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The U.S. Navy has recovered an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz that crashed within half an hour of each other in the South China Sea on Oct. 26.
Indo-Pacific

Navy Recovers Crashed Super Hornet, Seahawk From Bottom Of South China Sea

The aircraft from the carrier USS Nimitz had both crashed on the same night within a half-hour of each other.

Congress has taken a new step toward blocking the Pentagon from axing the acquisition of new E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft.
E-7

E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jet Program Cancellation Reversal Advances In Congress

Lawmakers are pushing back on Pentagon plans to buy E-2 Hawkeyes instead of E-7s, as the Air Force looks to push more capabilities into space.

As it now stands, the Boeing 707-based E-6B is slated to be replaced by the E-130J aircraft, which Northrop Grumman will modify from Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 cargo planes.
C-130

Congress Wants To Know If The C-130 Hercules Could Be The USAF’s New ‘Doomsday Plane’

The National Defense Authorization Act demands info on what replaces the 'Looking Glass' ICBM-launching flying command post once the Navy retires the E-6B.

A stevedore sits in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle before loading it onto the ARC Wallenius Wilhemsen Jan. 25, 2023, at the Transportation Core Dock in North Charleston, South Carolina. The shipment of Bradleys were part of the U.S. military aid package to Ukraine, providing their military with additional offensive and defensive capabilities to protect their borders against Russia’s illegal invasion. (U.S. Transportation Command photo by Oz Suguitan)
Russia

Shift In Ukraine Support In Congress’s Proposed Pentagon Budget

The measure, if passed, would provide only a small fraction of what Ukraine received in direct military aid under the Biden administration.

The House Armed Services Committee has advanced a new draft of the annual defense policy bill that includes full funding for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based combat jet program.
F/A-XX

In Limbo F/A-XX Naval Fighter Gets ‘Full Funding’ Nod From Congress, But There’s A Catch (Updated)

The Pentagon had wanted to put F/A-XX on ice to prioritize the USAF's new F-47 fighter, causing concerns due to the looming China threat.

A Royal Thai Air Force F-16 touches down during Exercise Thai Boomerang 2015.
Indo-Pacific

Thai F-16s Bomb Targets Along Disputed Cambodian Border

A Trump-brokered ceasefire between the two Southeast Asian countries has rapidly and violently collapsed.

Airman 1st Class Alexandra Ayub walks through a blast door to deliver a meal to the missileers manning the launch control center which is approximately 60 feet beneath the missile alert facility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)
Bunker Talk

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

The food won't last forever.

The U.S. Navy has chosen the LST-100 from Dutch shipbuilder Damen to be the basis of a new class of Medium Landing Ships, or LSMs.
U.S. Navy

This Will Be The Navy’s New Medium Landing Ship

The Navy hopes to have the first Medium Landing Ship built by 2029 and avoid chronic issues that have plagued its recent shipbuilding efforts.

French authorities reportedly took defensive measures against five drones flying over an extremely sensitive base that is home to the nuclear submarines that make up the nation's second-strike deterrent force.
Europe

Nuclear Submarine Base Drone Incursion Prompts French Military Response

The drone incursion over the base in France is the latest in a string of incidents around sensitive facilities in Europe.

APKWS are now flying on Ukraine's F-16s.
Laser Guided Rockets

Ukrainian F-16s Appear To Be Armed With Laser-Guided Rockets In New Photos

Ukraine has a massive need for the low-cost, high-volume anti-air capability APKWS II paired with the F-16 offers against drones and some cruise missiles.

Ticonderoga class firing SM-2
F/A-18E/F

How USS Gettysburg Ended Up Shooting Down A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet

New details paint a troubled picture aboard the USS Gettysburg prior to it shooting down a Super Hornet and nearly another.

European missile house MBDA has, for the first time, shown an example of its Thundart surface-to-surface rocket, the result of a rapid development program as France looks to significantly expand the range of its land-based strike capabilities. Billed as a domestically produced alternative to the U.S.-made Army High Mobility Rocket System (HIMARS), Thundart reflects growing interest, especially in Europe, in long-range precision fires.
Multiple-Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS)

French Thundart Rocket Unveiled As Longer-Range Alternative To HIMARS

Due to be tested next year, the Thundart is one of two options for a new sovereign guided artillery rocket for the French Army.

In an apparent first since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a Russian MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter has been destroyed, in a drone strike, according to Ukrainian reports.
MiG-29

First Russian MiG-29 Claimed Destroyed In Ukraine, But That May Not Be The Whole Story

There remain questions about what a MiG-29 was doing on the Crimean airfield of Kacha, which is not equipped for fighter operations.

A Royal Australian Army Tiger helicopter performs during the Australian International Airshow at the Avalon Airfield near Lara southwest of Melbourne on February 24, 2015. Some 180,000 patrons were expected through the gates over the duration of the event.
Helicopters

Australia’s Unwanted Tiger Attack Helicopters May Go To Ukraine: Reports

After rejecting its request for MRH90 battlefield support helicopters, the Australian government is weighing up sending Tiger ARHs to Ukraine.

The Navy released findings of investigation into four mishaps aboard the USS Truman supercarrier
U.S. Navy

F/A-18 Super Hornet Shot Down By Navy Cruiser Investigation Findings Released (Updated)

The Navy has also released its conclusions on investigations into other F/A-18 losses and a collision during the Truman's problem-plagued combat cruise.

Northrop Grumman has unveiled their new CCA.
Drones

Talon Emerges From The Shadows (Updated)

Northrop Grumman's new Collaborative Combat Aircraft offering has just been revealed.

A Thunderbirds F-16C FIghting Falcon crashed in California, the pilot survived.
F-16

Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon Crashes in California

The jet's pilot safely ejected and was transported to an area hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker offloads fuel to a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet, assigned to the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, April 8, 2025. The KC-135 Stratotanker is the backbone of U.S. Air Forces Central's global reach aerial refueling capability and delivers critical support to joint and coalition aircraft in order to guarantee war-winning airpower throughout the CENTCOM AOR.
F/A-18E/F

Super Hornet Seen With Rare SLAM-ER Missile Loadout On Yemen Mission

The highly accurate AGM-84H/K was among the varied collection of precision-guided munitions used during U.S. operations against Houthi targets earlier this year.

We have gotten our best look so far at China’ mysterious, trimaran-hulled vessel, the purpose of which remains unknown.
People's Liberation Army Navy (China)

China’s Mysterious Submarine-Ship Hybrid Breaks Cover

The first widely circulated image of the bizarre-looking trimaran point to it being just as much submarine as surface vessel.

US is deploying Shahed-136 clones to the Middle East.
Unmanned

U.S. Deploys Shahed-136 Clones To Middle East As A Warning To Iran

The U.S. possessing long-range one-way attack drones at all is a major development, but deploying them "to flip the script on Iran" is even a bigger deal.