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Apache Taiwan
China

Taiwan’s AH-64s Are The World’s Most Sinister-Looking Apaches

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 22, 2023

Ukrainian Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov has been named Ukraine's new presidential chief of staff.
Russia

Exclusive Interview With Ukraine’s Spy Boss From His D.C. Hotel Room

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 22, 2023

BSF HQ attack
Russia

Black Sea Fleet Headquarters Takes Direct Hit From Cruise Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 22, 2023

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

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 21, 2023

Ukrainian Strykers and Marders have broken through the main Russian line of defense.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia’s Main Defensive Line Breached

By Howard Altman, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 21, 2023

Saki Airbase Attack Crimea
Russia

Ukraine Strikes At Russian Airbase In Crimea

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 21, 2023

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was shown an unusual surface-to-air missile known only as the 358 during a recent visit to Iran.
Iran

Bizarre Iranian ‘Loitering SAM’ Shown To Russian Defense Minister

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 20, 2023

Crimea Cruise missile attack
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Unleashes New Wave Of Cruise Missiles On Crimea

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 20, 2023

Russian Airbase Moscow infiltrated
Russia

Claims Swirl Around ‘Sabotage Raid’ On Airbase Near Moscow

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 20, 2023

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

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

By Patrick “BURT” Brown

Posted on Sep 20, 2023

ATACMS PRZM
Russia

Decision To Give ATACMS To Ukraine Is About To Become Easier

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 20, 2023

Tu-160 Engels
Russia

Let’s Talk About Russia’s New Long-Range Kh-BD Cruise Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

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

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

Azerbaijan launches anti-terror operation in Karabakh
Middle East

Azerbaijan Reignites Shooting War In Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Region

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

William Tell
U.S. Homeland

William Tell Air Combat Competition Crowns Its Winners

By Jamie Hunter, James Deboer

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

Air Force Special Operations Command is looking at expanding its ability to land on beaches around the world as part of a shift toward "runway agnostic" operations.
China

Special Ops C-130s Using Beaches As Runways Eyed For Pacific Fight

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

Paladin Ukraine
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: M109 Paladins Are Proving Too Wily For Russian Gunners

By Howard Altman

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.
U.S. Homeland

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 18, 2023

Russian Submarine struck crimea damage
Ukraine

Russian Submarine Shows Massive Damage After Ukrainian Strike

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 18, 2023

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

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 18, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Rumors Swirl Of New Attacks On Black Sea Fleet
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Rumors Swirl Of New Attacks On Black Sea Fleet

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Sep 16, 2023

Crash on takeoff Italian Air force
Europe

One Dead, Three Injured In Italian Air Force Display Team Crash

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Sep 16, 2023

Two massive steel doors weighing 30 tons each are among the devices that will seal off the North American Air Defense Command's underground combat operations center in the event of an attack, shown Jan. 26, 1966. The doors, 26 inches thick, are installed in 17-feet thick reinforced concrete barriers in the tunnel leading go the defense command post inside Cheyenne Mountain, near Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo)
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 16, 2023

Tank Bahkmut
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Small Town Near Bakhmut Recaptured

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 15, 2023

Maybach Kim Train Russia
North Korea

Kim Jong Un’s Maybach Limo Seen Squeezing Into His Armored Train

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 15, 2023

North Korean Leader Kim visits KnAAPO
North Korea

Will Russia Trade Fighter Jets For North Korean Artillery Shells?

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 15, 2023

NORAD EADS
Canada

North American Airspace Defense Getting Cloud-Based Backbone Next Month

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Sep 15, 2023

Yevpatoriya attack
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Claims It Knocked Out S-400 In Crimea

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 15, 2023

MQ-25 Boeing
News & Features

Our First Look At Boeing’s Pre-Production MQ-25 Stingray

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 15, 2023

The U.S. is learning lessons from Ukrainian attacks on Russian air defenses.
News & Features

New Lessons U.S. Is Learning From The Air War Over Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 14, 2023

RUSSIAN FLANKER
News & Features

Russian Su-27’s Missile Missed RC-135 Spy Plane After Deliberate Launch: Report

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 14, 2023

F-35 getting airborne
News & Features

Fight’s On! Inside The Rebooted William Tell Fighter Competition

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Sep 14, 2023

KIM AND PUTIN
North Korea

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Warns North Korea, Russia Against Arms Deals

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 14, 2023

Chinese J-20 aircraft on the runway
Taiwan

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

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Sep 13, 2023

CCA F-22
Indo-Pacific

Collaborative Air Combat Drones Will Head To Pacific En Masse

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Sep 13, 2023

SEVASTOPOL ATTACK
Ukraine

Russian Submarine, Landing Ship Struck In Attack On Sevastopol

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 13, 2023

Saab remote base Gripen
Ukraine

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.
Procurement

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 12, 2023

Jackdaw
United Kingdom

Britain’s New Jackdaw Combat Drone Aims To Be “Disposable”

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 12, 2023

B-21 Raider Side View
U.S. Homeland

B-21 Raider Seen Like Never Before In New Images

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 12, 2023

Royal Navy Long Patrol Vanguard SSBN
United Kingdom

Vanguard Submarine Arrives Home Absolutely Caked In Algae

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Sep 12, 2023

The US Air Force's Air Mobility Command is still pushing ahead with an idea to turn its KC-135 aerial refueling tankers into drone motherships.
Drones

KC-135 Tankers Being Eyed For Drone Launcher Role

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 11, 2023

BLACK SEA DRILLING PLATFORM
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Says Black Sea Platforms Recaptured From Russia

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 11, 2023

Anduril's acquisition of Blue Force Technologies and its Fury drone is a latest development is an important story that could have broad ramifications for the US defense industry.
U.S. Homeland

The Rise Of Fury

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 11, 2023

William Tell Air Force
U.S. Homeland

William Tell Has Fighter Pilots Competing For Trophies Once Again

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Sep 11, 2023

North Korea rocket truck
North Korea

North Korea Debuts Rocket Launchers That Appear As Civilian Trucks

By Stetson Payne, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 9, 2023

French officers in an underground HQ on the western front during world war one, 1916. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 9, 2023

Kyiv has asked for an extension in Abrams tank training.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: M1 Abrams Tank Training Extended

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 9, 2023

Gerpard Shahed 136 night
Russia

Gepard’s 35mm Cannons Blast Russian Drones Out Of The Sky In First-Person Video

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Sep 8, 2023

Su-34 Fullback Tires
Ukraine

Russian Su-34 Strike-Fighter Seen Covered In Tires

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 8, 2023

Ukraine is increasing its advance through Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Breakthrough At Russia’s Second Defensive Line

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 8, 2023

LongShot Air-To-Air Combat Drone Bid Won By General Atomics
U.S. Homeland

LongShot Air-To-Air Combat Drone Bid Won By General Atomics

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 8, 2023

North Korea Nuclear Missile Submarine
North Korea

North Korea’s Diesel-Electric Ballistic Missile ‘Frankensub’ Emerges

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 8, 2023

Watchkeeper 450 pictured at Project Convergence 22
United Kingdom

Examining The Deployment Of The U.K.’s Troubled Watchkeeper Drones At Fort Bliss

By Amelia Smith

Posted on Sep 7, 2023

Boeing says Poland has expressed an interest in buying F-15EX Eagle II fighters.
Eastern Europe

Poland Eyeing F-15EX Buy Amid Weapons Buying Spree

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 7, 2023

AH-64E MUMT-X
Drones

This Is What The AH-64 Apache’s New Extended Rotor Mast Does

By Tyler Rogoway, Oliver Parken

Posted on Sep 7, 2023

A new released memo to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed two shoot downs by F-22 Raptors of unknown objects in February.
China

Secret Memo Raises More Questions About UFO Shootdowns Over Alaska, Canada

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 7, 2023

A new planned test of the Army's Dark Eagle hypersonic missile has been cancelled.
U.S. Homeland

Test Of Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile At Cape Canaveral Aborted (Updated)

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.
Drones

B-21 Raider Could Use Collaborative Drones Meant For Fighters

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 6, 2023

Bradley Ukraine
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Counteroffensive Pushes Toward Second Defensive Line

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 6, 2023

At the direction of the Pentagon, the US Air Force has kicked off a new initiative to explore ways to better protect the United States against incoming cruise missiles.
News & Features

SAM Sites Could Return To Critical Locales Across U.S.

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 5, 2023

Roadrunner crash Florida
News & Features

Presidential Motorcade’s Roadrunner Ran Off The Road In Florida

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 5, 2023

Russian MI-8 Defector Ukraine
Russia

Russian Helicopter Pilot Details His Defection Flight To Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 5, 2023

RCADE raytheon
U.S. Homeland

RCADE Battle Simulator “Moneyballs” Virtual Fights With Unmanned Platforms

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Sep 5, 2023