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Secret Competition For Air Force Loyal Wingman Drone Coming Soon
Loyal Wingman

Secret Competition For Air Force Loyal Wingman Drone Coming Soon

The Air Force's manned-unmanned teaming future is finally coalescing around a major classified aircraft competition set to begin in Fiscal Year 2024.

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F-35

F-35 Deliveries Halted After Chinese Alloy Discovered In Key Component (Updated)

The alloy was found in Honeywell-built turbomachine pumps that provide critical power functions to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

China’s New Super Long-Endurance Drone Has Flown, Mirroring U.S. Efforts
China

China’s New Super Long-Endurance Drone Has Flown, Mirroring U.S. Efforts

Drones like the Qimingxing 50 can fly extremely high for very long periods and could replace military satellites in a pinch, among other uses.

RGM84 Harpoon
Russia

How The U.S. Rushed Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles To Ukraine (Updated)

A Pentagon official explained how the U.S. helped turn ship-based Harpoons into truck-based weapons used by Ukraine to sink two Russian ships.

Shahid Soleimani stealth corvette IRGCN
Iran

What We Know About Iran’s Newly Unveiled Catamaran Warship

The ship is actually somewhat impressive, regardless of its true capabilities, and is a more legitimate warship than its catamaran forerunner.

Ukraine fighting
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Kharkiv Counter-Offensive May Have Begun

There are major indications that Ukraine has opened-up a second offensive in the northeast as its operation in the south gains ground.

Boeing Australia’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat Loyal Wingman Drone Is In The U.S.
Australia

Boeing Australia’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat Loyal Wingman Drone Is In The U.S.

The Air Force says Boeing is no longer taking part in the Skyborg advanced drone program, but has still expressed interest in its MQ-28.

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Iran

Russian-Iranian Deal For Su-35 Fighters Could Be On

As Russia turns to Iran for drones, the timing could be right for Tehran to finally get Su-35s to kickstart its airpower modernization.

Iranian Drones for Russia
Iran

The Drones Russia Is Reportedly Receiving From Iran For Its Ukraine War

These are the types of drones reports state Russia is already in the process of receiving from Iran to support its flagging war effort.

Bunker Talk: Labor Day Edition Part 2!
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Labor Day Edition Part 2!

Three days in the bunker this week!

Ukraine Situation Report: HIMARS Gets The America’s Got Talent Treatment
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: HIMARS Gets The America’s Got Talent Treatment

Saint Javelin's latest production is another example of the unprecedented online information war swirling around the conflict in Ukraine.

King Air Stolen
U.S. Homeland

King Air Plane Down, Pilot In Custody After Threatening Walmart (Updated)

State and federal law enforcement monitored the King Air C90 as it made low circles over Mississippi.

Voyager 2 Mission Control Room
Bunker Talk

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

It's bunker time!

AC-130 Gunships Used ‘Big Ass Green Lasers’ During Kabul Evacuation
AC-130

AC-130 Gunships Used ‘Big Ass Green Lasers’ During Kabul Evacuation

Originally derived from concert lights, the AC-130J Ghostrider gunships used the lasers to point out and try to drive away potential threats.

Iranian Navy captures Saildrone Explorer USV
Iran

Iran Briefly Seized Two U.S. Navy Unmanned Sailboats In The Red Sea (Updated)

The incident comes just days after a similar event occurred with another U.S. Navy 'Saildrone' in the Persian Gulf.

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Japan

Japan Unveils Top Gun 2 Themed F-15 Eagle

The iconic colors of Pete Mitchell’s Top Gun jet have now been applied to a Japanese Air Self Defense Force F-15 Eagle.

Shihyu islet
China

Taiwan Makes Good On Threat To Shoot Down Intruding Chinese Drones

The incident follows a string of incursions by Chinese drones over Taiwan’s outlying islands close to the mainland.

Ukraine nuclear plant inspection
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Inspectors Now At Russian-Occupied Nuclear Plant Want Permanent Presence

An IAEA team of nuclear experts was finally granted access to the Russian-occupied Zaporzhzhia plant, where they hope to avert catastrophe.

EC135 Looking Glass revolver
Command & Control

Why An Officer On EC-135C Doomsday Planes Packed A Revolver

While it may seem like a fictional detail from a Cold War thriller, select crew did pack pistols aboard Air Force Looking Glass jets.

J-20 missiles
China

A Guide To China’s Increasingly Impressive Air-To-Air Missile Inventory

China has made very impressive progress in its air-to-air missile development, but these weapons remain relatively obscure in the West.