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In a surprising development, Serbia has emerged as an operator of the Chinese-made CM-400 air-launched supersonic missile. The weapon has been integrated into Serbia’s Soviet-era MiG-29 Fulcrums, which have undergone various upgrades.
MiG-29

Serbian MiG-29 Appears Armed With Chinese Supersonic Standoff Missiles

Previously only known to be in Pakistani service, the Chinese-made CM-400 air-to-ground missile has now appeared on Serbian MiG-29 jets.

An Australian E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control plane is headed for the Persian Gulf.
E-7

Massive Leap In Ability To Spot Iranian Drones Headed To Persian Gulf

The E-7A Wedgetail is arguably the best aircraft anywhere in the world for spotting low-flying Iranian drones and cruise missiles.

The U.S. military has been using M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to strike Iranian ships as part of Operation Epic Fury.
MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

U.S. Striking Iranian Navy Ships With Ballistic Missiles

The use of ballistic missiles to hit adversary ships at long ranges is a preview of what is to come for the U.S. military.

U.S. and Israeli authorities have reportedly been considering a special operations ground raid to extract or otherwise neutralize Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium, a risky plan that highlights challenges in attempting to achieve this objective from the air alone.
Iran Nuclear Crisis

Commando Raid To Secure Iran’s Enriched Uranium May Become A Very Risky Necessity

A raid is fraught with risk, but it may become the only way to make sure the nuclear material is safe and out of the regime's hands.

A B-52 bomber lands at RAF Fairford on March 9, 2026 in Fairford, England. Four U.S. B-1 Lancer bombers arrived at RAF Fairford on Friday following the UK Prime Minister's decision to allow "defensive" access to UK bases for strikes against Iranian missile sites, reversing an earlier policy refusal that caused friction with President Donald Trump.
Iran

B-52s Arrive At U.K. Base As Air Campaign Over Iran Grinds On (Updated)

Three of the strategic bombers join a growing cadre of U.S. Air Force long-range strike assets deployed at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom.

The latest addition to the legendary X-plane family is Bell Textron’s demonstrator for the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. The chosen X-76 designation (for the year 1776) is intended to reflect the 250th anniversary of the United States. Meanwhile, there is much hope that HSVTOL could eventually provide the U.S. military, and potentially other operators, with a high-speed, runway-independent special operations airlifter.
Helicopters

Bell’s X-76 Fold-Away Rotor Aircraft Is DARPA’s Newest X-Plane

Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed.

The irony that lower-end long-range kamikaze drones are perhaps the biggest threat to extremely advanced radars capable of providing telemetry for intercepting targets traveling at hypersonic speeds, sometimes in space, is glaring. The losses of the radars should finally serve as a stark wake-up call regarding the vulnerability of these critical but largely static assets.
Iran

Iranian Attacks On Prized Missile Defense Radars Are A Wake-Up Call

Iran's successful targeting of critical missile defense radars in the Middle East highlights global vulnerabilities.

Aircrew members board a B-52H Stratofortress prior to taking off in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 4, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Iran

Air War Against Iran Enters Week Two (Updated)

Iran continues to target its neighbors' oil production as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is nearly at a stand still.

Less than a week into Operation Epic Fury, we have seen a wide variety of munitions used by the U.S. and Israeli military and have previously looked at how their employment has involved as the conflict has progressed. We have also gotten a look at an apparently mysterious version of the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) in Israeli Air Force (IAF) service.
F-16

Israeli F-16 Appears Carrying A Mysterious Precision Bomb

Distinct markings on the bomb suggest it may be filled with an incendiary payload.

First Lt. Pamela Blanco-Coca, 319th Missile Squadron missile combat crew commander, and 2nd Lt. John Anderson, 319th MS deputy missile combat crew commander, conduct pre-operational checks at a launch control center in the F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., missile complex Feb. 9, 2016. The missileers worked heavily in conjunction with missile maintainers to conduct a test of Minuteman III weapon system components in a test known as the Simulated Electronic Launch-Minuteman. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason Wiese)
Bunker Talk

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

It's been a really, REALLY long week, guys...

U.S. President Donald Trump says he is unwilling to negotiate with Iran unless it surrenders unconditionally.
Iran

Trump Demands “Unconditional Surrender,” Iran Says Bring On The Ground Invasion (Updated)

Trump wants to pick the country's new leader, while Israel continues to strike at what's left of Iran's current leadership in Tehran.

Kuwait F/A-18 shoot down up for debate.
F/A-18A-D

Kuwaiti F/A-18’s Triple Friendly Fire Shootdown Gets Stranger By The Day

Questions mount over the bizarre blue-on-blue incident over Kuwait that resulted in the loss of three U.S. Air Force F-15Es.

Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command, lauds the LUCAS drone.
Iran

LUCAS Kamikaze Drones Lauded As “Indispensable” By U.S. Admiral In Charge Of Iran War

Cloned from the Iranian Shahed-136, CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper praised the drones and their performance so far.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has denied claims circulating online of the loss of another F-15E Strike Eagle, this time over enemy territory, as part of ongoing operations against Iran.
Iran

U.S. Denies F-15E Strike Eagle Went Down In Iran

There are new risks as the U.S. expands its air campaign deeper into Iran, and meanwhile Iran has begun to strike Azerbaijan with drones.

F-15E Strike Eagle are operating over Iran.
Iran

The Misconception That Air Supremacy Has Been Achieved Over Iran

While there are areas where air superiority exists over Iran, total air supremacy has not been achieved, which should be no surprise.

For more than three weeks, Ukraine was left with only “a handful” of U.S.-made AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles for its F-16 fleet, after the supply of the weapons dried up. This is the conclusion of a Reuters report, citing three sources, all of whom are said to have direct knowledge of the situation. It also comes as Kyiv is increasingly in competition with the U.S. military and its Gulf allies as they come under continued pressure from Iranian drones and missiles in the Middle East.
F-16

Ukrainian F-16s Had Only A Handful Of Sidewinder Missiles Available: Report

The conflict in the Middle East is now also driving up demand for and increasing scarcity of various kinds of air-defense effectors.

Iran’s ability to launch missiles and drones at U.S., Israeli, and other allied targets in the Middle East has been severely degraded, two top American military leaders said Wednesday morning.
Iran

Strikes Hobble Iranian Missile Threat As Concerns Over Interceptor Stockpile Mount (Updated)

There is a war of attrition ongoing between Iran's stockpiles of standoff weapons and the U.S. and its allies' supplies of interceptors.

A submarine attack by the USS Thresher (commanded by Commander W.J. Millican) has broken the back of this Japanese ship, hitting amidships. It is about to sink.
Diesel-Electric Submarines

The Last Time A U.S. Navy Submarine Sunk An Enemy Ship In Combat

While it’s been almost a century since the last kill by an American submarine, other navies have done so more recently.

Now we are seeing footage of one of Iran's strangest and most advanced warships, the Shahid Soleimani class IRIS Shahid Sayyad Shirazi (FS313-03), being struck and set ablaze.
Iran

One Of Iran’s Most Advanced Wacky Catamaran Warships Sunk In Epic Fury

The Shahid Soleimani class warship is now on the list of ships the U.S. has sunk, with the Iranian Navy looking more like a memory than anything else at this point.

For the first time, an F-35 has shot down a crewed aircraft in combat. According to the Israeli military, an Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-35I Adir brought down an Iranian Yak-130 Mitten combat trainer over Tehran.
F-35

Israeli Air Force First To Claim F-35 Air-To-Air Kill Of A Crewed Aircraft

The Iranian Yak-130 combat trainer was shot down while flying over Tehran.