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F-35

F-35B Stealth Fighters Operate From A Japanese Aircraft Carrier For The First Time

The U.S. Marine Corps jets are the first fixed-wing aircraft to fly from a Japanese warship since World War II.

JS Izumo

Marine Corps F-35s Are About To Be The First Fighters To Fly From A Japanese Carrier Since WWII

Next week, F-35B stealth fighters are due to go aboard the newly modified Japanese carrier Izumo for the first time.

China

A Record-Setting 56 Chinese Warplanes Flew Into Taiwan’s Air Defense Zone Today

A spike in Chinese aerial activity has seen almost 150 military aircraft sent into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone so far this month.

Russia

Russia Says It Has Test Fired Hypersonic Cruise Missiles From A Submarine For The First Time (Updated)

Zircon missiles and Russia's super quiet Yasen class submarines could be a significant combination, but questions remain about the weapon's maturity.

Afghanistan

Satellite Imagery Contradicts Reports Of Foreign Aircraft At Bagram Air Base In Afghanistan (Updated)

There have been swirling claims of planes making nighttime arrivals at the sprawling Taliban-controlled air base that the U.S. once occupied.

U.S. Homeland

Satellite Images Show Massive Armada Of Idle Cargo Ships Waiting To Dock In Long Beach

The huge logjam of maritime cargo traffic trying to unload cargo in Long Beach harbor has reached epic proportions as seen in these images from space.

Bunker Talk

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

Talk amongst yourselves.

F-35

The U.S. Air Force’s First Europe-Based F-35A Squadron Has Been Activated

RAF Lakenheath in England is set to receive two USAF F-35A squadrons, with the first jets slated to begin arriving this winter.

U.S. Homeland

The Story Behind The Modified Falcon Business Jets That Bring America’s Fallen Heroes Home

An inside look at how one of the most challenging, heart-wrenching, and critical aviation missions in the country gets done.

U.S. Navy

The First Littoral Combat Ship Has Been Decommissioned After Just 13 Years Of Service (Updated)

The Navy plans on retiring more Littoral Combat Ships in the coming months, long before their official design lives have expired.

U.S. Homeland

Skunk Works Boss Says He Can’t Comment On Video Of Mysterious Stealth Shape At Radar Test Range

The Skunk Works head separately said digital engineering has reduced aircraft build times by two-thirds as business has exploded in recent years.

Royal Navy

Royal Navy Is Experimenting With Launching Jet-Powered Drones From Its New Carriers

The Banshee target drone could help pave the way for regular drone operations from the decks of British carriers.

Su-30

Indian Su-30 Flankers To Dogfight Japanese Fighters Later This Year

The drill will give Japan's fighter pilots the experience of going head-to-head with the Su-30, variants of which are flown by China and Russia, too.

KC-135

20 KC-135s Were Rapidly Launched Out Of Fairchild AFB This Morning (Updated)

A massive flock of KC-135 tankers left Fairchild AFB in quick succession this morning and are now flying across the country.

B-1

Hypersonic Missile Tests For The B-1 Bomber Are Coming Next Year According To Boeing

It is argued that an upgraded, hypersonic-missile-toting B-1 would help narrow the capability gap with Russia and China until the B-21 Raider arrives.

China

China Is Cloning Kratos’ XQ-58A Valkyrie Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Concept (Updated)

The FH-97 drone is nearly identical to the XQ-58A and its capabilities could be extremely attractive for the People's Liberation Army Air Force.

North Korea

North Korea Claims To Have Tested A Hypersonic Missile (Updated)

The only image supposedly from the launch shows what appears to be a big finned nose section on a large rocket booster.

Taiwan

The Legendary Sidewinder Missile Made Its First Kill Over The Taiwan Strait (Updated)

Dogfights over the Taiwan Strait 63 years ago provided the perfect opportunity to test America's promising new missile in combat.

Israel

Meet Israel’s ‘Suicide Squad’ of Self-Sacrificing Drones

Israel has pretty much written the book on using light unmanned aircraft to obliterate enemy air defenses.

U.S. Navy

New Diagram Details How The Navy’s Frigate Will Differ From Its Italian Parent’s Design

The Constellation class frigate will be notably larger and wider, displacing hundreds of tons more than the Italian design from which it is derived.