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Posted on Jul 17, 2022

U.S. Air Force

This Is What Top Missile Defense Executives Just Said About UFOs

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 16, 2022

Artist's conceptions of a pair of new drone designs that BAE Systems unveiled at the RIAT 2022 air show.

Unmanned

New Unmanned Combat Aircraft Designs Revealed By BAE Systems

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 15, 2022

Lackland's newest F-16 students take on Coronet Cactus

U.S. Air Force

Plan To Train Ukrainian Pilots On U.S. Jets Passed By House Of Representatives

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 15, 2022

A Northrop Grumman AN/APG-83 radar installed on an F-16 Viper fighter jet.

F-16

New Radars Are Giving Old Air Force F-16s Capabilities Like Never Before

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 15, 2022

Royal Air Force

Why The Legacy Of Robin Olds Lives On In Today’s Fighter Pilots

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 14, 2022

F-16

New B61-12 Bomb’s Precision Unusable By Some Nuclear Strike Jets

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 14, 2022

MV-22

New CMV-22B Osprey “A Game-Changer,” Says Navy Air Boss

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 14, 2022

Graphics depicting possible basing concepts for the Cold War-era MX missile program overlaid on top of a rendering of the Air Force's future LGM-35A ICBM.

U.S. Air Force

Firing ICBMs From Lakes, Tunnels Considered Before Air Force Picked New Missile

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 14, 2022

ARRW

The U.S. Just Racked Up Two Successful Hypersonic Missile Tests

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jul 14, 2022

HH-60

Army Black Hawk Spotted With New Sensor That Sees What Pilots Can’t

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jul 14, 2022

FARA

Nearly Complete Invictus Armed Scout Helicopter Looks Wicked In New Photos

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 13, 2022

Loitering Munitions

Russia Getting Iranian Attack Drones Would Be A Very Big Deal

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 12, 2022

A depiction of an F-35A Joint Strike Fighter flying together with various different drone designs as part of a distributed manned-unmanned team.

Loyal Wingman

Vision For Future Manned-Unmanned Air Combat Laid Out By Skunk Works

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 12, 2022

Naval Aviation

This Wacky Wireframe Fighter Replica Is Used On India’s Newest Carrier

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jul 12, 2022

A picture of an Airbus Zephyr S drone in flight with an inset showing flight tracking data from July 11 with various numbers, letters, and other items 'written' in it.

Unmanned

Airbus’s Zephyr Drone Looks To Have Just Broken A Huge Aviation Record

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 12, 2022

Unmanned

Video Of Ukraine’s Missile Attack On Russian-Occupied Black Sea Gas Rig Emerges

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 11, 2022

U.S. Air Force

First Laser Weapon For A Fighter Delivered To The Air Force

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 11, 2022

Topgun

This Is The Navy Weaponry That Top Gun 2’s Box Office Haul Could Buy

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 9, 2022

H-20

First Flight For China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Could Be Imminent: Report

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 8, 2022

B-1

These Photos From The B-1B’s Latest Guam Deployment Are Just Ridiculous

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 7, 2022

Lithuania To Deliver Turkish-Made Bayraktar TB2 Drone To Ukraine

TB-2

Ukraine Situation Report: Lithuania’s Crowdfunded TB2 Drone Heads To The Fight

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jul 7, 2022

U.S. Air Force

Reentry Vehicle Test For America’s New ICBM Failed Just After Launch

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jul 7, 2022

MiG-29

Ukraine May Finally Get Slovakia’s MiG-29s Thanks To Czech Air Patrol Deal

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 6, 2022

China is aquiring weapons 5-6 times fast than US

U.S. Air Force

China Acquiring New Weapons Five Times Faster Than U.S. Warns Top Official

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 6, 2022

Republic of Korea Air Force

South Korea Readies Its KF-21 Next-Generation Fighter Jet For Takeoff

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 5, 2022

MV-22

Harrowing Video Of Deadly 2017 MV-22 Osprey Crash Emerges

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 3, 2022

Unmanned

Zephyr Drone Has Been Flying For 17 Days From Arizona To Belize

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 1, 2022

Optical Bar Camera film retirement U2 Beale

U-2

The U-2 Dragon Lady Finally Says Goodbye To Film Cameras At Beale AFB

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 1, 2022

KC-135

Air Force’s First ‘New’ Constant Phoenix Nuke-Sniffing Jet Has Flown

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jun 30, 2022

FARA

Raider X High-Speed Helicopter Brandishes Weapons As It Takes Shape

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jun 30, 2022

Fighters

Blending Live Enemies With Virtual Ones Is Transforming The Way Fighter Pilots Train

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jun 29, 2022

Unmanned

Tu-143 Missile-Like Drone Downed In Russian Territory Near Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 29, 2022

NGAD

Next Generation Air Dominance ‘Fighter’ Is Still Being Competed

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 28, 2022

BAMS-D Global Hawks return home after 13-year mission.

Q-4

Navy’s Global Hawks Come Home After Unexpected 13-Year Deployment

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jun 24, 2022

French Air Force

France Bids Its Classic Mirage 2000C Fighter Jet Adieu

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 23, 2022

An artist's conception of a US Air Force EC-37B Compass Cal jet, with an existing EC-130H Compass call aircraft depicted in the background.

C-37

Congress Pushes For More Air Force EC-37 Electronic Warfare Jets

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 23, 2022

U.S. Air Force

Here’s What’s In The House’s Massive $37B Defense Budget Boost

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 22, 2022

Loitering Munitions

‘Kamikaze’ Drones Strike Russian Oil Refinery, Looks Like Model Sold On Alibaba

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 22, 2022

Q-1

Ukrainian Fighter Pilots Call B.S. On Need For Gray Eagle Drones

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 22, 2022

Russian Air Force's Mil Mi-8MTV-5 medium twin-turbine helicopter in flight

Mi8/Mi-17

NATO Member Estonia Says Russian Helicopter Intruded Into Its Airspace

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 22, 2022

F-22

Don’t Retire Oldest F-22 Raptors, Upgrade Them, Demands Congress

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 21, 2022

A Hawker Hunter takes off during Northern Edge, May 20, 2019, from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge is an exercise showcasing the lethality of joint forces and the capabilities of U.S. forces in and around the Indo-Pacific region.

ATAC

Hawker Hunter Aggressor Jet Crashes Off North Carolina (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 20, 2022

Tankers

Tankers Charging Drones With Lasers The Focus Of New DARPA Program

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 19, 2022

F-35

F-35B Delivered By Offshore Supply Ship To NAS Pensacola

By Stetson Payne, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 18, 2022

Loitering Munitions

Flying A Suicide Drone From The Back Of A Marine Corps UH-1 Helicopter

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jun 18, 2022

A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft from the Vermont Air National Guards 134th Fighter Squadron alongwith another one (unseen) is seen on the tarmac after landing at the international airport Petrovec near Skopje, on June 17, 2022 as they practice Agile Combat Employment concepts while supporting NATOs collective defense throughout Southeastern Europe.

F-35

U.S. F-35As Brandish AIM-120 Missiles During Visit To North Macedonia

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 17, 2022

experience of multiple, intensive air combat sorties in the safety of a training environment.

EA-18G

Navy’s Peculiar Plan To Retire EA-18 Growlers Is Up In The Air

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 17, 2022

U.S. Air Force

Cascading Issues Keeping Air Force, Navy Planes Grounded Watchdog Says

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 16, 2022

160th SOAR "Nightstalkers"

Nighttime U.S. Helicopter Raid Captures ‘Senior Daesh Leader’ In Syria (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 16, 2022

Swarms

Navy Releases Videos From Mysterious Drone Swarms Around Warships Off California

By Adam Kehoe and Marc Cecotti

Posted on Jun 15, 2022

A satellite image showing Tinian International Airport on the island of Tinian on June 6, 2022, with construction work visible on the northern side of the facility.

U.S. Air Force

Construction Of Airbase On Tinian Island In Case Guam Gets Knocked Out Has Begun

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 15, 2022

Special Operations Aviation

Elite British SAS Soldier’s Action-Packed Account Of The Falklands War

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 14, 2022

Air Forces

Swedish Air Force Pays Tribute To Spy Plane Crew Shot Down By Russia 70 Years Ago

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 14, 2022

Naval Aviation

Navy, Marine Aviation Takes ‘Safety Pause’ Today After Recent Crashes

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 13, 2022

MV-22

Marine Corps Identifies Five Killed In Southern California MV-22 Osprey Crash

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Jun 11, 2022

Swarms

Drone Swarms That Harassed Navy Ships Off California Demystified In New Documents

By Adam Kehoe and Marc Cecotti

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

Helicopters

Norway Is Done With Its Unreliable NH90 Helicopters, Wants $500M Back

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

MH-60/AH-60

Navy MH-60S Seahawk Helicopter Crashes In Southern California

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

A full-size mockup of the fictional Darkstar hypersonic aircraft that Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works helped create for the 2022 movie Top Gun: Maverick.

SR-72

Darkstar Mockup From Top Gun: Maverick Looks Wicked In New Video

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

T-38

SEAL-Doctor-Astronaut Jonny Kim Is Adding Pilot To His Crazy Resume

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

F-35

First F-35 Aggressor Dedicated To Replicating Chinese Threats Unveiled

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

F-35

Israel Has Extended The Range Of Its F-35s: Report

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

A picture of a unique and highly-modified Boeing 727 that Raytheon uses as testbed, with an inset showing online flight tracking data regarding an unusual flight the aircraft performed around the islands of Saipan and Tinian in the western Pacific in June 2022.

Manned ISR

Radar-Toting 727 Testbed “Voodoo 1” Appears Over Saipan

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

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Latest in Air

Iran Unveils Ominous New Naval ‘Drone-Carrier Division’

This Is What Top Missile Defense Executives Just Said About UFOs

New Unmanned Combat Aircraft Designs Revealed By BAE Systems

Plan To Train Ukrainian Pilots On U.S. Jets Passed By House Of Representatives

New Radars Are Giving Old Air Force F-16s Capabilities Like Never Before

Why The Legacy Of Robin Olds Lives On In Today’s Fighter Pilots

New B61-12 Bomb’s Precision Unusable By Some Nuclear Strike Jets

New CMV-22B Osprey “A Game-Changer,” Says Navy Air Boss

Firing ICBMs From Lakes, Tunnels Considered Before Air Force Picked New Missile

The U.S. Just Racked Up Two Successful Hypersonic Missile Tests

Army Black Hawk Spotted With New Sensor That Sees What Pilots Can’t

Nearly Complete Invictus Armed Scout Helicopter Looks Wicked In New Photos

Russia Getting Iranian Attack Drones Would Be A Very Big Deal

Vision For Future Manned-Unmanned Air Combat Laid Out By Skunk Works

This Wacky Wireframe Fighter Replica Is Used On India’s Newest Carrier

Airbus’s Zephyr Drone Looks To Have Just Broken A Huge Aviation Record

Video Of Ukraine’s Missile Attack On Russian-Occupied Black Sea Gas Rig Emerges

First Laser Weapon For A Fighter Delivered To The Air Force

This Is The Navy Weaponry That Top Gun 2’s Box Office Haul Could Buy

First Flight For China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Could Be Imminent: Report

These Photos From The B-1B’s Latest Guam Deployment Are Just Ridiculous

Ukraine Situation Report: Lithuania’s Crowdfunded TB2 Drone Heads To The Fight

Reentry Vehicle Test For America’s New ICBM Failed Just After Launch

Ukraine May Finally Get Slovakia’s MiG-29s Thanks To Czech Air Patrol Deal

China Acquiring New Weapons Five Times Faster Than U.S. Warns Top Official

South Korea Readies Its KF-21 Next-Generation Fighter Jet For Takeoff

Harrowing Video Of Deadly 2017 MV-22 Osprey Crash Emerges

Zephyr Drone Has Been Flying For 17 Days From Arizona To Belize

The U-2 Dragon Lady Finally Says Goodbye To Film Cameras At Beale AFB

Air Force’s First ‘New’ Constant Phoenix Nuke-Sniffing Jet Has Flown

Raider X High-Speed Helicopter Brandishes Weapons As It Takes Shape

Blending Live Enemies With Virtual Ones Is Transforming The Way Fighter Pilots Train

Tu-143 Missile-Like Drone Downed In Russian Territory Near Ukraine

Next Generation Air Dominance ‘Fighter’ Is Still Being Competed

Navy’s Global Hawks Come Home After Unexpected 13-Year Deployment

France Bids Its Classic Mirage 2000C Fighter Jet Adieu

Congress Pushes For More Air Force EC-37 Electronic Warfare Jets

Here’s What’s In The House’s Massive $37B Defense Budget Boost

‘Kamikaze’ Drones Strike Russian Oil Refinery, Looks Like Model Sold On Alibaba

Ukrainian Fighter Pilots Call B.S. On Need For Gray Eagle Drones

NATO Member Estonia Says Russian Helicopter Intruded Into Its Airspace

Don’t Retire Oldest F-22 Raptors, Upgrade Them, Demands Congress

Hawker Hunter Aggressor Jet Crashes Off North Carolina (Updated)

Tankers Charging Drones With Lasers The Focus Of New DARPA Program

F-35B Delivered By Offshore Supply Ship To NAS Pensacola

Flying A Suicide Drone From The Back Of A Marine Corps UH-1 Helicopter

U.S. F-35As Brandish AIM-120 Missiles During Visit To North Macedonia

Navy’s Peculiar Plan To Retire EA-18 Growlers Is Up In The Air

Cascading Issues Keeping Air Force, Navy Planes Grounded Watchdog Says

Nighttime U.S. Helicopter Raid Captures ‘Senior Daesh Leader’ In Syria (Updated)

Navy Releases Videos From Mysterious Drone Swarms Around Warships Off California

Construction Of Airbase On Tinian Island In Case Guam Gets Knocked Out Has Begun

Elite British SAS Soldier’s Action-Packed Account Of The Falklands War

Swedish Air Force Pays Tribute To Spy Plane Crew Shot Down By Russia 70 Years Ago

Navy, Marine Aviation Takes ‘Safety Pause’ Today After Recent Crashes

Marine Corps Identifies Five Killed In Southern California MV-22 Osprey Crash

Drone Swarms That Harassed Navy Ships Off California Demystified In New Documents

Norway Is Done With Its Unreliable NH90 Helicopters, Wants $500M Back

Navy MH-60S Seahawk Helicopter Crashes In Southern California

Darkstar Mockup From Top Gun: Maverick Looks Wicked In New Video

SEAL-Doctor-Astronaut Jonny Kim Is Adding Pilot To His Crazy Resume

First F-35 Aggressor Dedicated To Replicating Chinese Threats Unveiled

Israel Has Extended The Range Of Its F-35s: Report

Radar-Toting 727 Testbed “Voodoo 1” Appears Over Saipan

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