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The Air Force Spent $134M To Repair 39 Hail-Damaged T-1 Jet Trainers It’s About To Retire
Flight Training

The Air Force Spent $134M To Repair 39 Hail-Damaged T-1 Jet Trainers It’s About To Retire

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 25, 2021

Air Force Combines Wargames To Make The Mother Of All Airpower Testing Events
Air Combat Exercises

Air Force Combines Wargames To Make The Mother Of All Airpower Testing Events

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Mar 11, 2021

This Montage Of Bad U-2 Landings Shows How Hard It Is To Tame The Dragon Lady
Flight Training

This Montage Of Bad U-2 Landings Shows How Hard It Is To Tame The Dragon Lady

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 16, 2021

F-35s And F-16s Set To Operate From Austere Jungle Airfield During Major Exercise On Guam
Air Combat Exercises

F-35s And F-16s Set To Operate From Austere Jungle Airfield During Major Exercise On Guam

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 28, 2021

Black Flag Rises: New “Super Bowl Of Test Exercises” Pushes USAF’s Top Weapons To Their Limit
Northern Edge

Black Flag Rises: New “Super Bowl Of Test Exercises” Pushes USAF’s Top Weapons To Their Limit

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Jan 13, 2021

Greece Joins Forces With Israel To Revamp Its Fighter Pilot Training Program
Flight Training

Greece Joins Forces With Israel To Revamp Its Fighter Pilot Training Program

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 5, 2021

Why The Navy Is Looking To End Carrier Qualifications Entirely For Its Pilots In Training
Flight Training

Why The Navy Is Looking To End Carrier Qualifications Entirely For Its Pilots In Training

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Dec 21, 2020

Pilot In A Real Aircraft Just Fought An AI-Driven Virtual Enemy Jet For The First Time
Flight Training

Pilot In A Real Aircraft Just Fought An AI-Driven Virtual Enemy Jet For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Dec 2, 2020

F-117 Nighthawks Now Appear To Be Flying As Adversaries In Red Flag Aerial War Games
Red Flag

F-117 Nighthawks Now Appear To Be Flying As Adversaries In Red Flag Aerial War Games

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Fighter Pilots Could Soon Train To Dogfight Against Virtual Projections Of Adversary Jets
Flight Training

Fighter Pilots Could Soon Train To Dogfight Against Virtual Projections Of Adversary Jets

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

The EA-18G Growler Has Its Own Topgun School For Electronic Attack Instead Of Dogfighting
Flight Training

The EA-18G Growler Has Its Own Topgun School For Electronic Attack Instead Of Dogfighting

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Enlisted Airmen Can Now Get A Taste Of Air Force Flight Training
Flight Training

Enlisted Airmen Can Now Get A Taste Of Air Force Flight Training

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 19, 2020

Canadian Fighter Pilot Training Company To Buy FA-50 Light Combat Jets
Flight Training

Canadian Fighter Pilot Training Company To Buy FA-50 Light Combat Jets

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 6, 2020

Red Flag Is Back In Business As Two Of The Big Air Combat Exercises Kick Off Simultaneously
Red Flag

Red Flag Is Back In Business As Two Of The Big Air Combat Exercises Kick Off Simultaneously

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Aug 4, 2020

Fighter Pilots Warn Of Newly Trained Pilots’ Lack Of Actual Flying Experience
Flight Training

Fighter Pilots Warn Of Newly Trained Pilots’ Lack Of Actual Flying Experience

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Jul 22, 2020

Air Force Aggressor Squadron Has A Surprising Secondary Mission
Red Flag

Air Force Aggressor Squadron Has A Surprising Secondary Mission

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

On Top Gun‘s 30th Anniversary, We Talk to a Topgun Instructor Who Worked on the ’80s Masterpiece
Flight Training

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

New Marine One VH-92A Helicopters Could Be Joined By Fleet Of CH-92A Trainer-Transports
Flight Training

New Marine One VH-92A Helicopters Could Be Joined By Fleet Of CH-92A Trainer-Transports

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 23, 2020

Instructor Fighter Pilot Screams “Kill Him! Kill Him!” At Student In Hilarious Dogfight Video
Flight Training

Instructor Fighter Pilot Screams “Kill Him! Kill Him!” At Student In Hilarious Dogfight Video

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 23, 2020

The Navy’s Next Jet Trainer Won’t Be Able To Land Or Take Off From An Aircraft Carrier
Flight Training

The Navy’s Next Jet Trainer Won’t Be Able To Land Or Take Off From An Aircraft Carrier

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 18, 2020

The Bronco Is Back! A Fleet Of OV-10s Will Help Train Air Force Forward Air Controllers
Flight Training

The Bronco Is Back! A Fleet Of OV-10s Will Help Train Air Force Forward Air Controllers

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 1, 2020

Air Force Wants To Acquire Losing T-X Jet Trainers To Help Revolutionize Pilot Training
Flight Training

Air Force Wants To Acquire Losing T-X Jet Trainers To Help Revolutionize Pilot Training

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 19, 2020

Check Out All The Airpower On Guam For Exercise Cope North In This Exclusive Satellite Image
Air Combat Exercises

Check Out All The Airpower On Guam For Exercise Cope North In This Exclusive Satellite Image

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 17, 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

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

Iran’s Newest ‘Homemade’ Drone Is An Unmanned Conversion Of A 1940s American Jet Trainer
Flight Training

Iran’s Newest ‘Homemade’ Drone Is An Unmanned Conversion Of A 1940s American Jet Trainer

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 30, 2019

Here’s What Really Happened When U.S. Marines Brought F-35Bs to Red Flag
Red Flag

Here’s What Really Happened When U.S. Marines Brought F-35Bs to Red Flag

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 29, 2019

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

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

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

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Watch This Russian KA-52 Attack Chopper Accidentally Fire Rockets at Exercise Observers
Air Combat Exercises

Watch This Russian KA-52 Attack Chopper Accidentally Fire Rockets at Exercise Observers

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

F-22s Team Up With Combat Rescue Personnel to Practice for Quick Deployments
Air Combat Exercises

F-22s Team Up With Combat Rescue Personnel to Practice for Quick Deployments

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

USAF’s Reboot Of Its Huge International Air Mobility Exercise Has Begun
Air Combat Exercises

USAF’s Reboot Of Its Huge International Air Mobility Exercise Has Begun

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

The U.S. Air Force Only Has One Upgraded Ejection Seat for its F-35A Fleet
Flight Training

The U.S. Air Force Only Has One Upgraded Ejection Seat for its F-35A Fleet

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

America Is Still Training Ukrainian Troops to Fly a Drone They Hate
Flight Training

America Is Still Training Ukrainian Troops to Fly a Drone They Hate

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

F-15C Eagle’s New Infrared Search And Track Pod Spotted At Huge Exercise In Alaska
Northern Edge

F-15C Eagle’s New Infrared Search And Track Pod Spotted At Huge Exercise In Alaska

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 18, 2019

Huge Chaff Cloud That Lit Up Radars As It Drifted Across The Midwest Remains A Mystery
Flight Training

Huge Chaff Cloud That Lit Up Radars As It Drifted Across The Midwest Remains A Mystery

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 17, 2019

Behold These Awesome Images Of A-10 Warthogs Training With MV-22 Ospreys Over Hawaii
Flight Training

Behold These Awesome Images Of A-10 Warthogs Training With MV-22 Ospreys Over Hawaii

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 17, 2019

Boeing’s T-X Win Is Really Much Bigger Than Just Building A Replacement For The T-38
Flight Training

Boeing’s T-X Win Is Really Much Bigger Than Just Building A Replacement For The T-38

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 28, 2018

Here Are The Specific Terms Of The USAF’s T-X Contract That Boeing Just Won
Flight Training

Here Are The Specific Terms Of The USAF’s T-X Contract That Boeing Just Won

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 28, 2018

Boeing Wins Big Again And Claims The USAF’s Huge T-X Jet Trainer Deal
Flight Training

Boeing Wins Big Again And Claims The USAF’s Huge T-X Jet Trainer Deal

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 27, 2018

USAF’s T-X Jet Trainer Selection Could Come At Any Moment, Who Do You Think Will Win?
Flight Training

USAF’s T-X Jet Trainer Selection Could Come At Any Moment, Who Do You Think Will Win?

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 26, 2018

Pilots Eject After Air Force T-38 Talon Jet Veers Off Runway, 4th Talon Loss In 10 Months
Flight Training

Pilots Eject After Air Force T-38 Talon Jet Veers Off Runway, 4th Talon Loss In 10 Months

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 11, 2018

Marines Want Contractor-Flown Russian Mi-24 Hind Helicopter Gunships At More Exercises
Air Combat Exercises

Marines Want Contractor-Flown Russian Mi-24 Hind Helicopter Gunships At More Exercises

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 1, 2018

Night Stalker Choppers Freak Out Manhattan With Nighttime Low-Level Training Exercise
Flight Training

Night Stalker Choppers Freak Out Manhattan With Nighttime Low-Level Training Exercise

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 20, 2018

USAF Is Jamming GPS In The Western U.S. For Largest Ever Red Flag Air War Exercise
Red Flag

USAF Is Jamming GPS In The Western U.S. For Largest Ever Red Flag Air War Exercise

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 26, 2018

How Sly RAF Tornado Crews Repeatedly Killed U.S. Navy F-14s And F/A-18s In Training
Air Combat Exercises

How Sly RAF Tornado Crews Repeatedly Killed U.S. Navy F-14s And F/A-18s In Training

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 9, 2017

Pentagon Flight Testers Now Have Their Own Mock Air War Called “Orange Flag”
Air Combat Exercises

Pentagon Flight Testers Now Have Their Own Mock Air War Called “Orange Flag”

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2017

Alaskan Aggressor F-16 Emerges In Awesome New Forest Green “Splinter” Camouflage
Red Flag

Alaskan Aggressor F-16 Emerges In Awesome New Forest Green “Splinter” Camouflage

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 9, 2017

One Of North Korea’s Most Dangerous Weapons Is The Ancient An-2 Biplane
Air Combat Exercises

One Of North Korea’s Most Dangerous Weapons Is The Ancient An-2 Biplane

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 27, 2017

Aggressor F-16C Appears At Red Flag Alaska In SR-71 Blackbird Like Paint Scheme
Red Flag

Aggressor F-16C Appears At Red Flag Alaska In SR-71 Blackbird Like Paint Scheme

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 2, 2017

Check Out These Sizzling Photos From Two Of Europe’s Premier Air Combat Drills
Air Combat Exercises

Check Out These Sizzling Photos From Two Of Europe’s Premier Air Combat Drills

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 12, 2017

U-2 Flies in Alaska Exercise for First Time, But Not as a Spy Plane
Northern Edge

U-2 Flies in Alaska Exercise for First Time, But Not as a Spy Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 22, 2017

Watch A-10s Lob Laser-Guided Bombs At Remote-Controlled Humvees
Flight Training

Watch A-10s Lob Laser-Guided Bombs At Remote-Controlled Humvees

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 10, 2017

Let’s Talk About Those F-35 Kill Ratio Reports From Red Flag
Red Flag

Let’s Talk About Those F-35 Kill Ratio Reports From Red Flag

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 9, 2017