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Israel Is Getting A Single F-35 Test Jet Unlike Any Other
F-35

Israel Is Getting A Single F-35 Test Jet Unlike Any Other

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

Remember The Fallen With This Chilling “Grumman Cats” Missing Man Formation
F-14

Remember The Fallen With This Chilling “Grumman Cats” Missing Man Formation

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

F-35 Pilots Dress For Chemical and Biological Warfare For The First Time
F-35

F-35 Pilots Dress For Chemical and Biological Warfare For The First Time

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

China’s Own “Catfish” Flying Avionics Testbed For The J-20 Fighter Emerges
J-20

China’s Own “Catfish” Flying Avionics Testbed For The J-20 Fighter Emerges

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

Exclusive: Uniquely Configured RQ-170 Stealth Spy Drone Appears At Vandenberg AFB
RQ-170

Exclusive: Uniquely Configured RQ-170 Stealth Spy Drone Appears At Vandenberg AFB

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

Celebrate 4th Of July With This Exhilarating F/A-18 Super Hornet Cockpit Footage
F/A-18

Celebrate 4th Of July With This Exhilarating F/A-18 Super Hornet Cockpit Footage

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 4, 2020

Major Airfield Expansion On Wake Island Seen By Satellite As U.S. Preps For Pacific Fight
U.S. Air Force

Major Airfield Expansion On Wake Island Seen By Satellite As U.S. Preps For Pacific Fight

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

The U.S. Air Force’s Last Tail Gunner Has Retired
U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Air Force’s Last Tail Gunner Has Retired

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

The Time A F-4G Wild Weasel’s Anti-Radiation Missile Blew Apart A B-52’s Tail
F-4

The Time A F-4G Wild Weasel’s Anti-Radiation Missile Blew Apart A B-52’s Tail

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Family Demands To Know How A 200-Pound Antique Anvil Disappeared From Area 51
Area 51

Family Demands To Know How A 200-Pound Antique Anvil Disappeared From Area 51

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Ryan Aeronautical Had Big Plans for the Vertifan Jump Jet
U.S. Air Force

Ryan Aeronautical Had Big Plans for the Vertifan Jump Jet

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

France Turned the B-26 Invader Into a Colonial Night Fighter
French Air Force

France Turned the B-26 Invader Into a Colonial Night Fighter

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

These Unassuming Planes Have Been Key Players in America’s War on Terror
U.S. Air Force

These Unassuming Planes Have Been Key Players in America’s War on Terror

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

A Tomcat Pilot’s Early Struggles to Tame the Mighty F-14
F-14

A Tomcat Pilot’s Early Struggles to Tame the Mighty F-14

By Paul Nickell And Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

The Mysterious Case Of The F-117 Nighthawk’s Flip-Down Radar Locators
F-117

The Mysterious Case Of The F-117 Nighthawk’s Flip-Down Radar Locators

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

USAF’s Deadliest F-16 Pilot Talks F-15 Retirement, Syria, and Pilot Shortage
F-16

USAF’s Deadliest F-16 Pilot Talks F-15 Retirement, Syria, and Pilot Shortage

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

15 Questions With One of VP-5’s ‘Mad Foxes’ on Flying the P-8 Poseidon
P-8

15 Questions With One of VP-5’s ‘Mad Foxes’ on Flying the P-8 Poseidon

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Taking The F-14A Tomcat On Cruise For My First Time
F-14

Taking The F-14A Tomcat On Cruise For My First Time

By Paul Nickell And Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

A Hornet Weapon Systems Officer’s View of the Navy’s Suffocating Jet Crews
F/A-18

A Hornet Weapon Systems Officer’s View of the Navy’s Suffocating Jet Crews

By Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Secretive U.S. Task Force Has Been Criss-Crossing Asian Skies
Special Operations Aviation

Secretive U.S. Task Force Has Been Criss-Crossing Asian Skies

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Lockheed Once Pitched the Massive C-5 as a Flying Command Center
C-5

Lockheed Once Pitched the Massive C-5 as a Flying Command Center

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Shedding Some Light On The Pentagon’s Most Shadowy Aviation Units
160th SOAR "Nightstalkers"

Shedding Some Light On The Pentagon’s Most Shadowy Aviation Units

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

The Pentagon Thought it Could Retire the U-2 in 1969
U-2

The Pentagon Thought it Could Retire the U-2 in 1969

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

This ’80s Promo Video Will Make You Want A F-20 Tigershark So Freaking Bad
Topgun

This ’80s Promo Video Will Make You Want A F-20 Tigershark So Freaking Bad

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Here’s the USMC’s Plan for ‘Lightning Carriers’ Brimming With F-35Bs
F-35B

Here’s the USMC’s Plan for ‘Lightning Carriers’ Brimming With F-35Bs

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Watch These Old World War II Bombers Launch Target Drones
Royal Canadian Air Force

Watch These Old World War II Bombers Launch Target Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

F-22 Now Has AIM-9X But Still No Helmet Mounted Display To Use With It
F-22

F-22 Now Has AIM-9X But Still No Helmet Mounted Display To Use With It

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army Turned Hueys Into “Mad Bombers”
UH-1

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army Turned Hueys Into “Mad Bombers”

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

How To Fight To Win In The F-14, A-4 and F-5 At The Navy’s Topgun School
F-14

How To Fight To Win In The F-14, A-4 and F-5 At The Navy’s Topgun School

By Paul Nickell And Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

A Helicopter Crash Almost Kept Gene Cernan From Going To The Moon
Helicopters

A Helicopter Crash Almost Kept Gene Cernan From Going To The Moon

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

The Air Force Desperately Needs A Stealth Tanker
U.S. Air Force

The Air Force Desperately Needs A Stealth Tanker

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Why the B-2 Stealth Bomber Was Used to Strike ISIS Camps in Libya
B-2

Why the B-2 Stealth Bomber Was Used to Strike ISIS Camps in Libya

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Aircraft Carrier “Bow Prongs” and Why They Are Disappearing
Military Aviation History

Aircraft Carrier “Bow Prongs” and Why They Are Disappearing

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

ISIS Drone Dropping Bomblet On Abrams Tank Is A Sign Of What’s To Come
Unmanned

ISIS Drone Dropping Bomblet On Abrams Tank Is A Sign Of What’s To Come

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Reagan Invited Thatcher To Join The Top Secret F-117 Program
F-117

Reagan Invited Thatcher To Join The Top Secret F-117 Program

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

John Glenn’s Combat Nickname Was “Old Magnet Ass” For All The Right Reasons
U.S. Air Force

John Glenn’s Combat Nickname Was “Old Magnet Ass” For All The Right Reasons

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Behold the Pioneering A-6C Intruder With its Massive Ventral Sensor Pod
A-6

Behold the Pioneering A-6C Intruder With its Massive Ventral Sensor Pod

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

SAAB’s Viggen Could Stick a Landing and Takeoff Again Like No Other Fighter
Fighters

SAAB’s Viggen Could Stick a Landing and Takeoff Again Like No Other Fighter

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

This Bird Strike Reminds Us it Doesn’t Take a Missile to Down a Fighter
F-16

This Bird Strike Reminds Us it Doesn’t Take a Missile to Down a Fighter

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

The “Toxic Death” Paint Scheme Was The F-117 Nighthawk’s Most Outrageous
F-117

The “Toxic Death” Paint Scheme Was The F-117 Nighthawk’s Most Outrageous

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

Now the Head Of the USAF Is Jumping On the F-22 Production Re-Start Bandwagon
F-22

Now the Head Of the USAF Is Jumping On the F-22 Production Re-Start Bandwagon

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

Could the F-35 Become the Biggest Electronic Intelligence Collection System Ever Devised?
F-35

Could the F-35 Become the Biggest Electronic Intelligence Collection System Ever Devised?

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

Flying the Iconic Swing-Wing F-111 Aardvark at the Height of the Cold War
F-111

Flying the Iconic Swing-Wing F-111 Aardvark at the Height of the Cold War

By Richard Crandall and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

F-15 Strike Eagles Over Saudi Arabia: Then And Now
F-15

F-15 Strike Eagles Over Saudi Arabia: Then And Now

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

Is the European Meteor Air-To-Air Missile Really the Best in the World?
Meteor

Is the European Meteor Air-To-Air Missile Really the Best in the World?

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

The 10 Best Military Arcade Games of the 80s
U.S. Air Force

The 10 Best Military Arcade Games of the 80s

By Chris Cantle

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

Pour Out an Iced Tea for Bob Hoover
Military Aviation History

Pour Out an Iced Tea for Bob Hoover

By Chris Cantle

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

What It Was Like Flying And Fighting The F-16N Viper, Topgun’s Legendary Hotrod
F-14

What It Was Like Flying And Fighting The F-16N Viper, Topgun’s Legendary Hotrod

By Paul Nickell And Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

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