Air (Page 7)

Posted on May 20, 2026

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

Hunt For C-146 Wolfhound Special Ops Transport Plane Replacement Underway

Posted on May 20, 2026

AC-130

AC-130J Gunship With Mini Cruise Missiles Paired With AESA Radar To Undergo Tests

Posted on May 19, 2026

Su-57

Russia’s New Two-Seat Su-57 Felon Takes Its First Flight

Posted on May 19, 2026

BlitzBox Packs 100 Weaponized Drones Into An Unassuming Container

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on May 19, 2026

B-1

B-1B’s Future Armament According To Its Test Pilot

By Tyler Rogoway, Jamie Hunter

Posted on May 19, 2026

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

Plan To Test OA-1K Skyraider II’s Rapid Deployability Outlined By Air Force Special Ops Command

Posted on May 19, 2026

Su-57

Two-Seat Variant Of Russia’s Su-57 Felon Fighter Materializes

Posted on May 18, 2026

Su-24

Ukraine’s Homegrown Glide Bomb Breaks Cover

Posted on May 18, 2026

EA-18G

Navy EA-18G Growlers Collide At Idaho Air Show (Updated)

Posted on May 18, 2026

A-4

Argentina Retires Its A-4 Fightinghawks

Posted on May 15, 2026

F/A-18E/F

Secretive AIM-260 Air-To-Air Missile Finally Breaks Cover

Posted on May 15, 2026

Inside Ukraine’s Interceptor Drone Innovations Swatting Down Thousands Of Russian Shaheds

Posted on May 15, 2026

F-35A

Israel’s F-35s Are Getting External Fuel Tanks

Posted on May 14, 2026

Q-9

MQ-9 Reaper Replacement Requirements Stress A Drone Cheap Enough To Risk Losing

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 13, 2026

Israel Building Factory To Pump Out Its Own FPV Drones

Posted on May 13, 2026

E-3

Pentagon’s Mindset On E-7 Radar Aircraft It Tried To Axe Has Completely Changed: Hegseth

Posted on May 12, 2026

Polish Air Force

Drone-Hunting M28 Skytruck In The Works For Poland

Posted on May 12, 2026

ARRW

New Version Of Bomber-Launched ARRW Hypersonic Missile Is A Ship Killer

Posted on May 12, 2026

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Aircraft Accused Of Austrian Airspace Incursion

Posted on May 12, 2026

Q-9

MQ-9 Reaper Fires Laser-Guided Rockets In Tests

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 11, 2026

C-5

C-5 Galaxies Now Slated To Keep Flying Until 2050 As Readiness Plummets To 37 Percent

Posted on May 11, 2026

Drone Swarms Packed Into Unassuming Containers Sought By DARPA

Posted on May 9, 2026

B-52

USAF Is Going To Explore What Will Finally Replace The B-52

Posted on May 7, 2026

F-14

My God… The F-14 Tomcat May Actually Fly Again Over The United States (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 7, 2026

F-15

Camouflaged F-15E Painted To Mark F-111’s Libya Raid Blasts Through Mach Loop On First Flight

Posted on May 7, 2026

F/A-18E/F

F/A-18 Super Hornet Blasts Blockade-Running Iranian Ship’s Rudder With 20mm Cannon (Updated)

Updated on May 6, 2026

B-1

B-1B “Apocalypse II” Out Of The Boneyard And Back In Service

Posted on May 6, 2026

U.S. Air Force

DARPA’s XRQ-73 Hybrid-Electric Flying Wing Drone Has Flown

Posted on May 6, 2026

U.S. Air Force

Smaller AIM-9X Sidewinder For Stealthy Weapons Bays Is In Development

Posted on May 5, 2026

AGM-114 Hellfire

Turkey Developing Its Own Bladed ‘Ginsu’ Precision Guided Munition

Posted on May 5, 2026

AH-64

U.S. AH-64 Apache, MH-60 Seahawk Helicopters Sink Six Iranian Boats (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Updated on May 4, 2026

KC-46

Israel’s First KC-46 Tanker Is Now Flying

Posted on May 4, 2026

B-52

First B-52 To Arrive For Re-Engining At Boeing Plant Later This Year (Updated)

Posted on May 4, 2026

F-15

Israel To Buy Extra F-15IA And F-35I Squadrons

Posted on May 3, 2026

Could The X-BAT Stealth Fighter Drone Change The Air Combat Game?

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on May 3, 2026

Air Force One

New VC-25B Air Force One “Bridge” Aircraft Now Fully Modified And Flight Tested

Updated on May 1, 2026

People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

China’s Massive Stealth Flying Wings Spotted Together At Secretive Test Base

By Tyler Rogoway, Ian Ellis-Jones

Updated on May 1, 2026

U.S. Air Force

New Nuclear Bunker Buster Bomb Plans Revealed (Updated)

Posted on May 1, 2026

E-11

Air Force Wants To Axe Its E-11A BACN Communications Jets

Posted on Apr 30, 2026

B-1

B-1B Seen Carrying ARRW Hypersonic Missile For The First Time

Posted on Apr 30, 2026

Israel Now Using Netting To Protect Combat Vehicles Against Scourge Of Hezbollah Drones

Posted on Apr 30, 2026

CH-53K

Confidence In CH-53K King Stallion Grows Ahead Of First Operational Deployment

Posted on Apr 29, 2026

People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

China is America’s Military Equal Now And In Any Future Fight, Marine General Warns

Posted on Apr 29, 2026

XQ-58

First USMC MQ-58 Valkyrie CCA Drones To Arrive In 2029

Posted on Apr 29, 2026

MV-75

New Cruise Missile-Armed MV-75 Tiltrotor Concept For The Marines Shown Off

Posted on Apr 28, 2026

Helicopters

Light Uncrewed Cargo Helicopters Based On Robinson R66 And Bell 505 Compete For USMC Contract

Updated on Apr 28, 2026

AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)

Navy Still Pushing To Field New AARGM-ER Radar-Busting Missile This Year Despite “Strategic Pause”

Posted on Apr 28, 2026

Su-57

Russia’s Stealthy S-71K Air-Launched Missile Seen In New Detail

Posted on Apr 27, 2026

F/A-18A-D

Prospects Dimming On Iran-U.S. Deal To Open Strait, End War

Posted on Apr 27, 2026

F-16

Evidence Of Ukraine Using AIM-120C-8 Missiles Emerges

Posted on Apr 27, 2026

Military Aviation History

Rare Video Appears To Show A Soviet Su-7 Jet Dropping A Nuclear Bomb

Posted on Apr 26, 2026

Ukrainian Air Force

Ukraine’s Drone-Hunting An-28 Turboprop Is Now Launching Interceptor Drones

Posted on Apr 24, 2026

HH-60

HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters To Take On Doomsday Evacuation Role In The Nation’s Capital

Posted on Apr 24, 2026

Air

NASA’s 777 Flying Laboratory Touches Down At Langley

Posted on Apr 23, 2026

AGM-114 Hellfire

Navy Rushing To Arm Carrier Strike Groups With Hellfire Missiles

Posted on Apr 23, 2026

Air-To-Ground

New Low-Cost Cruise Missile Features Tomahawk-Like Range

Updated on Apr 22, 2026

U.S. Navy MH-60S Pilot Talks Multi-Mission Roles During Tour Of The Seahawk

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Apr 22, 2026

F-15

F-15EX Buy Was Just Doubled By The USAF, Which Makes Perfect Sense

Posted on Apr 22, 2026

UCAVs

X-BAT Autonomous VTOL ‘Fighter’ Looks Dramatically Different

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 21, 2026

MQ-9B SeaGuardian Ready For Teaming With P-8 Poseidon

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Apr 21, 2026

F-47

Northrop Defends Ability To Build F/A-XX 6th Gen Naval Fighters If Selected