2022

Unmanned

Estonian-Russian Citizen Tried To Smuggle Commercial Drones To The Russian Army

Posted on Jun 1, 2022

Helicopters

Russian Ka-52 Attack Helicopter’s Ludicrous Stunt Nearly Ends In Disaster

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 31, 2022

Remembering The Navy’s Doomed Aircraft-Carrying Airships

Posted on May 27, 2022

Mi8/Mi-17

Inside Ukraine’s Daring Helicopter Missions Into Russian-Occupied Mariupol

Posted on May 25, 2022

A-10

New Wings For A-10s Arrive As Air Force Wants Warthogs Retired In Five Years

Posted on May 25, 2022

MiG-21

Romania Orders Its Grounded MiG-21 Lancers Back Into The Air

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 25, 2022

Switchblade

Watch This Switchblade Suicide Drone Attack A Russian Tank In Ukraine

Posted on May 25, 2022

Swarms

28-Drone Swarm Just Led The Way For A Simulated Air Assault Mission

Posted on May 24, 2022

Su-25

63-Year-Old Retired Russian Fighter Pilot Shot Down In Su-25 Over Ukraine

Posted on May 24, 2022

B-21

B-21 Raider’s First Flight Has Been Grounded Until 2023

By Oliver Parken

Posted on May 24, 2022

The An-225, known as Mryia, taking off from Ukraine.

Transports

$800M Needed To Build A New An-225 Mriya Cargo Jet Zelensky Says

Posted on May 23, 2022

Navy Ship Drone Swarm 2019 Southern California UAP

Swarms

Navy Ships Swarmed By Drones, Not UFOs, Defense Officials Confirm

By Adam Kehoe

Posted on May 21, 2022

Air Combat Exercises

Air Force’s Black Flag Test Exercise Goes International With Focus On China

Posted on May 20, 2022

160th SOAR "Nightstalkers"

This Is Our Best Look Yet At The MH-6’s Plank-Mounted Machine Gun

Posted on May 20, 2022

Su-57

Let’s Talk About The Rumors That Russia’s Su-57 Is Participating In The War In Ukraine

Posted on May 20, 2022

Q-1

Eaglet Air-Launched Drone Aims To Help Its Mothership Survive In Army Tests

Posted on May 19, 2022

MH-6/AH-6

Little Bird’s Future Laid Out In New Night Stalkers Aviation Plan

Posted on May 19, 2022

An artist's conception of a drone swarm overlaid on a map of Taiwan.

Swarms

Massive Drone Swarm Over Strait Decisive In Taiwan Conflict Wargames

Posted on May 19, 2022

Transports

Cargo Hauling Ekranoplan X-Plane Being Developed By DARPA

Posted on May 19, 2022

A Russian-backed separatist holds what is claimed to be an improvised counter-drone system.

Unmanned

Russian-Backed Separatist Shows Off Questionable Homemade Counter-Drone Jamming Gun

Posted on May 19, 2022

Israeli Air Force

No, U.S. Tankers Didn’t Refuel Israeli Jets Taking Part In Iran Strike Exercise

Posted on May 18, 2022

Bombers

Now There’s A Drum Magazine For Dropping Multiple Bombs From Commercial Drones

Posted on May 17, 2022

Japan Air Self Defense Force

Did America Just Miss Its Chance To Help Build Japan’s Future Fighter?

Posted on May 17, 2022

B-52

B-52 Successfully Tests Hypersonic Missile After Three Failed Tries (Updated)

Posted on May 17, 2022

Israeli Air Force

S-300 Surface-To-Air Missile Fired At Israeli Jets Over Syria For First Time: Report

Posted on May 17, 2022

Helicopters

Russia’s Ka-52 Attack Helicopters Have A Serious Vibration Problem

Posted on May 16, 2022

KC-135

KC-135R Tanker Autopilots Still Suffering From Dangerous Anomalies

Posted on May 13, 2022

Royal Australian Air Force

Chinese Spy Ship Makes First Appearance Near Australian Submarine Communications Base

Posted on May 13, 2022

Air-To-Ground

Truck-Mounted Brimstone Missile Launcher Emerges In Ukraine

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 12, 2022

Tu-22

We May Have Our First Sight Of A Russian Bomber Launching Missiles At Ukraine

Posted on May 11, 2022

Royal Australian Air Force

Australia’s New MC-55 Peregrine Electronic Warfare Jet Breaks Cover (Updated)

Posted on May 11, 2022

Q-9

New Kit Will Allow MQ-9 Reaper To Fly From Navy Flattops

Posted on May 11, 2022

Helicopters

Chinese Z-10 Attack Helicopter Flew Into Taiwan’s Air Defense Zone For First Time (Updated)

Posted on May 10, 2022

Eight US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III airlifters at Bardufoss Air Station in Norway on May 10, 2022. The inset is a screen shot from an online flight tracking website showing the aircraft leaving Norway.

C-17

Conga Line Of C-17s Spotted Heading South Over Europe From Norway (Updated)

Posted on May 10, 2022

Switchblade

Tank-Busting Switchblade 600 Drones Have Not Arrived In Ukraine

Posted on May 10, 2022

Typhoon

This Is Our First Look At A Typhoon Fighter Jet In Qatari Colors

Posted on May 10, 2022

KC-46

KC-46 Crew Flies Air Mobility Command’s Longest Flight Ever

By Oliver Parken

Posted on May 10, 2022

A-6

Navy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair II

Posted on May 9, 2022

F-35

Blistering Highlights From The Latest F-35 Sustainment Hearing

Posted on May 9, 2022

Su-27

Ukraine Strikes Back: Su-27s Bomb Occupied Snake Island In Daring Raid

By Stetson Payne

Posted on May 7, 2022

Su-27

Area 51 Test Pilot Died During Heroic Su-27 Flight: Report

Posted on May 7, 2022

A Serna-class LCU in a Bayraktar TB2's viewfinder.

TB-2

Ukraine Situation Report: TB2s Strike Russian SAM-Carrying Landing Craft At Snake Island

By Stetson Payne

Posted on May 7, 2022

Laser Guided Rockets

What Will Fire The Laser-Guided Rockets Donated To Ukraine Is Still A Mystery

Posted on May 7, 2022

F-14 Tomcat lost air show demonstration tapes

F-14

Behold The Lost F-14 Tomcat Demo Tapes

By Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka

Posted on May 6, 2022

A screen shot of a clip from the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick showing a fictional hypersonic aircraft that Lockheed Martin helped craft.

SR-72

Skunk Works Helped Create The Darkstar Jet For Top Gun: Maverick

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 6, 2022

UH-60

Ukraine Invasion Opens Eastern European Door For U.S. Helicopters

Posted on May 5, 2022

An-225

An-225 Mriya’s First Pilot On The Tragic Destruction Of The World’s Biggest Plane

Posted on May 4, 2022

NGAD

The Air Force Has Abandoned Its 386 Squadron Goal

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 4, 2022

U.S. Air Force

Watch The Air Force’s New Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Snap A Vessel In Two (Updated)

Posted on May 2, 2022

VH-3

VH-92 Closer To Being ‘Marine One’ But Comms System Could Still Cause Delays

Posted on May 2, 2022

TB-2

Ukraine Claims TB2 Drones Sunk Russian Patrol Boats Off Snake Island (Updated)

Posted on May 2, 2022

A rendering of a notional self-propelled large-caliber gun capable of firing hypervelocity projectiles at incoming missiles.

U.S. Air Force

Railgun Ammo-Firing Cannon Being Eyed By Air Force For Cruise Missile Defense (Updated)

Posted on May 1, 2022

Air-To-Ground

Mariupol Is An Urban Hellscape Now

By Stetson Payne

Posted on May 1, 2022

F-15

The Air Force’s New Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Has Sunk Its First Vessel

Posted on Apr 30, 2022

KC-46

E-4B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Dwarfs A KC-46 In These Stunning Refueling Shots

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 29, 2022

USAF Simulator Train B52 KC135 Fairchild2

B-52

The B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold War

Updated on Apr 29, 2022

Air-To-Ground

Brimstone Precision-Guided Missiles Are Headed To Ukraine Within Weeks

Posted on Apr 28, 2022

T-7

Boeing Unveils First T-7A Red Hawk Training Jet For The Air Force