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Dozens Of U.S.-Bought Afghan Air Force Aircraft Are Now Orphaned At An Uzbek Airfield
U.S. Homeland

Dozens Of U.S.-Bought Afghan Air Force Aircraft Are Now Orphaned At An Uzbek Airfield

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 18, 2021

Five Decades After Evacuating The Embassy In Saigon The CH-46 Phrog Did It Again In Kabul
Vietnam War

Five Decades After Evacuating The Embassy In Saigon The CH-46 Phrog Did It Again In Kabul

By Adam Kehoe and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 17, 2021

RC-135W Rivet Joint Spy Plane Is Flying Orbits Over Kabul (Updated)
Afghanistan

RC-135W Rivet Joint Spy Plane Is Flying Orbits Over Kabul (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 17, 2021

Situation At Kabul Airport “Would Have Been Difficult For Anyone To Predict” Says Pentagon Spokesman (Updated)
Afghanistan

Situation At Kabul Airport “Would Have Been Difficult For Anyone To Predict” Says Pentagon Spokesman (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 17, 2021

800 People Evacuated From Kabul Aboard A Single C-17 Cargo Jet (Updated)
Afghanistan

800 People Evacuated From Kabul Aboard A Single C-17 Cargo Jet (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 16, 2021

U.S. Troops Kill Two Armed Afghans At Unsecured Kabul Airport, Thousands More Being Sent (Updated)
Afghanistan

U.S. Troops Kill Two Armed Afghans At Unsecured Kabul Airport, Thousands More Being Sent (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 16, 2021

Apache Helicopters Chase Afghans Swarming A C-17 On Kabul Airport’s Runway (Updated)
Afghanistan

Apache Helicopters Chase Afghans Swarming A C-17 On Kabul Airport’s Runway (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 16, 2021

Mayhem At Kabul Airport Causing American Troops To Fire Warning Shots To Push Back Crowds (Updated)
Afghanistan

Mayhem At Kabul Airport Causing American Troops To Fire Warning Shots To Push Back Crowds (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 16, 2021

Fall Of Kabul To Taliban Imminent As Surprised United States Races To Get Its People Out (Updated)
Afghanistan

Fall Of Kabul To Taliban Imminent As Surprised United States Races To Get Its People Out (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 15, 2021

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

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 14, 2021

Shadowy KC-135RT Special Ops Tankers Head Toward Afghanistan As Evacuation Airbridge Forms (Updated)
Afghanistan

Shadowy KC-135RT Special Ops Tankers Head Toward Afghanistan As Evacuation Airbridge Forms (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 14, 2021

Emergency Troop Surge Now Needed For Afghan Withdrawal (Updated)
Afghanistan

Emergency Troop Surge Now Needed For Afghan Withdrawal (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 13, 2021

Skunk Works’ Factory Of The Future Will Use Roaming Robots To Rapidly Assemble Top Secret Aircraft
Drones

Skunk Works’ Factory Of The Future Will Use Roaming Robots To Rapidly Assemble Top Secret Aircraft

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 13, 2021

Strategic Command Boss Encourages People To Keep Looking For More Chinese Missile Silos
China

Strategic Command Boss Encourages People To Keep Looking For More Chinese Missile Silos

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Aug 12, 2021

Mysterious High-Altitude Airspace Closure Appears Alongside Nellis Range Complex
U.S. Homeland

Mysterious High-Altitude Airspace Closure Appears Alongside Nellis Range Complex

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 12, 2021

Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers
Cold War

Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 11, 2021

These Contenders Are Vying To Replace The Navy’s T-45 Goshawk With A New Jet Trainer
Procurement

These Contenders Are Vying To Replace The Navy’s T-45 Goshawk With A New Jet Trainer

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Aug 11, 2021

New Light Shed On The Once Top Secret Tacit Blue Aircraft By Veteran Program Manager
People

New Light Shed On The Once Top Secret Tacit Blue Aircraft By Veteran Program Manager

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 10, 2021

Small Unmanned Helicopters Used Lasers To Map Littorals In Recent U.S. Navy Tests
Lasers

Small Unmanned Helicopters Used Lasers To Map Littorals In Recent U.S. Navy Tests

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Aug 9, 2021

Japan Wants To Detect Incoming Hypersonic Missiles With Unmanned Aircraft
Japan

Japan Wants To Detect Incoming Hypersonic Missiles With Unmanned Aircraft

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 9, 2021

Senate Intel Committee Strengthens Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force In New Bill
U.S. Homeland

Senate Intel Committee Strengthens Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force In New Bill

By Adam Kehoe

Updated on Aug 9, 2021

Watch This 2021 Ford Bronco Play Chase Car For A U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane
U.S. Homeland

Watch This 2021 Ford Bronco Play Chase Car For A U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 9, 2021

Preorders For This Electromagnetic Rifle Are Being Taken For $3,775
U.S. Homeland

Preorders For This Electromagnetic Rifle Are Being Taken For $3,775

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Aug 7, 2021

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

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 7, 2021

Mysterious New Electronic Warfare System Spotted On U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers
Mysteries

Mysterious New Electronic Warfare System Spotted On U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 6, 2021

Everything We Just Learned About The Fatal Iranian Drone Attack On A Tanker
Iran

Everything We Just Learned About The Fatal Iranian Drone Attack On A Tanker

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 6, 2021

RQ-4 Global Hawk Drone Crashes Just Outside Of Grand Forks Air Force Base
U.S. Homeland

RQ-4 Global Hawk Drone Crashes Just Outside Of Grand Forks Air Force Base

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 6, 2021

A-10 Warthogs Fly From A Michigan Highway (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

A-10 Warthogs Fly From A Michigan Highway (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Aug 6, 2021

Curious Mission Flown Over The Baltic Sea By U.S. Air Force Nuke Sniffing Plane
Baltic Sea

Curious Mission Flown Over The Baltic Sea By U.S. Air Force Nuke Sniffing Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 6, 2021

Kratos Says Secret “Off-Board Sensing Station” Unmanned Aircraft Will Be Transformative
Drones

Kratos Says Secret “Off-Board Sensing Station” Unmanned Aircraft Will Be Transformative

By Brett Tingley and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 5, 2021

Air Force Throws Millions At Startup Trying To Build Reusable Hypersonic Aircraft
Procurement

Air Force Throws Millions At Startup Trying To Build Reusable Hypersonic Aircraft

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Aug 5, 2021

Ripsaw Unmanned Mini-Tank Sent To The Army’s Shooting Range For The First Time
Drones

Ripsaw Unmanned Mini-Tank Sent To The Army’s Shooting Range For The First Time

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 5, 2021

Drone Makes First Autonomous Aerial Delivery Between Two Military Vessels
U.S. Homeland

Drone Makes First Autonomous Aerial Delivery Between Two Military Vessels

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Aug 4, 2021

Russian Nuclear Submarine Broke Down In Danish Waters
Europe

Russian Nuclear Submarine Broke Down In Danish Waters

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Aug 4, 2021

India’s Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Has Gone To Sea For The First Time
India

India’s Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Has Gone To Sea For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Aug 4, 2021

Puzzling Hijacking Of Commercial Vessel In Gulf Of Oman Comes To An End
Iran

Puzzling Hijacking Of Commercial Vessel In Gulf Of Oman Comes To An End

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 4, 2021

Mysterious “Potential Hijack” Of Commercial Ship Ongoing In The Gulf Of Oman (Updated)
Iran

Mysterious “Potential Hijack” Of Commercial Ship Ongoing In The Gulf Of Oman (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 3, 2021

The Truth About The Air Force’s Biggest Changes To Pilot Training Since The Dawn Of The Jet Age
U.S. Homeland

The Truth About The Air Force’s Biggest Changes To Pilot Training Since The Dawn Of The Jet Age

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Aug 3, 2021

Lasers Destined For Fighter Jets Are Now Being Tested In The Air Force’s Wind Tunnels
Lasers

Lasers Destined For Fighter Jets Are Now Being Tested In The Air Force’s Wind Tunnels

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Aug 3, 2021

Bell Unveils VTOL Aircraft Concepts That All Feature Fold-Away Rotors For Jet-Speed Flight
U.S. Homeland

Bell Unveils VTOL Aircraft Concepts That All Feature Fold-Away Rotors For Jet-Speed Flight

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 2, 2021

Electronic Warfare System On Air Force F-16 Gets Capability Update In Flight
Procurement

Electronic Warfare System On Air Force F-16 Gets Capability Update In Flight

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 2, 2021

U.S. Threatens “Appropriate Response” After Blaming Iran For Drone Attack On Tanker
Iran

U.S. Threatens “Appropriate Response” After Blaming Iran For Drone Attack On Tanker

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 2, 2021

Rare Sight Of Two Supercarriers Docked In San Diego With Their Decks Packed With Aircraft (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

Rare Sight Of Two Supercarriers Docked In San Diego With Their Decks Packed With Aircraft (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 2, 2021

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

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 31, 2021

The Pentagon Is Experimenting With Using Artificial Intelligence To “See Days In Advance”
U.S. Homeland

The Pentagon Is Experimenting With Using Artificial Intelligence To “See Days In Advance”

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

Fatal Attack On Tanker Off Oman Blamed On Suicide Drone: Report
Israel

Fatal Attack On Tanker Off Oman Blamed On Suicide Drone: Report

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

Navy Formally Accuses Sailor Of Starting The Fire That Destroyed The USS Bonhomme Richard
U.S. Homeland

Navy Formally Accuses Sailor Of Starting The Fire That Destroyed The USS Bonhomme Richard

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jul 30, 2021

British And Chinese Aircraft Carriers Both Underway In The Tense South China Sea (Updated)
South China Sea

British And Chinese Aircraft Carriers Both Underway In The Tense South China Sea (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 30, 2021

New Swarming Capability Planned For The V-Bat Vertical Takeoff And Landing Drone
Drones

New Swarming Capability Planned For The V-Bat Vertical Takeoff And Landing Drone

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jul 29, 2021

A-10 Warthogs Are About To Operate From A U.S. Highway For The First Time
U.S. Homeland

A-10 Warthogs Are About To Operate From A U.S. Highway For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 29, 2021

Can The President Order Troops To Get The COVID-19 Vaccine? (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

Can The President Order Troops To Get The COVID-19 Vaccine? (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 29, 2021

Lawmakers Are Skeptical About The Services’ Focus On Next Generation Fighters Over Existing Designs
U.S. Homeland

Lawmakers Are Skeptical About The Services’ Focus On Next Generation Fighters Over Existing Designs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 29, 2021

“Jetpack Man” Spotted Again By Pilots On Approach To LAX Nearly A Year After First Sighting
U.S. Homeland

“Jetpack Man” Spotted Again By Pilots On Approach To LAX Nearly A Year After First Sighting

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 29, 2021

Watch This C-17 Make A Bonkers “Tactical Departure” From Portland International Airport (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

Watch This C-17 Make A Bonkers “Tactical Departure” From Portland International Airport (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 29, 2021

C-17 Pilot Who Made That Intense Takeoff From Portland Explains The Maneuver
U.S. Homeland

C-17 Pilot Who Made That Intense Takeoff From Portland Explains The Maneuver

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 29, 2021

The First XQ-58A Valkyrie Is Already Headed To A Museum (Updated)
Drones

The First XQ-58A Valkyrie Is Already Headed To A Museum (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 28, 2021

What It Takes For U.S. Jets To Keep Fighting In Afghanistan From “Over The Horizon”
Afghanistan

What It Takes For U.S. Jets To Keep Fighting In Afghanistan From “Over The Horizon”

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 28, 2021

General Atomics Unveils New “LongShot” Aircraft-Launched Air-To-Air Combat Drone Rendering
Drones

General Atomics Unveils New “LongShot” Aircraft-Launched Air-To-Air Combat Drone Rendering

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 28, 2021

This Is Our First Look At How General Atomics’ Sparrowhawk Drone Will Get Caught In Mid-Air
Drones

This Is Our First Look At How General Atomics’ Sparrowhawk Drone Will Get Caught In Mid-Air

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 27, 2021

Joint Chiefs Seek A New Warfighting Paradigm After Devastating Losses In Classified Wargames
China

Joint Chiefs Seek A New Warfighting Paradigm After Devastating Losses In Classified Wargames

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Jul 27, 2021

China Increasing Its Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Silos By A Factor Of Ten: Report
China

China Increasing Its Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Silos By A Factor Of Ten: Report

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 27, 2021

This Kamikaze Impact Mark On A British Cruiser Is A Testament To The Brutality Of The Pacific War
WWII

This Kamikaze Impact Mark On A British Cruiser Is A Testament To The Brutality Of The Pacific War

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 27, 2021

Jet-Powered Coyote Drone Defeats Swarm In Army Tests
Drones

Jet-Powered Coyote Drone Defeats Swarm In Army Tests

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jul 26, 2021

AI That Bested Air Force Pilot In “Digital Dogfights” Headed For L-39 Jet Trainer
Artificial Intelligence

AI That Bested Air Force Pilot In “Digital Dogfights” Headed For L-39 Jet Trainer

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 26, 2021