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A heavily redacted copy of the final report on a controversial flyoff between the A-10 Warthog and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has finally been released.
Air

A-10 Vs F-35 Close Air Support Flyoff Report Finally Emerges

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 1, 2023

The US has struck Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for a spate of attacks aimed at U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria in recent weeks.
News & Features

U.S. Strikes Back At Iranian-Linked Bases In Syria (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 27, 2023

An Su-27UB Flanker-C sits in the hangar of the Cold War Gallery, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
Air

Su-27 Absolutely Dwarfs All Jets Around It At Its New Home

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Oct 26, 2023

Capt. Bob Peel, left, and Lt. Col. Tony Adamo, right, F-16 instructor pilots from the 162nd Fighter Wing, fly over the Grand Canyon while supporting Operation Noble Eagle’s air sovereignty alert mission.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Ukrainian Pilots Have Begun F-16 Training In U.S.

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 25, 2023

Plan view of Swedish Gripen E with modified wing splinter camouflage
Air

Here’s Why Saab’s Gripen E Fighter’s Wing Suddenly Grew In Size

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 24, 2023

F-14 shot down and F-4 over the med
Sea

The Bizarre Story Of How A Navy F-14 Shot Down An Air Force F-4

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Oct 23, 2023

F-5 light fighters fly in formation
News & Features

The Intriguing Story Of How Yemen Got F-5E Tiger II Fighters

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Oct 18, 2023

Countermeasures released by an F-22 Raptor
Air

This May Be The Best F-22 Raptor Demo Shot Ever

By Tyler Rogoway, By Oliver Parken

Posted on Oct 10, 2023

Scott "Intake" Kartvedt
Sea

We Go In-Depth With The Navy’s First F-35 Squadron Commander

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 10, 2023

INDIAN AIR FORCE MiG-21
News & Features

It’s The Beginning Of The End For India’s MiG-21 Bison

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 9, 2023

The Rock F/A-18 Alcatraz
Air

Blue Angels Maneuver Filmed From Alcatraz Looks Straight Out Of ‘The Rock’

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 6, 2023

F-16 Syria Turkey
Air

U.S. F-16 Shoots Down Turkish Drone Over Syria (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 5, 2023

F-16 Lemoore
Sea

Navy F-16 Recovered After Running Off Runway

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 4, 2023

F35 flare release
Air

Moment Flare Released From F-35 Captured In Remarkable Photo

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 3, 2023

FC-31
Air

Speculation Over Possible New J-35 Variant For China’s Air Force

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 29, 2023

Ukrainian pilots are spending their down time training on F-16 virtual reality simulators.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Pilots Train On Commercial F-16 Simulators At Home Bases

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 27, 2023

A group of airmen at Aviano Air Base in Italy are pitching an idea for a folding boarding ladder that F-16 pilots can stow in the map case in the jet's cockpit.
Air

Airmen Design F-16 Boarding Ladder That Fits Inside Cockpit

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 27, 2023

The National Museum of the U.S. AIr Force's latest acquisition, an Su-27UB Flanker-C, has a curious history.
Air

Su-27 That Mysteriously Vanished After Private Sale Resurfaces

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 27, 2023

Line abreast loop blue angels formation cockpit footage
Sea

Gorgeous Cockpit Video Of Blue Angels Flying Synchronized Loop

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 25, 2023

Norwegian F-35As have become the first aircraft of this type to operate from a road during an exercise in Finland.
News & Features

F-35A Has Flown From A Highway For The First Time

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 21, 2023

A-10 Warthog F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
Air

A-10 Pilot’s Compelling Case For Replacing Warthogs With Super Hornets

By Patrick “BURT” Brown

Posted on Sep 20, 2023

New details about the crash of a Marine Corps F-35B on September 17, 2023, have emerged.
Air

“He Just Lost It In The Weather” – Audio From F-35 Crash Response Emerges

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

Retired Marine Col. Charles Del Pizzo offered his version of the 2023 mishap that saw his F-35B fly for nearly 12 minutes after he ejected.
Air

F-35 Debris Found In Field After Frantic Search For Missing Jet

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 18, 2023

The Air Force will announce details of a major restructuring Monday in Denver.
Air

F-35 Can’t Be Found After Pilot Ejected (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 18, 2023

North Korean Leader Kim visits KnAAPO
News & Features

Will Russia Trade Fighter Jets For North Korean Artillery Shells?

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 15, 2023

Chinese J-20 aircraft on the runway
Land

China’s J-20 Isn’t A “Dominating Aircraft,” USAF General Says

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Sep 13, 2023

CCA F-22
Air

Collaborative Air Combat Drones Will Head To Pacific En Masse

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Sep 13, 2023

Saab remote base Gripen
News & Features

Sweden Considering Donating JAS 39 Gripens To Ukraine: Report

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Sep 13, 2023

For the very beginning, the B-21 Raider stealth bomber program has been about much more than only the bomber itself.
Air

B-21 ‘Family Of Systems’ Details Emerge, Engine Test Runs Start

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 12, 2023

Su-34 Fullback Tires
Air

Russian Su-34 Strike-Fighter Seen Covered In Tires

By Howard Altman, By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 8, 2023

Boeing says Poland has expressed an interest in buying F-15EX Eagle II fighters.
News & Features

Poland Eyeing F-15EX Buy Amid Weapons Buying Spree

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 7, 2023

The Air Force says it is still considering employing its future Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones alongside B-21 bombers, and that the uncrewed aircraft might also serve as tankers and airlifters.
Air

B-21 Raider Could Use Collaborative Drones Meant For Fighters

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 6, 2023

F-35 low departure
Air

F-35 Nearly Trims The Trees In Incredible Boeing Field Departure

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 1, 2023

MIG-29 HUD DRONE KILL
Air

Ukrainian MiG-29 Blasts Russian Drone In New Cockpit Video

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 29, 2023

CF-18 False canopy
Air

False Canopies On Fighters Work, One Almost Killed Me

By Dan McWilliams

Posted on Aug 28, 2023

Andrii Pilshchykov Juice RIP
News & Features

Ukraine’s Outspoken MiG-29 Pilot “Juice” Killed During Mission

By Stetson Payne, By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 26, 2023

MARINE F/A-18 HORNET
Air

F/A-18 Hornet Pilot Pronounced Dead In Crash At MCAS Miramar

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 25, 2023

A U.S. Air Force F-16 shot down a Turkish drone over Syria, a U.S. official tells The War Zone.
Air

Ukrainians To Train On F-16s In The United States

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 25, 2023

JDAM-ER Su-27
Air

Ukraine’s Su-27s Are Launching JDAM-ER Winged Bombs Too

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 24, 2023

IRST Taiwan F-16 Viper
News & Features

Taiwan’s F-16s Cleared To Receive IRST Targeting Systems

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 23, 2023

Indonesia Emerges As First F-15EX Export Customer
News & Features

Indonesia Emerges As First F-15EX Export Customer

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 22, 2023

The Netherlands and Denmark have agreed to provide F-16s to Ukraine.
Air

Dozens Of F-16s Were Just Officially Pledged To Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 20, 2023

F-16 Pilot Training Ukraine
Air

Ukrainian F-16 Combat Proficiency At Scale Not Likely Before 2027, Air Force General Says

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 18, 2023

The US government has reportedly assured its Danish and Dutch counterparts that it will expedite approval of transfers of F-16s to Ukraine.
News & Features

U.S. Now Promising To Fast-Track F-16 Fighters For Ukraine: Report

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 18, 2023

Drone That Mimics Enemy Stealth Fighters Ordered By DoD
Air

Drone That Mimics Enemy Stealth Fighters Ordered By DoD

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 17, 2023

US Marine Corps and US Air Force F-35s have been practicing tactics, techniques, and procedures they would use while working together with non-stealth fighters, like F-16s, in a future high-end fight during an exercise in Wisconsin.
Air

F-35s Keep F-16s In The Fight During Northern Lightning

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 15, 2023

MIG-23 Crash Michigan
Air

MiG-23 Flogger Crashes In Michigan (Updated)

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Aug 13, 2023

Ukraine won't likely have sufficient numbers of combat-capable pilots for years, a top U.S. Air Force general says.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: F-16 Pilot Training May Be Delayed Until January

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 12, 2023

A newly released report on the crash of a British F-35B into the Mediterranean Sea in 2021 includes a picture of the jet on the seafloor.
Air

F-35 Crash Report Includes Sonar Image Of It On Seafloor

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 11, 2023

NGAD Multi-purpose array
Air

How NGAD Will Sense, Communicate, And Jam Could Be Revolutionary

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 9, 2023

F-35B EABO California highway
Air

F-35B Just Touched Down On The Old Pacific Coast Highway

By James Deboer

Posted on Aug 3, 2023

TAIWAN MIRAGE 2000
News & Features

Taiwan Looks To Upgrade Mirage 2000s To Bridge F-16 Delays

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 1, 2023

Nortrhop Grumman has dropped out of the running to be the prime contractor to design and build the US Air Force's future sixth-generation NGAD stealth combat jet.
Air

Northrop Grumman Bails On Next Generation Fighter Competition

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 27, 2023

F-16s for Ukraine U.S. delivery
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Now Pushing To Deliver F-16s “As Fast As Possible”

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 22, 2023

Rafale M
News & Features

India Clears The Way For Naval Rafale Fighter Purchase

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 14, 2023

F-35 Highway Operations RAF
Air

British F-35Bs To Bring Vertical Landing Abilities To Highways

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 13, 2023

NGAD fighter lockheed martin
Air

NGAD Fighter’s Performance: What Can We Expect?

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 12, 2023

Turkey F-16 fighter
News & Features

Turkey Finally Looks Set To Get New F-16s

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 11, 2023

A deal has been struck to begin training Ukrainian pilots, maintainers and support staff to operate F-16s
Air

Ukraine, Allies Agree To F-16 Training Program

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jul 11, 2023

A Top Aces F-16A takes off from Eglin AFB.
Air

Top Aces’ Viper The “Most Maneuverable F-16 I Have Ever Flown”

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jul 10, 2023

MiG-29 Fulcrums Are Ukraine’s JDAM-ER Bomb Trucks
Air

MiG-29 Fulcrums Are Ukraine’s JDAM-ER Bomb Trucks

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Jul 8, 2023

Next Generation Air Dominance
Air

NGAD Future Air Combat Program Test Unit Stands Up

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 3, 2023

HURRICANE MURMANSK
News & Features

Hurricane Fighters From WWII Unearthed In Ukrainian Forest

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 3, 2023

Next generation air dominance Lockheed
News & Features

Skunk Works Cryptically Teases NGAD-Like Aircraft Silhouette

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 1, 2023