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KC-135 stratotanker
KC-135

KC-135 Tankers To Finally Get Fuel-Saving Winglets

Winglets, in widespread use on commercial airliners, will reduce the KC-135's drag and improve its fuel efficiency, saving millions annually.

Atomic blast mushroom cloud, 1945
WWII

Iconic Atomic Bomb Blast Imagery From Japan Almost Never Happened

Visually documenting the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the result of luck and the acts of a few individuals, not thorough planning.

Eglin F-16 CCA autonomy
F-16

Six F-16s Getting Autonomous Computer Brains For Combat Drone Trials

Dubbed Project VENOM, the findings gathered under the effort will feed into the service’s overarching Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.

Armor arrives UKRAINE
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Challenger Tanks, Stryker Armored Vehicles Arrive In Country

With the arrival of the new Western tanks and other armor, Ukraine's Defense Minister said "our military zoo is expanding."

F/A-XX Future Navy Fighter’s Big Funding Points To Prototypes
U.S. Navy

F/A-XX Future Navy Fighter’s Big Funding Points To Prototypes

Documents show the cost of the Navy's F/A-XX program increasing yearly, with projected funding of over $9 billion for the next five years.

Big Emphasis On ‘Spectral Warfare’ In Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance Plans
NGAD

Big Emphasis On ‘Spectral Warfare’ In Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance Plans

USAF aircraft will leverage large swathes of the RF spectrum, including electronic warfare, infrared masking, and lasers to win future fights.

Finland Sweden rifles deal
Assault Rifles

Common Rifles Firing Same Ammo To Arm Finnish, Swedish Forces

With NATO membership around the corner, Finland and Sweden have announced plans to buy a common family of new rifles that use NATO-spec ammo.

E-3 balloon intercept texas
U.S. Air Force

Balloon Intercepted By U.S. Air Force Over Texas

North American Aerospace Defense Command has confirmed that it scrambled aircraft to investigate a suspicious target of interest over Texas.

Iskander Belarus
Eastern Europe

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Nukes Ready To Deploy To Belarus This Summer

Russia says tactical nuclear weapons could be sent to Belarus this summer once training and storage construction is complete.

US Syria 2023
Iran

Another U.S. Troop Injured After Follow-On Iranian-Backed Militia Attacks

Iranian-backed militias in Syria carried out two more attacks on U.S. forces using rockets and drones as the violence escalates.

Interior of a domestic nuclear shelter with an intake air pump and a supply of food
Bunker Talk

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

Good times beneath the soil.

Four Nordic nations have signed an air defense alliance.
Russia

Nordic Air Defense Pact Combines Forces Of Hundreds Of Fighter Aircraft

Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are working to combine air defense forces in the face of the Russian threat.

Aerial Refueling Boom
U.S. Air Force

Podded Aerial Refueling Boom Design Has Been Completed For Air Force

Work on a pod-mounted aerial refueling boom has advanced significantly, as the Air Force looks at solving its future tanker conundrums.

F-35 Closer To Carrying Six AIM-120 Missiles Internally
F-35

F-35 Closer To Carrying Six AIM-120 Missiles Internally

Known as Sidekick, the upgrade will give F-35As and Cs the ability to go from four to six AIM-120 missiles in their internal bays.

F-15E Syria Iran
F-15

F-15Es Strike Back After Deadly Iranian-Made Drone Attack On U.S. Base In Syria (Updated)

The strikes came after a U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. troops and another contractor wounded by an Iranian-made kamikaze drone.

Ukraine drone boats attack Sevastopol harbor.
Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs)

Purported Video Shows Drone Boats Blowing Up During Sevastopol Attack

Ukraine Situation Report: New video shows the drone boats making their runs on Sevastopol harbor, all ending in fiery explosions.

Tinker Air Force Base E-3 Sentry aircraft perform an elephant walk
E-3

E-3 Sentry Jets Elephant Walk During Dangerous Weather Escape Drill

Seven E-3s, based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, performed a “weather flush exercise” that included an elephant walk.

RC-135 Finland
RC-135

U.S. RC-135 Surveillance Jet Has Flown Unprecedented Mission Over Finland (Updated)

U.S. and other NATO surveillance aircraft could become a routine sight over Finland as the country gets closer to joining the alliance.

MIG-29 Ukraine
MiG-29

Four Slovakian MiG-29s Flown Directly To Ukraine To Join Its Air Force

The Fulcrums are the first of 13 promised by Slovakia to Ukraine, which is in dire need of combat jets to battle Russia.

Commemorate NORAD’s Great Balloon Hunt With This Duck Hunt Inspired T-Shirt
News & Features

Commemorate NORAD’s Great Balloon Hunt With This Duck Hunt Inspired T-Shirt

Pay homage to a beloved Nintendo classic and to one of the weirdest military aviation stories ever with this limited run t-shirt.