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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.

Sevastopol comes under attack again.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Sevastopol Attacked By Drones From Sea And Air

The multi-domain attack 140 miles from the front lines shows Ukraine still has the means to threaten Sevastopol.

UH-1Y AH-1Z Marines Pacific China
AH-1

The Compelling Case For The AH-1 Cobra In A Fight With China

While the relevance of the Marines' AH-1Zs and UH-1Ys is being questioned, one top Marine is revamping their playbook to prove otherwise.

Red fumes china long march rocket
China

Why Chinese Rockets Spew Toxic Bright Red Gas Clouds On Launch

The rusty red-colored exhaust plume that comes with many Chinese rocket launches looks dangerous because it is.

T-54 Russia Ukraine
Russia

Signs Point To Russia Sending Ancient T-54 Series Of Tanks To Ukraine

T-54 and T-55 tanks, designed in the 1940s, have been taken from storage and have been sighted on the move in Russia.

Patriots to Ukraine
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Patriot Air Defenses To Arrive Sooner Than Anticipated

The delivery of a Patriot air defense system to Ukraine, which has no way to reliably defeat ballistic missiles now, is being accelerated.

The Pentagon has approved delivery of M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
M1 Abrams

M1A1 Abrams Variant Will Be Given To Ukraine To Expedite Tank Deliveries

In addition to M1A1 tanks from the United States, Ukraine is now set to get depleted uranium tank ammunition from the United Kingdom.

Ukrainian troops learning how to operate drones at the Free Air school.
Russia

Ukrainian Drone Pilot’s Frontline Account Of Fighting Via Eyes In The Sky

Dodging incoming Russian mortars to spot where Russia is firing from is just a day in the life of a Ukrainian drone operator.

A-4Fs_Blue_Angels
U.S. Navy

How The Blue Angels Pulled Off Landing All Their A-4 Skyhawks At Once

Not many fast-jet demonstration teams can nail a six-ship landing, but the Blue Angels, during its A-4 Skyhawk years, was one of them.

Explosions rock Dzhankoy in occupied Crimea
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Explosions Rock Russian-Occupied Crimea

Ukrainian and Russian media outlets and Telegram channels reported an attack while Kyiv claims Kalibr missiles were destroyed.

Air Force already requesting funding to modernize the B-21 Raider bomber
B-21

Air Force Asking For Funds To Modernize B-21 Before It Has Even Flown

Budget documents show the U.S. Air Force is requesting hundreds of millions of dollars for the B-21 Raider’s modernization.