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The Alarming Case of the USAF’s Mysteriously Missing Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles
U.S. Air Force

The Alarming Case of the USAF’s Mysteriously Missing Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

How a Small-Town Girl Ended Up in the Cockpit of an A-10 Warthog
A-10

How a Small-Town Girl Ended Up in the Cockpit of an A-10 Warthog

By Frank Crebas, Rich Cooper and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

Look At These Stunning Photos From Axalp, Switzerland’s Mountaintop Military Air Show
Air Forces

Look At These Stunning Photos From Axalp, Switzerland’s Mountaintop Military Air Show

By René Vink

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

Major Taj “Cabbie” Sareen Is A Hero To Remember On This Memorial Day
F/A-18

Major Taj “Cabbie” Sareen Is A Hero To Remember On This Memorial Day

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

How To Land A Fighter On An Aircraft Carrier On A Stormy Night
Naval Aviation

How To Land A Fighter On An Aircraft Carrier On A Stormy Night

By LCDR Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

Those Old OV-10 Broncos Sent To Fight ISIS Were Laser Rocket-Slinging Manhunters
OV-10

Those Old OV-10 Broncos Sent To Fight ISIS Were Laser Rocket-Slinging Manhunters

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

On Top Gun‘s 30th Anniversary, We Talk to a Topgun Instructor Who Worked on the ’80s Masterpiece
Topgun

On Top Gun‘s 30th Anniversary, We Talk to a Topgun Instructor Who Worked on the ’80s Masterpiece

By Dave “Bio” Baranek and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

F-15EX Fighters To Get General Electric Engines Under Urgent Purchase By Air Force
F-15

F-15EX Fighters To Get General Electric Engines Under Urgent Purchase By Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 2, 2020

Here’s What Those Mysterious Helicopters That Woke Up The Oregon Coast Were Doing
160th SOAR "Nightstalkers"

Here’s What Those Mysterious Helicopters That Woke Up The Oregon Coast Were Doing

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

The Air Force Almost Got A Near Hypersonic Radar Plane Killing Cruise Missile Decades Ago
Airborne Radar

The Air Force Almost Got A Near Hypersonic Radar Plane Killing Cruise Missile Decades Ago

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 1, 2020

F-16 Viper Fighter Jet Has Crashed At Shaw Air Force Base In South Carolina (Updated)
F-16

F-16 Viper Fighter Jet Has Crashed At Shaw Air Force Base In South Carolina (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 1, 2020

Airlifters Packed With Paratroopers Just Practiced A Sudden Long-Range Invasion Of Guam
C-17

Airlifters Packed With Paratroopers Just Practiced A Sudden Long-Range Invasion Of Guam

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 1, 2020

Air Force Hits Major Snags With Fighter And Missile Defense Airborne Laser Initiatives
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Hits Major Snags With Fighter And Missile Defense Airborne Laser Initiatives

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 1, 2020

Here’s Who’s In The Running To Build The Royal Air Force’s First Loyal Wingman Drones
Loyal Wingman

Here’s Who’s In The Running To Build The Royal Air Force’s First Loyal Wingman Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2020

Check Out The Blue Angels’ New Fat Albert C-130J In All Its Glory
C-130

Check Out The Blue Angels’ New Fat Albert C-130J In All Its Glory

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2020

The A-7 Attack Jet’s Head Up Display Was A Revolution In Air Combat Tech
Attack

The A-7 Attack Jet’s Head Up Display Was A Revolution In Air Combat Tech

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 28, 2020

Here Are The Air Force’s Reports On Aircrew Encounters With Unidentified Flying Craft
U.S. Air Force

Here Are The Air Force’s Reports On Aircrew Encounters With Unidentified Flying Craft

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 26, 2020

Incredible Lecture By F-14 Designer Explains Why The Tomcat Owes A Lot To The F-111
F-14

Incredible Lecture By F-14 Designer Explains Why The Tomcat Owes A Lot To The F-111

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 26, 2020

Behold The Controversial $1.1M Paint Job On The United Kingdom’s Version Of Air Force One (Updated)
Air Force One

Behold The Controversial $1.1M Paint Job On The United Kingdom’s Version Of Air Force One (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 25, 2020

This Is Our First Look At The Marines’ New CH-53K King Stallion Flying From A Ship
CH-53K

This Is Our First Look At The Marines’ New CH-53K King Stallion Flying From A Ship

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 25, 2020

Glitzy Air Force Video Lays Out “Skyborg” Artificial Intelligence Combat Drone Program
Skyborg

Glitzy Air Force Video Lays Out “Skyborg” Artificial Intelligence Combat Drone Program

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 25, 2020

British Government Says It Might Pass On $27M Upgrade For Some Of Its F-35s
F-35

British Government Says It Might Pass On $27M Upgrade For Some Of Its F-35s

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 24, 2020

F-22 Raptors Could Become Aggressors Under Air Force’s Radical New Training Plan
F-22

F-22 Raptors Could Become Aggressors Under Air Force’s Radical New Training Plan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 24, 2020

The USAF Is Finally Ditching The Last Of Its Cold War Revolvers For New Semi-Auto Pistols
U.S. Air Force

The USAF Is Finally Ditching The Last Of Its Cold War Revolvers For New Semi-Auto Pistols

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 23, 2020

Private Pilot Flew Over America’s Premier Spy Plane Base And Snapped These Images
RQ-180

Private Pilot Flew Over America’s Premier Spy Plane Base And Snapped These Images

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 23, 2020

New Marine One VH-92A Helicopters Could Be Joined By Fleet Of CH-92A Trainer-Transports
Marine One

New Marine One VH-92A Helicopters Could Be Joined By Fleet Of CH-92A Trainer-Transports

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 23, 2020

Instructor Fighter Pilot Screams “Kill Him! Kill Him!” At Student In Hilarious Dogfight Video
T-38

Instructor Fighter Pilot Screams “Kill Him! Kill Him!” At Student In Hilarious Dogfight Video

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 23, 2020

No, The F-117 Never Had Air-To-Air Capability, But One Did Get A Radar
F-117

No, The F-117 Never Had Air-To-Air Capability, But One Did Get A Radar

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 19, 2020

Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Mystery Jet Appears With Odd Markings And NASA F-15 Escort
F-15

Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Mystery Jet Appears With Odd Markings And NASA F-15 Escort

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 19, 2020

Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Jet Seen Covered In Mirrors During Mysterious Test Flights
Stealth

Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Jet Seen Covered In Mirrors During Mysterious Test Flights

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 19, 2020

Russia Sent Three Types Of Fighters To Intercept B-52s Flying Rare Mission Into Sea Of Okhotsk (Updated)
B-52

Russia Sent Three Types Of Fighters To Intercept B-52s Flying Rare Mission Into Sea Of Okhotsk (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 19, 2020

Turkey Now Has Swarming Suicide Drones It Could Export
Loitering Munitions

Turkey Now Has Swarming Suicide Drones It Could Export

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 19, 2020

Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet Crashed Into The Philippine Sea
F/A-18

Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet Crashed Into The Philippine Sea

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 18, 2020

The Stealthy F-117 Nighthawk Could Have Executed Nuclear Strikes Against The Soviet Union
F-117

The Stealthy F-117 Nighthawk Could Have Executed Nuclear Strikes Against The Soviet Union

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 17, 2020

This Is Our Best Look Yet At The Shadowy Hellfire Missile With Pop-Out Sword Blades
U.S. Air Force

This Is Our Best Look Yet At The Shadowy Hellfire Missile With Pop-Out Sword Blades

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 17, 2020

Canada Cleared To Upgrade Its Aging CF-18 Hornets With New Radars, AIM-9X Sidewinders
Royal Canadian Air Force

Canada Cleared To Upgrade Its Aging CF-18 Hornets With New Radars, AIM-9X Sidewinders

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 17, 2020

Air Force Says These Are Its Options For Hiring Private Aerial Refueling Companies
KC-10

Air Force Says These Are Its Options For Hiring Private Aerial Refueling Companies

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 16, 2020

Wreckage Of The F-15C Eagle That Crashed Off The United Kingdom Has Been Found (Updated)
F-15

Wreckage Of The F-15C Eagle That Crashed Off The United Kingdom Has Been Found (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 16, 2020

Navy Super Hornet Conducts First Guided Launch Of Impressive ‘Stormbreaker” Miniature Bomb
F/A-18

Navy Super Hornet Conducts First Guided Launch Of Impressive ‘Stormbreaker” Miniature Bomb

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 15, 2020

The Mysterious Case Of The Air Force’s New Strangely Modified 737 With A Puzzling Past
U.S. Air Force

The Mysterious Case Of The Air Force’s New Strangely Modified 737 With A Puzzling Past

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 15, 2020

Watch Giant DC-10 Fire Bombers Make Intense Attack Runs On Arizona’s Multiple Blazes
Tankers

Watch Giant DC-10 Fire Bombers Make Intense Attack Runs On Arizona’s Multiple Blazes

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 13, 2020

Easing Drone Export Rules Is Great For The Defense Industry, But Doing So Has Consequences
Unmanned

Easing Drone Export Rules Is Great For The Defense Industry, But Doing So Has Consequences

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 13, 2020

RAF Bentwaters Has This Bizarre-Looking Cold War Bunker Called The Star Wars Building
Royal Air Force

RAF Bentwaters Has This Bizarre-Looking Cold War Bunker Called The Star Wars Building

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 12, 2020

Senate Looks To Block Many Of The Pentagon’s “Tough Choices” Airpower Cuts In Next Budget
U.S. Air Force

Senate Looks To Block Many Of The Pentagon’s “Tough Choices” Airpower Cuts In Next Budget

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 11, 2020

Scaled Composites’ Mysterious Stealthy Jets Spotted Working With High-Flying Proteus (Updated)
Stealth

Scaled Composites’ Mysterious Stealthy Jets Spotted Working With High-Flying Proteus (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 11, 2020

MiG-29 Fighter Jet Reportedly Appears Over Key Libyan City That Is Now Under Siege
MiG-29

MiG-29 Fighter Jet Reportedly Appears Over Key Libyan City That Is Now Under Siege

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 10, 2020

Taiwanese Fighters Drive Off Chinese Jets After Navy Transport Plane Flies Over The Island
Su-30

Taiwanese Fighters Drive Off Chinese Jets After Navy Transport Plane Flies Over The Island

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 9, 2020

Air Force Reveals B-1Bs Were Practicing Decapitating Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Last Week
B-1

Air Force Reveals B-1Bs Were Practicing Decapitating Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Last Week

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 9, 2020

More Than Half Of Finland’s F-18 Hornets Take Part In An “Elephant Walk” Readiness Drill
F/A-18A-D

More Than Half Of Finland’s F-18 Hornets Take Part In An “Elephant Walk” Readiness Drill

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 9, 2020

Air Force Is Looking Beyond Traditional Orbits To Get An Upper Hand In Space
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Is Looking Beyond Traditional Orbits To Get An Upper Hand In Space

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 9, 2020

Air Force C-130H Smacks Into Wall, Bursts Into Flames After Overshooting Runway In Iraq
C-130

Air Force C-130H Smacks Into Wall, Bursts Into Flames After Overshooting Runway In Iraq

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 9, 2020

Pentagon Has Tested A Suicide Drone That Gets To Its Target Area At Hypersonic Speed
Loitering Munitions

Pentagon Has Tested A Suicide Drone That Gets To Its Target Area At Hypersonic Speed

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 9, 2020

F-35’s Gear Collapses After Landing At Hill Air Force Base
F-35

F-35’s Gear Collapses After Landing At Hill Air Force Base

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 8, 2020

F-15E Strike Eagle First Jet Cleared To Employ Air Force’s New B61-12 Nuclear Bombs
F-15

F-15E Strike Eagle First Jet Cleared To Employ Air Force’s New B61-12 Nuclear Bombs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 8, 2020

Check Out The Wicked Camouflage Paint Job On Qatar’s New F-15QA Eagle
F-15

Check Out The Wicked Camouflage Paint Job On Qatar’s New F-15QA Eagle

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 7, 2020

Satellite Image Of RQ-170 Taxiing By MQ-9 Gives Best Size Estimate Yet Of Stealth Drone
Q-9

Satellite Image Of RQ-170 Taxiing By MQ-9 Gives Best Size Estimate Yet Of Stealth Drone

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 6, 2020

Does This Image Show The Colorado Mystery Drone Swarm? (UPDATE: It Doesn’t)
Swarms

Does This Image Show The Colorado Mystery Drone Swarm? (UPDATE: It Doesn’t)

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jun 6, 2020

Manned Fighter To Face Autonomous Drone Next Year In Sci-Fi Movie-Like Showdown
U.S. Air Force

Manned Fighter To Face Autonomous Drone Next Year In Sci-Fi Movie-Like Showdown

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 5, 2020

Veteran Military Helicopter Pilot On Why Hovering Over Protestors Was Dangerous And Stupid
Helicopters

Veteran Military Helicopter Pilot On Why Hovering Over Protestors Was Dangerous And Stupid

By Chris "Ox" Harmer

Updated on Jun 3, 2020

Nuclear Detection Helicopter Flies Mission Around Washington D.C. Amid Unrest (Updated)
Helicopters

Nuclear Detection Helicopter Flies Mission Around Washington D.C. Amid Unrest (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 3, 2020

Navy’s Highly Promising Long-Range Air Defense Busting Missile Has Taken Its First Flight
F/A-18

Navy’s Highly Promising Long-Range Air Defense Busting Missile Has Taken Its First Flight

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 3, 2020

Military Helicopters Descend On Washington In Bizarre Very Low-Altitude Show Of Force (Updated)
UH-60

Military Helicopters Descend On Washington In Bizarre Very Low-Altitude Show Of Force (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 2, 2020

Watch A JAS-39 Gripen Fighter Fire A New Ground Attack Version Of The Sidewinder Missile
Gripen

Watch A JAS-39 Gripen Fighter Fire A New Ground Attack Version Of The Sidewinder Missile

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 2, 2020

Photographer Catches Formation Of C-130 Transports Flying Through A California Canyon
C-130

Photographer Catches Formation Of C-130 Transports Flying Through A California Canyon

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 31, 2020