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Russian Airbase Moscow infiltrated
Russia

Claims Swirl Around ‘Sabotage Raid’ On Airbase Near Moscow

Chkalovsky Air Base, just outside Moscow, is home to various strategic air assets as well as the high-profile presidential transport fleet.

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

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

An A-10 Weapons Instructor lays out how buying F/A-18E/Fs fits the Air Force's imperatives and keeps the A-10's unique braintrust intact.

ATACMS PRZM
Russia

Decision To Give ATACMS To Ukraine Is About To Become Easier

With ATACMS' replacement arriving very soon, one major argument against sending the ballistic missiles to Ukraine would lose its potency.

Tu-160 Engels
Russia

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

The chief of Russia’s Long-Range Aviation says that the Tu-160 Blackjack is now carrying the advanced new long-range weapon.

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

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

Video of the crash site and radio calls made shortly after the F-35 pilot ejected add new color to this developing story.

Azerbaijan launches anti-terror operation in Karabakh
Middle East

Azerbaijan Reignites Shooting War In Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Region

Azerbaijan has launched a military campaign in the volatile Nagorno-Karabakh region, with fears that a new full-scale war could break out.

William Tell
Air Combat Exercises

William Tell Air Combat Competition Crowns Its Winners

"This competition was the best thing I have done so far in my career,” an F-15 ground crewman told The War Zone as the contest wrapped up.

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.
C-130

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

MC-130s operating from beaches could provide critical logistics in the Pacific where runways are few in number and under threat.

Paladin Ukraine
Russia

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

With its ability to 'shoot-and-scoot,' Paladin self-propelled Howitzers are keeping enemies pinned down and surviving to fight another day.

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.
F-35

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

The 'zombie' F-35B has been missing since yesterday after its pilot ejected after experiencing a mishap and the jet flew on.

Russian Submarine struck crimea damage
Kilo Class

Russian Submarine Shows Massive Damage After Ukrainian Strike

Photos of major damage to a Russian Navy submarine attacked while in dry dock in Crimea point to the boat being a complete write-off.

The Air Force will announce details of a major restructuring Monday in Denver.
F-35

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

The USMC F-35B may have traveled in a 'zombie state' after the pilot ejected, leaving its whereabouts unknown.

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

Two Russian warships appeared in Sevastopol under tow but without clear signs of damage, while others remain unaccounted for.

Crash on takeoff Italian Air force
Europe

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

Although the pilot survived, ejecting less than a second before the crash, the burning wreckage struck a passing car near the Turin airport.

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

Good times deep underground!

Tank Bahkmut
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Small Town Near Bakhmut Recaptured

Ukraine continues to try to pin down Russian forces near Bakhmut, tying up forces away from the main thrust of its counteroffensive.

Maybach Kim Train Russia
North Korea

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

You really, REALLY don't want to scratch the dictator of North Korea's smuggled-in custom Maybach limousine.

North Korean Leader Kim visits KnAAPO
North Korea

Will Russia Trade Fighter Jets For North Korean Artillery Shells?

Kim Jong Un examined high-end Russian fighters as concerns mount that it will supply Russia with gobs of ammunition for the war in Ukraine.

NORAD EADS
U.S. Air Force

North American Airspace Defense Getting Cloud-Based Backbone Next Month

Cloud-based command-and-control for air defense over North America is set to be declared operational next month.

Yevpatoriya attack
News & Features

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

Ukrainian attacks on Russian-occupied Crimea appear to have taken their next high-profile victim, an S-400 air defense system.