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OV-10

Document Offers New Details About Those OV-10 Broncos That Went to Fight ISIS

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Afghan Air Force

Afghan A-29s Aren’t Dropping Laser-Guided Bombs or Engaging Targets at Night

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

B-52

Now The Air Force Wants New Engines For Its B-52s That Burn 40 Percent Less Fuel

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

U.S. Air Force

The US Air Force Still Has At Least One MAC-10 Submachine Gun

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

MQ-25

Boeing Unveils Prototype For The Navy’s MQ-25 Drone Tanker Competition (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

UH-60

Afghanistan’s Rebuilt UH-60s Could Actually Hurt Its Warfighting Ability in the Near Term

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

U.S. Air Force

That Massive Cross-Country USAF Airlift Exercise Was the Largest of Its Kind, Ever

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Stealth

BAE Systems Wants Its MAGMA Drone to Maneuver Using Only Supersonic Blasts of Air

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Draken International

Draken Picks Up a Dozen South African Cheetahs to Emulate 4th Generation Adversaries

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

MQ-4C

Decades Ago The Navy Tested A Maritime Patrol U-2 Variant That Was Way Ahead Of Its Time

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

F-15

Germany Reportedly Favors Typhoon to Replace Tornado, Also Eyeing F-15, F/A-18

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

F-35

Israel’s F-35I Adir Is Ready for Combat, But When Will It Be Headed Into Harm’s Way?

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

A-10

Top USAF Civilian Is a “Fan” of the A-10, but Dozens Will Still Likely Get Grounded

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

AH-1

Blackwater Founder’s Private Afghan Air Arm Pitch Included An-26 Gunships And AH-1 Cobras

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

U.S. Air Force

US Military Goes on Alert Ahead of Trump’s Plan to Move US Embassy into Jerusalem

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Israeli Air Force

Israel Launches Flurry of Strikes in Syria as its Air War in the Country Turns to Iran

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

F-22

F-22s, F-35s Join Hundreds of US and South Korean Jets in Drill as Fears of War Rise

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

U.S. Air Force

Here’s What You Need to Know About the US Military’s New Cluster Munition Policy

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Air Combat Exercises

Jaded Thunder Exercise Trains Elite Troops to Call in Almost Any Sort of Fire Support

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

AC-130

The USAF Is Rebuilding World War II-Era 40mm Shells for its AC-130U Gunships

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Stealth

China Says It’s Building a “Ghost Imaging” Satellite to Detect Stealth Jets

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

B-52

B-52s Are Dropping Hundreds of Dumb Bombs in Afghanistan to Literally Shape the Terrain

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

RC-135

Award Reveals USAF Rivet Joint Spied on Iranian Forces During 2016 Hostage Crisis

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

MH-6/AH-6

Armed UN Little Bird Helicopters Are a Big Deal for Peacekeepers in Mali

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Search And Rescue

Despite a String of False Reports, Time Is Running Out To Find Missing Argentine Sub

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

U.S. Air Force

Now in the Public Eye, American Troops in Niger Celebrate Thanksgiving

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

A-50/A-100

Bristling With Antennas, Russia’s A-100 Is Likely More Than Just A New Radar Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

B-52

The US Air Force Has Taken Another Step Toward Re-Engining its B-52s

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

MQ-25

The Navy Says “Fly Before Buy” When It Comes To Its New MQ-25 Drone Tanker

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Tu-160

Russia Rolls Out New Tu-160M2, But Are Moscow’s Bomber Ambitions Realistic?

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Area 51

SpaceX Is About to Launch A Mysterious Northrop Grumman Spacecraft Called “Zuma”

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

U.S. Air Force

US Air Force Reveals There May Have Been Another Attempted Terrorist Attack in Niger

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

F-35

Saudis Join UAE in Push to Buy F-35s as Concerns About the Jet’s Computer Network Grow

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Air Combat Exercises

Blue Flag Exercise Has Dozens of Foreign Fighter Jets Over Israel Training For War

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

F-35

Germany Says the F-35 is the “Preferred Choice” to Replace its Tornados

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Air Force One

The Presidential Motorcade Is on Full Display as Trump Tours Asia

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Air-launched hypersonic boost glide vehicles

China Shows Off Hypersonic Vehicle Test Model After US Navy Weapon Test

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

U.S. Air Force

USAF Hires Lockheed Martin to Build a Laser Cannon to Defend Its Fighter Jets

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

F-35

UAE Could Become the First Middle Eastern Country After Israel to Get the F-35

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Attack

Saudi Arabia Puts Textron’s Scorpion Light Attack Jet Through Its Paces

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

C-130

This Is All The Stuff You Can Hang Out of a C-130’s Rear Paratrooper Doors

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

U.S. Air Force

No One Seems Sure What’s Been Holding up Drone Strikes in Niger

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

F-35

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Had A Pretty Rough Week

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

MV-22

US Marines Want Pint-Sized Rocket Artillery They can Carry in an MV-22 Osprey

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

B-1

Official USAF Twitter Jokes About Nuclear War and Questions Santa’s Existence

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

MQ-25

Northrop Grumman Bails on Navy’s Watered-Down Tanker Drone Competition

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

HH-60

The US Is Crafting a Joint Air Force-Army Search and Rescue Super Team in Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

French Air Force

Just How Closely Are US and French Forces Cooperating in Niger?

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

French Air Force

All The New Details We Learned About The Ambush In Niger From America’s Top General

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

B-2

No, the USAF Hasn’t Put its Nuclear Bombers Back on 24/7 Alert, Yet

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

U.S. Air Force

This USAF Intelligence Squadron’s Insignia Appears to Show the “F-19 Specter”

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

French Air Force

The U.S. Military’s Incident In Niger Has Been a Long Time Coming

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Manned ISR

The Army’s Latest Spy Planes Are Flying Hundreds of Hours Overseas

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

F/A-18E/F

Boeing Might Include Stealthy Features on Overhauled US Navy Super Hornets

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

U.S. Air Force

USAF and Raytheon Say Cost Overruns Won’t Slow Delivery of Vital New Bomb

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

F-16

Greece Plans to Spend Billions Upgrading Its F-16 Fighter Jet Fleet

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Air Combat Exercises

NATO Members Train to Nuke a “Fictional” Enemy After Major Russian Drills

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

AC-130

The USAF’s AC-130W Gunships Are in Desperate Need of Special Ammunition

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Q-9

General Atomics Is the First to Show Off Its MQ-25 Drone Tanker Design

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Fighters

Russia Says Deal to Sell the UAE Su-35 Fighters Is Just Months Away

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

UH-60

At Hearing, Dunford Highlights Plans for Afghan Black Hawk Gunship Variant

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

U.S. Air Force

USAF Replaces Bulky Tape Cartridges For Loading Launch Codes Into ICBMs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Unmanned

NOAA Is Running Out of Money for its Hurricane Hunting Planes and Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Q-9

Houthi Rebels Shoot Down U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Over Yemen

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019