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A U.S. Air Force F-16 shot down a Turkish drone over Syria, a U.S. official tells The War Zone.
F-16

Ukrainians To Train On F-16s In The United States

After language proficiency training in Texas next month, several pilots and dozens of maintainers will head to Tucson to work with F-16s.

Ukrainian forces are disassembling controversial cluster munition artillery shells to repurpose their submunitions as weapons for drones.
Russia

Ukrainians Are Cutting Open U.S. Cluster Shells To Make Drone Munitions

Cluster shells offers a source of ideal ammunition for Ukrainian drones, but they are also badly needed for their traditional application.

Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin
Russia

Putin Confirms Prigozhin’s Death, Circumstances Remain Murky

A surface-to-air missile or an explosive device are the leading theories behind what brought Prigozhin’s plane down yesterday.

JDAM-ER Su-27
Su-27

Ukraine’s Su-27s Are Launching JDAM-ER Winged Bombs Too

After the JDAM-ER's earlier appearance on one of Ukraine's MiG-29, it is now confirmed that its Su-27 Flanker fighters are carrying them.

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate says it raided Crimea Thursday.
Russia

Ukraine Special Operations Forces Raid Crimea

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence said it carried out a raid on Crimea a day after it destroyed a key SAM system at same location.

Mi-8AMTSh
Mi8/Mi-17

Defecting Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Was Lured To Ukraine: Reports

Claims swirl around a Mi-8 combat transport helicopter and its crew that ended up in Ukrainian hands.

IRST Taiwan F-16 Viper
Taiwan

Taiwan’s F-16s Cleared To Receive IRST Targeting Systems

Infrared search and track sensors would greatly help Taiwan's F-16s detect and track threats, especially stealthy ones like China's J-20.

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) said it destroyed a Russian S-400 air defense system in Crimea.
Russia

Ukraine’s Spy Agency Claims Strike On Key S-400 SAM System In Crimea

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate today released video it says shows a Russian S-400 air defense system being obliterated in Crimea.

A plane with Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin listed among its passengers has crashed in Russia.
Russia

Bizjet With Prigozhin On Manifest Crashes In Russia (Updated)

The crash of a business jet linked to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin comes some two months after he led a failed putsch aimed at Moscow.

Navy callsigns pilots
U.S. Navy

How U.S. Navy Pilots Really Get Their Callsigns

A Super Hornet pilot gives us an inside look at how Naval Aviators get their often colorful but unflattering callsigns.

Personnel from the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, also known as the Night Stalkers, recently took part in an exercise focused in part on the defense of strategic Shemya Island.
160th SOAR "Nightstalkers"

Night Stalker Helicopters Train To Defend Strategic Alaskan Island

Shemya Island hosts a strategic missile tracking radar and a large airfield, and sits closer to Russia than to mainland Alaska.

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv’s Forces Enter Robotyne
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv’s Forces Enter Robotyne

After two months of fighting, Ukraine's 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade says it broke through heavy Russian defenses and entered Robotyne.

Royal Navy 'Franken-ship' HMS Zubian
Royal Navy

Royal Navy Once Created A ‘Franken-Ship’ From Two Destroyers

The bow and stern of two separate Tribal class destroyers came together to create HMS Zubian in 1917, at the request of the Admiralty.

Indonesia Emerges As First F-15EX Export Customer
Indo-Pacific

Indonesia Emerges As First F-15EX Export Customer

Indonesia plans to follow up its purchase of French-made Rafale jets with as many as 24 F-15EX derivatives.

Satellite images show a Russian Tu-23M Backfire bomber was destroyed in a Ukrainian drone attack deep inside Russia
Tu-22

Destroyed Tu-22M Seen At Now Empty Russian Airbase

New satellite imagery shows the burned-out hulk of a Tu-22M Backfire bomber destroyed by a drone attack deep in Russian territory.

The Air Force has conducted another live-fire test of the AGM-183 hypersonic missile, but has offered few details about it.
ARRW

Air Force Tight-Lipped On Canceled Hypersonic Missile’s Latest Test

The Air Force no longer plans to field the once highly promising AGM-183 missile, but says continued tests are helping with other programs.

Iranian forces threatened to open fire on US military helicopters covering American warships during a recent transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. Navy

Navy Shoots Down Iran’s Claims It Forced U.S. Helicopters To Land

Iran says it threatened to fire on U.S. helicopters covering U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz while its new sea base ship was nearby.

Tu-22 Russia airbase drone strike Ukraine
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Spy Agency Takes Credit For Strikes On Russian Airbases

For the second time in three days, Ukraine attacked an airbase inside Russia housing Tu-23M Backfire bombers.

Commercial space tracking data shows Chinese satellites have been surveilling major exercises in and around Australia, but this should come as no surprise.
Australia

China’s Constant Spying On Australian Drills From Space A Sign Of Shifting Orbital Balance

Chinese space-based surveillance of exercises in Australia highlights how the West's spy satellite advantage is rapidly degrading.

North Korea corvette nuclear armed
North Korea

“Strategic” Cruise Missile Tested From North Korea’s New Corvette

The corvette was built to fire a sea-launched version of its nuclear-capable long-range land attack cruise missile.