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The balloons could also collect intelligence, serve as communications relays, and send sensors falling down to the ground to watch for enemy activity.

AC-130W pilots get a huge boost in situational awareness and more from the helmet mounted display that is usually found on fighters.

Cesar "Rico" Rodriguez gives a remarkable account of how he brought down three enemy fighters, two during Desert Storm and one during Allied Force.

There's a lot more involved with punching a torpedo out of a submarine than stuffing it in a tube and opening the hatch.

Photographing three different U.S. Air Force tactical jets with gobs of vapor pouring off of them while flying in formation is far from common.

The F-117 force's presence over the southwestern U.S. has greatly expanded in recent years. Now it appears to have taken on a formal aggressor role.

The YF-23 was an amazing combination of cutting-edge innovations that we are still learning about. Its digital flight control system was no different.

With only minutes to prepare, CF-18 Hornet pilot Bob Wade was let loose in the cockpit of one of the Soviet Union's latest fighter jets.

Rapid deployment of a new AESA radar with the Air National Guard is being followed-up with advanced testing for the full suite of F-16 missions.

Past participants recall incredible highlights from the big international exercise that plays out over Australia's vast Northern Territory.

The ability to fight and win in the high-stakes game of undersea warfare is all about the art of listening. Here's how it's done.

The latest-generation Fulcrum should have been in service by now, so why isn't it and what went wrong?

Biological weapons delivered by RAF Lancaster bombers could have led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands.

The deliberate detonation of nearly 4,750 tons of explosives was meant to simulate the effects of a small nuclear bomb.

While initiatives and tests came and went, the F-22 still doesn't have a helmet-mounted display a decade and a half after being declared operational.

Almost a decade since we learned of the stealth Black Hawks used in the Bin Laden raid, we have seen no images of them or of their lineage, until now.

The sole completed Lun class ekranoplan is now set to go on public display after decades of languishing in disrepair.

With the Cold War ending, one EC-135 airborne command post crew carefully planned to go out on top at their home air show.

This previously classified film provides a new and fascinating glimpse into the 50-megaton Cold War nuclear test that occurred nearly six decades ago.

Everyone has an opinion when it comes to the stunning results of DARPA's AlphaDogfight trials, now hear what the skipper of a fighter squadron thinks.