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From pirate patch-wearing SEALs on Little Birds to an operator mid-air fast-roping into a stealthy boat slung under an MH-47, these shots impress.

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With the 'legacy' F/A-18 Hornet on the way out, the Navy badly needs replacement high-end adversary jets.

The Global Hawks cannot survive in highly contested airspace, so the Air Force is doubling down on surveillance assets that can.

It's been a long wait, but the new Yasen-M subclass should help revitalize the Russian Navy's nuclear-powered submarine force.

The Marines have now completed the transition to the advanced KC-130J model.

The Air Force touted its first end-to-end simulated hypersonic weapon strike, but new networking concepts that made it possible may be the real star.

The An-2 may be low tech, but North Korea would send waves of them filled with commandos into South Korea during the opening stages of a war.

The answer to why the Viper flies with heavier AIM-120s on its wingtips and lighter AIM-9 Sidewinders under its wings may surprise you.

The Air Force has been working hard in recent years to improve the B-1B fleet's reliability after years of combat over Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.

The airstrip in the country of Kiribati is positioned just 1,800 miles from Hawaii, which isn't that far in terms of the distances in the Pacific.

Even special operations commandos used the Skyknight's escape chute as a clandestine insertion method.

The aborted launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base comes amid debate about the future of the ICBM force.

While the familiar UTAP-22 was used for this early test, Boeing, General Atomics, and Kratos will soon begin supplying new drones for further testing.

The War Zone turns five years old today! What a ride it has been. Now we want to hear from you about what you want from us over the next five years.

Confusion and questions surround how well resourced and supported those investigating Unidentified Aerial Phenomena are within the Pentagon.

The adapted target drone carries an explosive warhead but could ultimately offer much more, as well.

The loss of a Long Endurance Aircraft Program drone has provided the first real window into these discreet drones and their operations.

This is the first demonstration of an automated cleaning process that saves large amounts of labor and could become standard across the Air Force.

The Air Force has been flying the stealthy RQ-170 for nearly a decade and a half, but has been very slow to disclose details about them.