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B-2 Spirits Return To The Sky After Six Month Grounding
B-2

B-2 Spirits Return To The Sky After Six Month Grounding

A safety pause following an accident in December 2022 had effectively grounded the Air Force's stealth bomber force.

F-117 Alaska
Northern Edge

F-117 Nighthawks Soar Over Alaska

F-117s have been expanding the geographical footprint of their post-retirement operations and have now ventured outside the lower 48 states.

B-1 Bone Bombers Taking Over Hypersonic Testing From B-52s
B-1

B-1 Bone Bombers Taking Over Hypersonic Testing From B-52s

With the B-52 getting deep upgrades that will take years to accomplish, the B-1 fleet is stepping into the role with the help of a new pylon.

F-16
F-16

Ukraine’s F-16s Could Come From These Countries

There aren't as many surplus F-16s for Ukraine lying around as many seem to think, so we laid out all the possible options.

Russian partisan groups supporting Ukraine say they've attacked inside Russia again.
Russia

Russian Troops Battling Incursion Inside Its Borders Near Ukraine

Russia is battling an incursion by pro-Ukrainian fighters in the Belgorod region that sits next to Ukraine.

EF18 Crash Spain Hornet
Europe

Spanish EF-18 Hornet Crashes During Airshow Practice Flight

Video shows the Spanish Air Force Hornet in a steep climb before leveling-off and then diving into the ground and exploding into a fireball.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Gains In Bakhmut, Talk Of Imminent Fall Swirls
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Gains In Bakhmut, Talk Of Imminent Fall Swirls

After months of carnage, there are indications that Russian forces control all but the last few blocks of what's left of Bakhmut.

Churchill War Rooms, Map Room
Bunker Talk

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

Talk amongst yourselves.

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

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

Ukrainian authorities say they will try to arrest Russian Lt. Gen. Anatoly Kontsevoi for ordering Mriya destroyed.

Submarine Hunt Incident A Peak Into Cat-And-Mouse Games In South China Sea
China

Submarine Hunt Incident A Peak Into Cat-And-Mouse Games In South China Sea

A stretch of the northern South China Sea is increasingly of great strategic interest, especially when it comes to submarine activity.

Biden signs off on Ukrainian pilot training.
Ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: F-16 Coalition Begins To Take Shape

In a major position change, Biden told G-7 leaders that he now supports the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s and other Western jets.

F35 Sockwave
F-35C

Shockwaves Bend Light Around Transonic F-35C In Spectacular Images

The images are both stunning and a visual physics lesson on shockwaves created by a jet moving through thick air at high speed.

High power microwave, counter drone weapon, THOR
Counter-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (C-UAS)

THOR Microwave Anti-Drone System Downs Swarms In Test

The demonstration pitted the service's high-power microwave THOR system against a "real-world" drone swarm simulation.

Phantom F4 2020 turkey
F-4

F-4 ‘Terminator’ Phantoms Still Going Strong At Turkey’s Anatolian Eagle Exercise

Turkey's latest Anatolian Eagle exercise provided a chance to look at the operations of the country's last F-4 Phantom IIs.

Leaked U.S. Report Says Basic F-16 Training For Ukrainian Pilots Could Take Just Four Months
F-16

Leaked U.S. Report Says Basic F-16 Training For Ukrainian Pilots Could Take Just Four Months

An official U.S. Air Force assessment on training Ukrainian pilots has leaked as pressure builds to send Western fighter jets to Ukraine.

Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Competition Has Begun
NGAD

Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Competition Has Begun

The competition to win the all-important contract for the Air Force's crewed component of NGAD has officially started.

RAF STORM SHADOW
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: U.K. Confirms Combat Use Of Storm Shadow Missiles

The British defense minister says that Ukraine has begun using the air-launched standoff missile against Russian targets in the country.

Ukrainian authorities arrested six people for posting video of air defenses operating in Kyiv
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Video Of Air Defenses Prompts Arrests

Ukrainian officials are trying to keep imagery of their air defenses off social media after the massive attack on Kyiv.

Phalanx No 737
U.S. Navy

Sailors Talk To Phalanx CIWS As It Targets A 737 Like A Dog About To Bite The Mailman

The Mk 15 Phalanx has experienced its share of personification, but telling it no like a dog is a hilarious and welcome new installment.

Another Soviet-era tank spotted on US highways
T-72

T-72 Tank Spotted At U.S. Gas Station

For the second time in a month, a Soviet-designed tank has been spotted on U.S. highways heading to the same place.