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MQ-4C

Navy MQ-4C Triton’s Fate Unknown After Disappearing From Flight Tracking Over Persian Gulf

Tracking data shows the MQ-4C rapidly losing altitude after declaring an unspecified in-flight emergency.

Iran

Questions Loom Over Iran Ceasefire

Both sides are claiming a triumphant victory, but the peace that’s in place now is very delicate and will have to survive tumultuous negotiations.

F-47

Here Is What Trump’s Gargantuan $1.5T Defense Budget Has In It

The U.S. military is pushing to make huge investments in many programs in Fiscal Year 2027, but also some notable cuts.

Typhoon

Eurofighter Typhoon Test Fires Laser-Guided Counter-Drone Rockets

The trial couldn't come soon enough as Typhoons battle Iranian drones in the Persian Gulf.

Iran

Trump Agrees To Ceasefire With Iran

Trump is stepping back from his threat to end Iran as a civilization predicated on the Strait of Hormuz being quickly opened.

RQ-180

New Views Of Massive RQ-180 Stealth Drone Flying Over Greece

The secretive drone continues to be spotted flying during the day, offering new insights into its features.

A-10

A-10 Warthog Being Tested With Aerial Refueling Probe (Updated)

Beyond a win for the A-10, putting refueling probes on USAF tactical jets could be a boon of the service's Agile Combat Employment strategy.

Iran

Everything We Now Know About The Operation To Rescue The F-15E WSO (Updated)

We have gotten many new details about how the high-risk extraction effort deep in Iranian territory went down.

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)

THAAD Kill Vehicle’s Infrared Seeker Appears To Have Been Found In Syria Intact

The recovery of much of a kill vehicle from a THAAD ballistic missile interceptor could be major intelligence loss.

Iran

RQ-180’s Likely Role Over Iran Foreshadowed By Secret Cold War Stealth Drone Program

Large sums of money were spent trying to build a spy drone just like the RQ-180 for a very specific mission decades beforehand.

Iran

How A Dusty Strip Deep In Iran Can Be Turned Into A U.S. Special Operations Base In Hours

An ex-USAF Special Tactics Squadron member tells how the impromptu airfield in Iran would have been rapidly established and defended.

Iran

Iran Rejects Ceasefire Deal (Updated)

As Trump's deadline for making Iran into a "living hell" fast approaches, a chasm remains between the two foes on a way to even temporarily pause the war.

160th SOAR "Nightstalkers"

Night Stalker AH-6 Little Bird Helicopters Destroyed At Forward Landing Site In Iran

At least one burned-out AH/MH-6 Little Bird can be seen in photos of the austere airfield that served as a hub for the rescue of the F-15E WSO.

Iran

F-15E Weapon Systems Officer Shot Down Over Iran Has Been Rescued (Updated)

The airman was rescued by U.S. special operations forces reportedly after a fierce firefight that was the culmination of a massive high-risk search operation.

Land-Based Ballistic Missile Defense

Iran Is Piercing Israel’s Ballistic Missile Defenses With High Altitude Cluster Warhead Releases

Unleashing submunitions at high altitudes has helped Iran to get through Israel's terminal missile defenses, and is a tactic others will likely seize upon.

F-15

F-15E Down In Iran, Rescue Operation Ongoing (Updated)

The F-15E went down under unknown circumstances and U.S. combat search and rescue assets have been seen deep in Iran.

Bunker Talk

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

Just two more weeks... Hopefully?

SR-71

SR-71 Blackbird Crews Had These Custom Smith & Wesson Pistols Built For Them

Back in the 1960s, the Air Force ordered a small batch of special Model 41 pistols for SR-71 Blackbird aircrew survival kits.

Carriers

Carrier Tracker As Of April 3, 2026

Third American carrier strike group deployed this week in support of Operation Epic Fury

Iran

Key Iranian Bridge Severed By Airstrikes (Updated)

The bridge near Tehran, a critical artery and source of pride for Iran, was taken out soon after Trump’s threat to bomb the country “back to the Stone Ages.”