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The F-117 has been cleared to refuel from the entire KC-135 force again 13 years since its "retirement" and 38 years since its first flight.

The Navy says conformal fuel tanks, long-touted as a critical upgrade for its Super Hornets, may be turning out to be more trouble than they're worth.

Electric torpedoes are easier and safer to maintain and offer certain performance benefits compared to chemically-powered types.

The Navy is strongly hinting that it feels it is well on its way to mitigating the very real threats posed by anti-ship ballistic and cruise missiles.

The F-16s that Top Aces is set to employ as aggressor jets include some historic veterans of Israel's past conflicts.

Operation Eagle Claw was amazingly complex with incredible risks at every turn. Here is exactly how it was supposed to go down, step by step.

The threat of losing its runways in the Pacific theater to ballistic missile barrages has accelerated the USAF's austere basing initiatives.

F-15Es are some of the Air Force's most in-demand combat aircraft and are an important delivery platform for the stealthy JASSMs.

The U.S. military has a long history of scooping up foreign assets in order to dissect them, exploit their weaknesses, and train against them.

Canada's Top Aces will challenge U.S. fighter pilots using a fleet of ex-Israeli F-16 fighter jets based in Arizona.

This combination would enable a relatively small number of personnel to deliver swarms of drones that could wreak havoc, including on air defenses.

For the time being, President Biden is continuing the long-range bomber deterrence missions that are aimed at keeping Iran in check.

Russia already has two very large bunker complexes built underneath mountains, including one housing a key nuclear doomsday command system.

The Navy spent three years and considerable sums of money testing the "Pais Effect" and may have transferred the program to another agency.

Without an extension, limits on both countries' nuclear arsenals will expire next week, which could open the door to a new arms race.

The system would have let jet fighters rain guided ballistic missiles down on enemy forces, a concept that has now come of age.

Pilots discuss how the A-10 Warthog's tight turning radius coupled with its big gun means it can sting even the best fighters in a dogfight.

President Lyndon B. Johnson used the small King Air to access his beloved ranch in Texas.

Boeing and Lockheed are facing off against Bell to provide a solution that is faster, more maneuverable, and otherwise more capable than the H-60.