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CMV-22 Ospreys Could Fill In For Navy E-2 Hawkeyes As Communications Nodes
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 5, 2023
E-3 Sentry Jets Elephant Walk During Dangerous Weather Escape Drill
By Oliver Parken / Updated Mar 23, 2023
U.S. RC-135 Surveillance Jet Has Flown Unprecedented Mission Over Finland (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 23, 2023
This Is What USAF’s Future E-7 Radar Jet Is Actually Capable Of
By Howard Altman / Updated Mar 20, 2023
U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Planes Are Facing The Axe Again: Report
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 15, 2023
Video Of Another Drone Landing On Russian A-50 Radar Jet In Belarus Emerges
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 3, 2023
Air Force Orders First E-7 Jets To Replace Aging E-3 Sentry
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 1, 2023
Russian A-50 Radar Jet Intact After Claimed Drone Attack In Belarus
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 28, 2023
Claims Swirl Around Supposed Strike On Russian A-50 Radar Jet In Belarus (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 26, 2023
Our Best Look Yet At The Chinese Spy Balloon’s Massive Payload
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 22, 2023
U-2 Pilot’s Selfie Flying Alongside Chinese Spy Balloon Leaks (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 21, 2023
U-2 Spy Planes Snooped On Chinese Surveillance Balloon
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 6, 2023
Newest Air Force E-11A BACN Networking Jet Deploys To Saudi Arabia
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 20, 2022
Air Force’s Prized BACN Networking Jets Now Operating Over The Mediterranean
By Amelia Smith / Updated Oct 31, 2022
Russian Su-27 Released Missile During Intercept Of British RC-135 Spy Plane
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 20, 2022
Navy Turning British Surplus E-3 Sentry Into E-6B Doomsday Plane Trainer
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 5, 2022
Geriatric E-3 Sentry Has Caused Dire Airborne Early Warning Gap: General
By Howard Altman / Updated Sep 29, 2022
Keeping The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye On Top Into the 2040s
By Howard Altman / Updated Aug 4, 2022
Vision For Future Manned-Unmanned Air Combat Laid Out By Skunk Works
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 12, 2022
The U-2 Dragon Lady Finally Says Goodbye To Film Cameras At Beale AFB
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jul 1, 2022
Air Force’s First ‘New’ Constant Phoenix Nuke-Sniffing Jet Has Flown
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jun 30, 2022
Swedish Air Force Pays Tribute To Spy Plane Crew Shot Down By Russia 70 Years Ago
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 13, 2022
Radar-Toting 727 Testbed “Voodoo 1” Appears Over Saipan
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 8, 2022
U.S. RC-135U Spy Plane Just Surveilled China’s Strategic Southern Coast
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 6, 2022
Australia’s New MC-55 Peregrine Electronic Warfare Jet Breaks Cover (Updated)
By Dan Parsons / Updated May 11, 2022
Air Force To Buy E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jets To Replace Aging E-3s
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 26, 2022
SR-71 Blackbird’s Predecessor Looked Even Cooler With Canards
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 22, 2022
RC-135 Jets Flew Unprecedented Mission To Spy On Russia’s New ICBM
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 20, 2022
This Is The Armada Of Spy Planes Tracking Russia’s Forces Surrounding Ukraine
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 18, 2022
Russia Says Its New A-100 Jet Has Flown With Its Radar Turned On For The First Time
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 11, 2022
Chile Has Bought A Trio Of Retired E-3D Sentry Radar Planes From Britain: Reports
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 20, 2022
Scaled Composites Unveils New Encore High-Altitude Optionally Manned Aircraft Concept
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 6, 2022
The Secretive U-2 Spy Plane Missions Flown Out Of Norway’s Bodø Airbase
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 6, 2022
Secret RQ-180 “White Bat” Spy Drone Alluded To In New Air Force Video
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 18, 2021
China Is Using E-3 Sentry Mockups For Targets On Its Ballistic Missile Impact Range
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 12, 2021
One Of U.S. Special Operation Command’s Shyest Spy Planes Has A New Name
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 11, 2021
E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jets Eyed As A Bridge To A Space-Based System By The Air Force
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Sep 23, 2021
RC-135 Now Flying With Donor KC-135 Engine Cover After Frightening Crosswind Landing Mishap
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 22, 2021
Watch This RC-135 Spy Plane Make A Frightening Crosswind Landing In England (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 20, 2021
RC-135W Rivet Joint Spy Plane Is Flying Orbits Over Kabul (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 17, 2021
Watch This 2021 Ford Bronco Play Chase Car For A U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 9, 2021
Meet The MC-145B Wily Coyote Armed Special Ops Transport Plane
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 1, 2021
The Army Lays Out Plans For Its New Intelligence Gathering Jet
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 15, 2021
Mysterious Black Towed Target Was Built To Support Airborne Laser Tests
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 28, 2021
What We Know About The High-Altitude Balloons Recently Lingering Off America’s Coastlines
By Adam Kehoe / Updated May 17, 2021
France Carries Out Unusual Ballistic Missile Test As American Spy Plane Looks On
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 28, 2021
Photo Emerges Of Shadowy Intelligence Gathering “Ghost Plane” In Somalia
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 28, 2021
Help Us Identify This Mysterious SR-71-Looking “Tow Target”
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 26, 2021
U-2 Flight Along The Border Yesterday Wasn’t A Surveillance Mission
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 2, 2021
Did An RC-135 Spy Plane Really Make An Unprecedented Run At Chinese Airspace Near Taiwan?
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 22, 2021
This Montage Of Bad U-2 Landings Shows How Hard It Is To Tame The Dragon Lady
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 16, 2021
Behold The SR-71 Blackbird’s Nest At Dawn
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 1, 2021