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An armed group had boarded the ship in the Gulf of Oman and was reportedly trying to sail it to Iran.

The reverse idle tactical descent is a pretty incredible way to lose altitude, and quickly.

The Marine Corps had been the last operator of these militarized McDonnell Douglas DC-9 airliners, retiring its last examples four years ago.

Reports of a "non-piracy" maritime hijacking in the Middle East come just days after a fatal drone strike on an Israeli-operated tanker.

The problem-ridden vessels face another hurdle as the Navy admits that a critical design fix to the ships' propulsion system is intensely complicated.

General Wills faces a pilot shortage while saddled with a training system that's stayed largely the same for 60 years. Here's how it could change.

Wind tunnels are being used to help accelerate the Air Force's delayed airborne laser ambitions.

The Pentagon is increasingly interested in much faster and more survivable aircraft that can land and takeoff like a helicopter but fly like a jet.

The Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range is moving closer towards deployment as a formidable and versatile air-to-surface weapon.

The ability to upgrade the capabilities of electronic warfare systems remotely opens a path to being able to respond to new threats in real-time.

The first reported photos showing the tanker Mercer Street after the drone strike have also now appeared.

The Abraham Lincoln and the Carl Vinson are readying to deploy and are docked at North Island with their air wings embarked.

The heavily modified F-16 gets a new advanced mission after decades of supporting aerospace research and test pilot production.

It's a grand meeting of the minds!

Stratofortress weapons options have changed a lot over the years and are set to morph even more drastically in the decades to come.

While the "Dark Knights" appear to operate the remaining flyable F-117s, very little else is known about the shadowy unit.

The Pentagon aims to use cutting-edge cloud networks and artificial intelligence systems to anticipate adversaries' moves before they make them.

The attack on the Israeli-operated ship claimed two lives and comes amid a shadowy tit-for-tat maritime campaign being waged by Iran and Israel.

The Navy has confirmed it believes the fire, which lasted for four days and destroyed the amphibious assault ship, was deliberately set.

The British flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has entered the South China Sea for the first time.