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The US military has released an unusual video showing an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship conducting live-fire training the Caribbean. This comes as a major crisis in the region between Guyana and Venezuela.
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Unusual AC-130J Gunship Caribbean Training Video Released

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 12, 2023

AC-130J attacked a target in iraq after attacks on US bases there.
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AC-130 Ghostrider Gunship Strikes Iranian-Backed Militia In Iraq

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 21, 2023

The U.S. Air Force is exploring the possibility of augmenting, rather than replacing its C-32A Air Force Two jets.
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New Plan To Augment C-32A ‘Air Force Two’ Fleet, Not Replace It

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 20, 2023

Aurora Flight Sciences is developing a fan-in-wing blended wing body aircraft concept as part of a U.S. military program exploring ideas for a fast-flying vertical takeoff and landing cargo aircraft.
Transports

VTOL Lift Fan Tactical Transport Design Emerges Under DARPA Program

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 16, 2023

The schedule for long-planned flight testing of an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship with a laser directed energy weapon has slipped again to 2024.
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AC-130 Laser Weapon Test Slip Raises Questions About Its Future

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 10, 2023

The US Air Force is deciding whether or not to begin removing the famed 105mm howitzers from its AC-130J gunships, possibly starting in 2026.
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AC-130J Ghostriders Could Lose Their Big 105mm Guns

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 7, 2023

Jordanian forces used precision airdrop kits to get critical aid to hospital in Gaza.
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Jordanian C-130 Airdropped Supplies To Gaza Hospital

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 6, 2023

Il-76 Cargo Jet’s Disastrous Landing In Mali Captured On Video
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Il-76 Cargo Jet’s Disastrous Landing In Mali Captured On Video

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Sep 28, 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.
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Special Ops C-130s Using Beaches As Runways Eyed For Pacific Fight

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

Drone attack Russian Base
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Russia Sets Up Civilian Patrols To Protect Base After Drone Attack Destroyed Jets

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 1, 2023

Drone strike IL-76 drestroyed
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Moment Of Drone Strike That Destroyed Russian Il-76s Seen In Infrared Image

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 31, 2023

DRONE ATTACK PSKOV
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Il-76 Cargo Jet Left Burning From Drone Strike Deep Inside Russia

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 30, 2023

The US Air Force has selected JetZero to design and build a demonstrator aircraft with a blended wing body, or BWB, configuration that could serve as the basis for future aerial refueling tankers and cargo planes.
Transports

Blended Wing Body Demonstrator Jet Contract Awarded By Air Force (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 16, 2023

GERMANY A340 RETIRED
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Germany Cans Its A340 ‘Air Force One’ Jets After Two Failures In 24 Hours

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 15, 2023

JASDF_C-2 airdrop demonstration
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Japan Eyes Turning C-2 Cargo Jets Into Standoff Missile Carriers

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 7, 2023

Next generation airlift family of systems
Transports

New Airlifters Of All Sizes May Be Needed For Future China Fight

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 24, 2023

Flight tracking military aircraft
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Tracking U.S. Military Aircraft Online Could Become Much Harder

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 19, 2023

US Air Force C-32A and B aircraft are losing their serial numbers as part of a new operational security initiative.
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Air Force C-32 Jets Are Going Incognito Under New Security Policy (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 17, 2023

C-130J flypast over Britain
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Britain Bids Farewell to C-130 Hercules With Spectacular Flypast

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jun 15, 2023

Ukraine Identifies Russian General It Says Ordered Destruction Of Iconic An-225 Mriya Jet
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Ukraine Identifies Russian General It Says Ordered Destruction Of Iconic An-225 Mriya Jet

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 19, 2023

AC-130 Gunship AESA
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AC-130J Ghostrider Could Get Huge Upgrade From AESA Radar

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 15, 2023

AC-130 Gunship Laser Weapon Program’s Future Is Looking Blurry
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AC-130 Gunship Laser Weapon Program’s Future Is Looking Blurry

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 11, 2023

Mojave being delivered via C-130
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Mojave Drone Rapid Deployment From C-130 Shown In New Concept Video

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 10, 2023

MAC MC-130
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Amphibious C-130 Won’t Fly For Two To Three More Years

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 9, 2023

Retirement Of MC-130H Speeds Up MC-130J Low-Flying Radar Upgrade
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Retirement Of MC-130H Speeds Up MC-130J Low-Flying Radar Upgrade

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 11, 2023

Y-20B RAMP
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Our Best Look At China’s Re-Engined Y-20B Cargo Jet

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 6, 2023

Four Nordic nations have signed an air defense alliance.
Transports

Nordic Air Defense Pact Combines Forces Of Hundreds Of Fighter Aircraft

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 25, 2023

Aerial Refueling Boom
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Podded Aerial Refueling Boom Design Has Been Completed For Air Force

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 24, 2023

Biden Dumps Trump’s Air Force One Paint Job For Iconic Design
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Biden Dumps Trump’s Air Force One Paint Job For Iconic Design

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 10, 2023

C-130J simulator explores one pilot-one loadmaster concept
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Single Pilot C-130J Operations Being Explored By Air Force

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 10, 2023

AC-130 Ghostrider
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AC-130J Gunship Unleashes Hell On South Korean Island

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

C-130 no markings AMC
Transports

Air Mobility Command’s Fleet Of Tankers, Cargo Planes Go Incognito

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 4, 2023

Su-57 MAKS 2022
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Here Is What Russia’s Military Aircraft And Missiles Actually Cost

By Piotr Butowski, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 9, 2023

MAC MC-130
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C-130 Seaplane Program Put On Back Burner (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Updated on Feb 2, 2023

General Atomics Liberty Lifter
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Huge Ekranoplan-Like Airlifter Design Teams Selected By DARPA

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 2, 2023

Army and Air Force team up to simulate hot pit refueling an M1A2 Abrams tank with a C-130J Super Hercules
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C-130 Simulates Refueling M1 Abrams Tank During Exercise

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Dec 21, 2022

Special Ops C-130 Tests Pallet-Dropped Cruise Missiles In The Arctic
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Special Ops C-130 Tests Pallet-Dropped Cruise Missiles In The Arctic

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 9, 2022

C-130 Amphibian
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C-130 Seaplane Should Fly In 2023 Says Air Force Special Ops Commander

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 21, 2022

EC-37B Compass Call
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Officer Explains What New EC-37 Electronic Warfare Jets Can Do, Warns Program Is Underfunded

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Sep 19, 2022

AC-130 Gunships Used ‘Big Ass Green Lasers’ During Kabul Evacuation
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AC-130 Gunships Used ‘Big Ass Green Lasers’ During Kabul Evacuation

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 2, 2022

Our First Look At An AC-130J Ghostrider Gunship’s New 105mm Gun
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Our First Look At An AC-130J Ghostrider Gunship’s New 105mm Gun

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 31, 2022

EC-37B Compass Call
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Our Best Look Yet At The Air Force’s EC-37B Compass Call Jamming Jet

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Aug 19, 2022

Taiwan Strait median line
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Fears Grow Over Provocative Chinese Drills Set To Encircle Taiwan

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 3, 2022

Chinese Military Drills Will Surround Taiwan As Punishment For Pelosi Visit
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Chinese Military Drills Will Surround Taiwan As Punishment For Pelosi Visit

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 2, 2022

China Makes New Threats As Rumors Swirl That Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Is Imminent (Updated)
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China Makes New Threats As Rumors Swirl That Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Is Imminent (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 1, 2022

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth utilized a Silver Bullet Command and Control module on his first overseas trip.
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C-17’s Airstream ‘Silver Bullet’ VVIP Pods Weren’t Airworthy For 20 Years

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 28, 2022

An artist's conception of a US Air Force EC-37B Compass Cal jet, with an existing EC-130H Compass call aircraft depicted in the background.
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Congress Pushes For More Air Force EC-37 Electronic Warfare Jets

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 23, 2022

The An-225, known as Mryia, taking off from Ukraine.
Transports

$800M Needed To Build A New An-225 Mriya Cargo Jet Zelensky Says

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 23, 2022

ekranoplan Liberty Lifter
Transports

Cargo Hauling Ekranoplan X-Plane Being Developed By DARPA

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 19, 2022

Eight US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III airlifters at Bardufoss Air Station in Norway on May 10, 2022. The inset is a screen shot from an online flight tracking website showing the aircraft leaving Norway.
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Conga Line Of C-17s Spotted Heading South Over Europe From Norway (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 10, 2022

An-225 Mriya’s First Pilot On The Tragic Destruction Of The World’s Biggest Plane
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An-225 Mriya’s First Pilot On The Tragic Destruction Of The World’s Biggest Plane

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 4, 2022

China’s Y-20 Cargo Jet Has An Upper Passenger Deck That Can Be Installed In Its Hold
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China’s Y-20 Cargo Jet Has An Upper Passenger Deck That Can Be Installed In Its Hold

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 12, 2022

Half A Dozen Chinese Y-20 Cargo Jets Popped Up Over Europe Last Night (Updated)
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Half A Dozen Chinese Y-20 Cargo Jets Popped Up Over Europe Last Night (Updated)

By Stetson Payne and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 10, 2022

This Is Our First Look At The Navy’s Next ‘Doomsday Plane,’ The EC-130J TACAMO
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This Is Our First Look At The Navy’s Next ‘Doomsday Plane,’ The EC-130J TACAMO

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Apr 5, 2022

‘Air Force One’ 747s Now Cost $177k An Hour To Fly
Air Force One

‘Air Force One’ 747s Now Cost $177k An Hour To Fly

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 5, 2022

Destroyed An-225 “Dream” Cargo Jet’s Owner Wants To Crowdfund Its Resurrection
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Destroyed An-225 “Dream” Cargo Jet’s Owner Wants To Crowdfund Its Resurrection

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Mar 25, 2022

This Is Our First Tragic Look At All That’s Left Of Ukraine’s Giant An-225 Cargo jet
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This Is Our First Tragic Look At All That’s Left Of Ukraine’s Giant An-225 Cargo jet

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 4, 2022

Russia Appears To Be Preparing Its Ancient An-2 Biplanes For War In Ukraine
Transports

Russia Appears To Be Preparing Its Ancient An-2 Biplanes For War In Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 2, 2022

First Sight Of Giant An-225 Cargo Jet Since Russian Invasion Shows Its Tail Intact
An-225

First Sight Of Giant An-225 Cargo Jet Since Russian Invasion Shows Its Tail Intact

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 1, 2022

Ukraine’s Giant An-225 Cargo Jet Might Be Destroyed But A New ‘Dream’ Could Rise
An-225

Ukraine’s Giant An-225 Cargo Jet Might Be Destroyed But A New ‘Dream’ Could Rise

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Mar 1, 2022

Ukraine Claims It Shot Down A Russian IL-76 Transport Plane (Updated)
Il-76

Ukraine Claims It Shot Down A Russian IL-76 Transport Plane (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 26, 2022

Ukrainian Forces Recapture The World’s Biggest Cargo Jet After Repelling Russian Assault (Updated)
An-225

Ukrainian Forces Recapture The World’s Biggest Cargo Jet After Repelling Russian Assault (Updated)

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Feb 25, 2022

U.S. Says Its Diplomats Are Out Of Ukraine After U.S. Special Ops Planes Tracked Near Polish Border (Updated)
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U.S. Says Its Diplomats Are Out Of Ukraine After U.S. Special Ops Planes Tracked Near Polish Border (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 22, 2022

Autonomous Resupply Gliders Made Successful Deliveries On Their First Overseas Deployment
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Autonomous Resupply Gliders Made Successful Deliveries On Their First Overseas Deployment

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Feb 2, 2022