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China’s Y-20 Airlifters Make Crisis Debut Bringing Medics And Cargo To Virus Plagued Wuhan
Y-20

China’s Y-20 Airlifters Make Crisis Debut Bringing Medics And Cargo To Virus Plagued Wuhan

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 13, 2020

Watch This U-2 Spy Plane Make A Crazy Landing Without Its Flaps Or Speed Brakes
U-2

Watch This U-2 Spy Plane Make A Crazy Landing Without Its Flaps Or Speed Brakes

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 13, 2020

The Claim That A New Cambodian Airfield Is Actually A Chinese Base Is Dubious At Best
People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

The Claim That A New Cambodian Airfield Is Actually A Chinese Base Is Dubious At Best

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 12, 2020

Jets Fly Show Of Force During Gunfight Between US And Syrian Troops At Checkpoint (Updated)
F-15

Jets Fly Show Of Force During Gunfight Between US And Syrian Troops At Checkpoint (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 12, 2020

A Swedish Air Force Gripen Fighter Jet Just Literally Bombed A Forest Fire
Gripen

A Swedish Air Force Gripen Fighter Jet Just Literally Bombed A Forest Fire

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 12, 2020

Help Us Decipher This Terrifying Video Of A Suicide Drone Flying Up An Armored Vehicle’s Ramp (Updated)
Loitering Munitions

Help Us Decipher This Terrifying Video Of A Suicide Drone Flying Up An Armored Vehicle’s Ramp (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 12, 2020

Air Force Bails On Tri-Service Hypersonic Weapon Project As Army, Navy Ask For More Money
Air-launched hypersonic boost glide vehicles

Air Force Bails On Tri-Service Hypersonic Weapon Project As Army, Navy Ask For More Money

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 11, 2020

No, The United States Doesn’t Have An Automatic “Dead Hand” Trigger For Its ICBMs
U.S. Air Force

No, The United States Doesn’t Have An Automatic “Dead Hand” Trigger For Its ICBMs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 10, 2020

Watch Six A-10 Warthogs Execute A Glorious Mass Flare Release Over The Persian Gulf
A-10

Watch Six A-10 Warthogs Execute A Glorious Mass Flare Release Over The Persian Gulf

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 6, 2020

We Talk Giant V-Shaped Airships, Space, And Phoenix Lights With JP Aerospace’s Founder

We Talk Giant V-Shaped Airships, Space, And Phoenix Lights With JP Aerospace’s Founder

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Feb 6, 2020

Greece Is Sending Patriot Missiles To Saudi Arabia To Guard “Critical Energy Infrastructure”
Hellenic Air Force

Greece Is Sending Patriot Missiles To Saudi Arabia To Guard “Critical Energy Infrastructure”

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 5, 2020

Wanting To Retire B-1B Bombers Is One Thing, Actually Making It Happen Is Another
B-1

Wanting To Retire B-1B Bombers Is One Thing, Actually Making It Happen Is Another

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 5, 2020

Navy EA-18G Teamed With Two Other Growlers Flying Semi-Autonomously As Loyal Wingmen
Loyal Wingman

Navy EA-18G Teamed With Two Other Growlers Flying Semi-Autonomously As Loyal Wingmen

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 4, 2020

Navy To Greatly Expand P-8 Poseidon’s Mission With New Missiles, Mines, Bombs, And Decoys
P-8

Navy To Greatly Expand P-8 Poseidon’s Mission With New Missiles, Mines, Bombs, And Decoys

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 4, 2020

This Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From Space
Red Flag

This Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From Space

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 3, 2020

Air Force Isn’t Happy With Boeing’s Plans To Fix The KC-46 Tanker’s Troubled Vision System
KC-46

Air Force Isn’t Happy With Boeing’s Plans To Fix The KC-46 Tanker’s Troubled Vision System

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 1, 2020

Here’s Our Analysis Of The Air Force’s New B-21 Stealth Bomber Renderings
B-21

Here’s Our Analysis Of The Air Force’s New B-21 Stealth Bomber Renderings

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 31, 2020

Here’s Why Patriot Missiles Weren’t Protecting US Troops In Iraq And Why They Still Aren’t
U.S. Air Force

Here’s Why Patriot Missiles Weren’t Protecting US Troops In Iraq And Why They Still Aren’t

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 30, 2020

E-11A Pilots Died Flying An Aircraft From A Fleet So Small None Are In The U.S. For Training
E-11

E-11A Pilots Died Flying An Aircraft From A Fleet So Small None Are In The U.S. For Training

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 30, 2020

Highly Specialized Air Force E-11A Communications Aircraft Crashes And Burns In Afghanistan (Updated)
E-11

Highly Specialized Air Force E-11A Communications Aircraft Crashes And Burns In Afghanistan (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 30, 2020

This Presentation On America’s Secret MiG Squadron By The Man Who Built It Is Incredible
U.S. Air Force

This Presentation On America’s Secret MiG Squadron By The Man Who Built It Is Incredible

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 30, 2020

Flying The First Night Of War In Iraq Without A Wingman And Two Polish Snipers In Back
HH-60

Flying The First Night Of War In Iraq Without A Wingman And Two Polish Snipers In Back

By Chris Harmer

Posted on Jan 29, 2020

Details Emerge About The Secretive RQ-170 Stealth Drone’s First Trip To Korea
RQ-170

Details Emerge About The Secretive RQ-170 Stealth Drone’s First Trip To Korea

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 29, 2020

Multiple Rockets Strike The American Embassy Compound In Iraq (Updated)
Air-To-Ground

Multiple Rockets Strike The American Embassy Compound In Iraq (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 27, 2020

The B-52 Almost Got An Ahead Of Its Time Air-Launched Ballistic Missile Named Skybolt
B-52

The B-52 Almost Got An Ahead Of Its Time Air-Launched Ballistic Missile Named Skybolt

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 23, 2020

New Zealand A-4s Flew Crazy Formation Rolls While “Plugged-In” To A Buddy Tanker
A-4

New Zealand A-4s Flew Crazy Formation Rolls While “Plugged-In” To A Buddy Tanker

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 23, 2020

Stratolaunch Was Crafting Hypersonic Vehicles Before Its Official Pivot To High-Speed Testing
Hypersonics Aircraft

Stratolaunch Was Crafting Hypersonic Vehicles Before Its Official Pivot To High-Speed Testing

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 21, 2020

Did The Blue Angels’ New Fat Albert C-130 Just Buzz San Francisco Bay? (Updated)
C-130

Did The Blue Angels’ New Fat Albert C-130 Just Buzz San Francisco Bay? (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 21, 2020

Lockheed Job Listing Offers New Details About Long-Range Ground-Launched Hypersonic Weapon
Air-launched hypersonic boost glide vehicles

Lockheed Job Listing Offers New Details About Long-Range Ground-Launched Hypersonic Weapon

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 20, 2020

Congress Poised To Cancel Non-Nuclear Version Of Air Force’s Future Stealth Cruise Missile
U.S. Air Force

Congress Poised To Cancel Non-Nuclear Version Of Air Force’s Future Stealth Cruise Missile

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

AH-64 Gunships And Extra Marines Race To U.S. Embassy In Iraq After Militant Mob Attacks (Updated)
AH-64

AH-64 Gunships And Extra Marines Race To U.S. Embassy In Iraq After Militant Mob Attacks (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

Satellite Image Shows First Two B-52 Bombers Have Arrived In Diego Garcia Amid Iran Crisis
B-52

Satellite Image Shows First Two B-52 Bombers Have Arrived In Diego Garcia Amid Iran Crisis

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

The Air Force’s B-52H Bomber Force Has Said Goodbye To Its Nuclear Bombs
B-52

The Air Force’s B-52H Bomber Force Has Said Goodbye To Its Nuclear Bombs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

The Time When A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe “Worse than Chernobyl”
B-52

The Time When A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe “Worse than Chernobyl”

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

The Pentagon May Finally Get The Fighter-Sized Stealth Aerial Target Drone It Badly Needs
Stealth

The Pentagon May Finally Get The Fighter-Sized Stealth Aerial Target Drone It Badly Needs

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

Watch DARPA’s Air-Launched And Air-Recovered “Gremlins” Drone Take Its First Flight
Unmanned

Watch DARPA’s Air-Launched And Air-Recovered “Gremlins” Drone Take Its First Flight

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 18, 2020

Replacement For F-35’s Troubled ALIS Cloud-Based Brain Rebranded ODIN And Is Still Years Away
F-35

Replacement For F-35’s Troubled ALIS Cloud-Based Brain Rebranded ODIN And Is Still Years Away

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 17, 2020

This One Navy F-16N Aggressor Had An Electronic Warfare Suite Only Found On Israeli Jets
F-16

This One Navy F-16N Aggressor Had An Electronic Warfare Suite Only Found On Israeli Jets

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 17, 2020

Experience Close Encounters Of The Military Kind With These Two Crazy Videos
Il-76

Experience Close Encounters Of The Military Kind With These Two Crazy Videos

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 16, 2020

This Massive Desert Base Is China’s Version Of America’s Nellis Air Force Base
Flankers

This Massive Desert Base Is China’s Version Of America’s Nellis Air Force Base

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 15, 2020

Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Takes Flight With New Infrared Search And Track Pod
F/A-18

Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Takes Flight With New Infrared Search And Track Pod

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 15, 2020

Behold The Navy’s New TH-73A Training Helicopter
Flight Training

Behold The Navy’s New TH-73A Training Helicopter

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 14, 2020

The USAF Uses Huge Swords Fit For He-Man And The Thundercats To Honor Officers
U.S. Air Force

The USAF Uses Huge Swords Fit For He-Man And The Thundercats To Honor Officers

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 13, 2020

America’s Shadowy Sword Wielding Hellfire Missile Has Migrated To The Afghan Battlefield
AGM-114 Hellfire

America’s Shadowy Sword Wielding Hellfire Missile Has Migrated To The Afghan Battlefield

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 12, 2020

Air Force Displays Model Of Exotic And Potentially Revolutionary Hybrid Electric Airlifter
U.S. Air Force

Air Force Displays Model Of Exotic And Potentially Revolutionary Hybrid Electric Airlifter

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 10, 2020

Surveillance Plane Joins Intensifying Hunt For Mystery Drones Over Colorado And Nebraska (Updated)
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance

Surveillance Plane Joins Intensifying Hunt For Mystery Drones Over Colorado And Nebraska (Updated)

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jan 9, 2020

Watch The Boom On Boeing’s Troubled KC-46 Tanker Nearly Smack An F-15E (Updated)
KC-46

Watch The Boom On Boeing’s Troubled KC-46 Tanker Nearly Smack An F-15E (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 9, 2020

Satellite Images Show The Aftermath Of Iran’s Missile Strikes On Al Assad Air Base In Iraq (Updated)
U.S. Air Force

Satellite Images Show The Aftermath Of Iran’s Missile Strikes On Al Assad Air Base In Iraq (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 8, 2020

Check Out These Wicked Shots Of The Air Force’s New Rescue Helicopter In An Anechoic Chamber
HH-60

Check Out These Wicked Shots Of The Air Force’s New Rescue Helicopter In An Anechoic Chamber

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 8, 2020

Iran Strikes Back: Missiles Rain Down On American Forces In Iraq (Updated)
Air-To-Ground

Iran Strikes Back: Missiles Rain Down On American Forces In Iraq (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 8, 2020

Pentagon Deploys Six B-52s To Diego Garcia Beyond The Reach Of Iran’s Ballistic Missiles
B-52

Pentagon Deploys Six B-52s To Diego Garcia Beyond The Reach Of Iran’s Ballistic Missiles

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 7, 2020

Hill Air Force Base Executes The Mother Of All Elephant Walks With 52 F-35s
F-35

Hill Air Force Base Executes The Mother Of All Elephant Walks With 52 F-35s

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 6, 2020

Night Stalker Chinook Special Operations Helicopters Have New Laser Countermeasures System
160th SOAR "Nightstalkers"

Night Stalker Chinook Special Operations Helicopters Have New Laser Countermeasures System

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 4, 2020

New Details About Strike On Top Iranian Commander Emerge As Americans Are Told To Flee Iraq (Updated)
Air-To-Ground

New Details About Strike On Top Iranian Commander Emerge As Americans Are Told To Flee Iraq (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 4, 2020

World Holds Its Breath After An American Strike In Iraq Kills Top Iranian Commander (Updated)
Air-To-Ground

World Holds Its Breath After An American Strike In Iraq Kills Top Iranian Commander (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 3, 2020

Congress Demands Aggressor Jet Modernization Plan Before Adversary F-35s Head To Nellis
F-35

Congress Demands Aggressor Jet Modernization Plan Before Adversary F-35s Head To Nellis

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 3, 2020

Germany Has Fewer Than 10 Tiger And 12 NH90 Helicopters Ready For Combat
Helicopters

Germany Has Fewer Than 10 Tiger And 12 NH90 Helicopters Ready For Combat

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 2, 2020

Check Out The Crazy Radar That Lies Beneath The MC-130H Combat Talon II’s Gonzo Nose
MC-130

Check Out The Crazy Radar That Lies Beneath The MC-130H Combat Talon II’s Gonzo Nose

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 31, 2019

A Whopping 20 Y-20 Airlifters Seen At Chinese Aircraft Plant And Test Base
Y-20

A Whopping 20 Y-20 Airlifters Seen At Chinese Aircraft Plant And Test Base

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 31, 2019

Bizarre Airstrip Is Being Built Right Between Apartment Towers Near Libyan Capital
Unmanned

Bizarre Airstrip Is Being Built Right Between Apartment Towers Near Libyan Capital

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 30, 2019

U.S. Strikes Back At Iranian Proxy Forces In Iraq And Syria After Deadly Rocket Attack (Updated)
Air-To-Ground

U.S. Strikes Back At Iranian Proxy Forces In Iraq And Syria After Deadly Rocket Attack (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 30, 2019

A Big And Bizarre Drone Mystery Is Unfolding In Rural Colorado
Unmanned

A Big And Bizarre Drone Mystery Is Unfolding In Rural Colorado

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 27, 2019

Unwrap These Ten Insanely Awesome Viral Aviation Videos This Christmas
C-130

Unwrap These Ten Insanely Awesome Viral Aviation Videos This Christmas

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 24, 2019

USAF Is Spending Millions To Upgrade Turkey Bases Amid Turkish Threats To Kick Them Out
U.S. Air Force

USAF Is Spending Millions To Upgrade Turkey Bases Amid Turkish Threats To Kick Them Out

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 24, 2019