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Report: Navy Sending Ships To Mandeb Strait Following HSV-2 Swift Attack

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By Tyler Rogoway

Oct 4 12:29 AM EDT

Iran Unveils Fleet of Combat Drones, Claims They’re Copies of Captured RQ-170

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By Tyler Rogoway

Oct 3 4:01 PM EDT

HSV-2 Swift Destroyed Off Yemeni Coast By Anti-Ship Missile

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By Tyler Rogoway

Oct 2 1:45 PM EDT

President Obama Wants Bill Clinton To Stop Lollygagging And Get His Butt On Air Force One!

President Obama Wants Bill Clinton To Stop Lollygagging And Get His Butt On Air Force One! President Obama Wants Bill Clinton To Stop Lollygagging And Get His Butt On Air Force One!

By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 30 8:17 PM EDT

Secretary Of Defense Carter Keeps Touting The Secret Weapons He Has Up His Sleeve

Secretary Of Defense Carter Keeps Touting The Secret Weapons He Has Up His Sleeve Secretary Of Defense Carter Keeps Touting The Secret Weapons He Has Up His Sleeve

By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 30 8:08 PM EDT

Resurrected B-52H ‘Ghost Rider’ Reenters Active Service At Minot AFB

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 30 5:01 PM EDT

Air Force Eyes Air-Breathing, Rocket-Plane Mothership

Air Force Eyes Air-Breathing, Rocket-Plane Mothership Air Force Eyes Air-Breathing, Rocket-Plane Mothership

By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 29 8:52 PM EDT

MH17 Investigation Concludes SA-11 ‘Buk’ Missile System Came From Russia

MH17 Investigation Concludes SA-11 ‘Buk’ Missile System Came From Russia MH17 Investigation Concludes SA-11 ‘Buk’ Missile System Came From Russia

By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 28 8:51 PM EDT

This Is What North Korea’s First Air Show Looked Like

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 26 8:06 PM EDT

ISIS Lobbed Chemical Weapons at US Soldiers Based Near Mosul

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 23 8:07 PM EDT

Buy this VVIP 747SP and Live Like an Oil Rich Emir

Buy this VVIP 747SP and Live Like an Oil Rich Emir Buy this VVIP 747SP and Live Like an Oil Rich Emir

By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 23 2:50 PM EDT

US Bombers Fly Closer to DMZ than Ever Before in Lame Attempt to Deter N. Korea

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 22 9:07 PM EDT

Area 51’s Massive New Hangar Shows Up in New Google Earth Images Of The Secret Base

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 21 9:16 PM EDT

The Mexican Air Force No Longer Has Any Fighter Aircraft In Its Inventory

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 20 9:11 PM EDT

A U-2 Dragon Lady Trainer Has Crashed In California (Updated)

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 20 7:12 PM EDT

The Name Of The USAF’s New B-21 Stealth Bomber Is…

The Name Of The USAF’s New B-21 Stealth Bomber Is… The Name Of The USAF’s New B-21 Stealth Bomber Is…

By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 19 3:19 PM EDT

“60 Minutes” Goes Inside Strategic Command and Sees that the Cold War Never Ended

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 19 2:33 PM EDT

Israel to Receive More Second-Hand F-15 Eagles in Massive New Aid Package

Israel to Receive More Second-Hand F-15 Eagles in Massive New Aid Package Israel to Receive More Second-Hand F-15 Eagles in Massive New Aid Package

By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 16 9:37 PM EDT

Cause of the Tragic Loss of Blue Angel Ruled Pilot Error

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 16 1:30 PM EDT

China and Russia Are Executing Island-Seizing Drills in the South China Sea

China and Russia Are Executing Island-Seizing Drills in the South China Sea China and Russia Are Executing Island-Seizing Drills in the South China Sea

By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 15 8:57 PM EDT

The Reaperettes Provide Critical Life Support For UK Based Eagle Pilots

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By Rich Cooper

Sep 13 7:32 PM EDT

Look at Boeing’s Entry for the USAF’s New Jet Trainer Competition

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 13 5:59 PM EDT

This Russian Beach Landing Drill in Crimea Is Downright Ferocious

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 13 2:14 PM EDT

South Korea’s ‘Massive Punishment & Retaliation’ War Plan Turns Pyongyang To Rubble

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 12 8:55 PM EDT

North Korea Celebrates Its Founding With Nuclear Fireworks

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 9 9:45 PM EDT

Analyzing Trump And Clinton’s Missteps At NBC’s Commander-in-Chief Forum

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 9 12:34 AM EDT

Watch North Korea Launch Three Ballistic Missiles From A Highway

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 7 8:46 PM EDT

Why China Wants to Put the Gargantuan Antonov An-225 Mriya Back Into Production

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By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 2 3:36 PM EDT

The Phantastic QF-4 Phantom Full-Scale Target Drone Takes its Phinal Unmanned Phlight

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 31 8:58 PM EDT

Navy’s Troubled New Carrier Undergoing Long Overdue Review

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 31 8:08 PM EDT

Iran Rings Their Most Hardened Nuclear Site With New Russian-Built SAMs

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 30 9:11 PM EDT

Photos Emerge Of North Korea’s Sub-Launched Ballistic Missile After Successful Test

Photos Emerge Of North Korea’s Sub-Launched Ballistic Missile After Successful Test Photos Emerge Of North Korea’s Sub-Launched Ballistic Missile After Successful Test

By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 30 8:32 PM EDT

Scathing Reports On Both The F-35 Program And The A-10 Divestment Plan

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 29 8:45 PM EDT

Syria Has Reached ‘Game Of Thrones’ Level Of Complexity As Turkey Invades

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 26 8:00 PM EDT

Iran May Have Booted Russia from an Air Base for “Betraying Their Trust”

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 23 11:51 AM EDT

Northrop Grumman’s T-X Jet Trainer Contender Emerges at Mojave Air and Space Port

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 22 8:33 PM EDT

F-22 Raptors Swoop in to Protect US Special Ops Forces in Northwest Syria

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 21 1:52 AM EDT

Here We Go Again: USAF Aims to Stand Up Dedicated F-16 CAS Squadron At Nellis AFB

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 19 7:48 PM EDT

European News Outlet Claims U.S. Has Transferred Nukes From Turkey To Romania

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 18 8:14 PM EDT

Russia Has Revived its Armored Trains

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 17 5:04 PM EDT

Russia Flies First Bomber Strikes From Iranian Base Under Unprecedented Agreement

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 16 7:15 PM EDT

Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire Bombers Deploy To Western Iran: Report

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 15 9:30 PM EDT

Ride Along In The Cockpit With This Apache Pilot For His Final Flight

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 13 6:45 PM EDT

The B-1B ‘Bone’ Rolls Out Of The World’s Largest Anechoic Test Chamber

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 12 8:25 PM EDT

Marine Corps Considers Deploying Small Drones at Squad Level

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 12 7:29 PM EDT

F-22 Raptor Grounded By Swarm

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 11 9:57 AM EDT

All Three Of the USAF’s Bomber Types Congregate Unexpectedly In Guam

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 10 9:23 PM EDT

South China Sea Images Show Potential For Escalating Chinese Airpower

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 9 9:19 PM EDT

The Oregon Air National Guard Celebrates Its 75th Birthday With Amazing Formation Photos

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 6 8:07 PM EDT

The USAF Declares Initial Operating Capability For The F-35A, But it Still Has a Long Way to Go

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 3 8:30 PM EDT

Marine Hornet Squadron Loses Two F/A-18s In One Week And Three In Less Than A Year

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 3 2:19 PM EDT

B-1 Lancers Headed to Guam for the First Time in a Decade

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By Tyler Rogoway

Aug 1 3:40 PM EDT

You Can Buy The World’s Largest Operational Flying Boat For About The Price Of A P-51 Mustang

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By Tyler Rogoway

Jul 28 6:45 PM EDT

Check Out The Huge Dent In HMS Ambush

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By Tyler Rogoway

Jul 26 8:45 PM EDT

China Rolls Out Massive New Amphibious Flying Boat

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By Tyler Rogoway

Jul 26 7:46 PM EDT

Is Moscow’s Finger On The Scales Of The US Presidential Election Via Hacking?

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By Tyler Rogoway

Jul 25 10:00 PM EDT

Watch This Epic Retardant Drop Run By A Firefighting DC-10

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By Tyler Rogoway

Jul 25 2:30 PM EDT

These Photos From The UK’s Two Most Massive Airshows Will Blow Your Mind

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By Tyler Rogoway

Jul 23 7:54 AM EDT

The Utilitarian Su-25 Frogfoot Actually Looks Sexy in These Amazing Photos

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By Tyler Rogoway

Jul 20 8:47 PM EDT

North Korea Says Latest Missile Launches Were Practice For Nuking Air Bases and Ports

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By Tyler Rogoway

Jul 20 2:30 PM EDT

The Harrowing Tale of Erdogan’s Aerial Escape to Istanbul

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By Tyler Rogoway

Jul 19 12:15 AM EDT

This Retired Perry Class Frigate Just Won’t Sink After Being Severely Pummeled During RIMPAC ‘16

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By Tyler Rogoway

Jul 17 7:04 PM EDT

The Morning After Turkey’s Smart Phone Coup

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By Tyler Rogoway

Jul 16 5:58 PM EDT

Watch This F-16 Fly Down A City Street at Night As a Possible Coup Begins In Turkey (Updated)

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By Tyler Rogoway

Jul 15 8:36 PM EDT