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Israel Is Getting A Single F-35 Test Jet Unlike Any Other
Israel

Israel Is Getting A Single F-35 Test Jet Unlike Any Other

The Israeli Air Force's special testbed will only make the country's Joint Strike Fighter fleet more unique.

Remember The Fallen With This Chilling “Grumman Cats” Missing Man Formation
F-14

Remember The Fallen With This Chilling “Grumman Cats” Missing Man Formation

The missing man formation is an incredibly emotional display, but this one is especially powerful and unique.

F-35 Pilots Dress For Chemical and Biological Warfare For The First Time
F-35

F-35 Pilots Dress For Chemical and Biological Warfare For The First Time

There is nothing easy or comfortable about fighting in a weapons of mass destruction environment, and F-35 pilots are getting that ability with this new getup.

China’s Own “Catfish” Flying Avionics Testbed For The J-20 Fighter Emerges
China

China’s Own “Catfish” Flying Avionics Testbed For The J-20 Fighter Emerges

Lifting a play from western 5th generation fighter development methodology, China is facing its own challenges with 5th-gen fighter sensor fusion in the air.

Exclusive: Uniquely Configured RQ-170 Stealth Spy Drone Appears At Vandenberg AFB
U.S. Homeland

Exclusive: Uniquely Configured RQ-170 Stealth Spy Drone Appears At Vandenberg AFB

It's the first photographic evidence that the famous but still extremely shy Sentinel has a presence at the Air Force's premier missile test and rocket-launch facility.

Celebrate 4th Of July With This Exhilarating F/A-18 Super Hornet Cockpit Footage
F/A-18

Celebrate 4th Of July With This Exhilarating F/A-18 Super Hornet Cockpit Footage

Who needs fireworks when you have a pair of F414 afterburning turbofans, a steam catapult, and an AIM-120 missile to fire off?

Bunker Talk: 4th Of July Edition!
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: 4th Of July Edition!

We can talk about remote island outposts, submarine crew culture, geopolitics, autonomous wave-powered drones—you know, no big whoop.

Navy Littoral Combat Ship Still Missing Cruise Missile Nine Months After Launching One
U.S. Navy

Navy Littoral Combat Ship Still Missing Cruise Missile Nine Months After Launching One

The Navy has touted the addition of Naval Strike Missiles as a game-changer for the oft-maligned Littoral Combat Ships.

Major Airfield Expansion On Wake Island Seen By Satellite As U.S. Preps For Pacific Fight
U.S. Homeland

Major Airfield Expansion On Wake Island Seen By Satellite As U.S. Preps For Pacific Fight

America's remote island outpost in the Pacific is an essential fallback point for pushing airpower west during a major conflict.

The U.S. Air Force’s Last Tail Gunner Has Retired
U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Air Force’s Last Tail Gunner Has Retired

Chief Master Sergeant Rob Wellbaum had been the last airman still on duty to have served as an aerial defense gunner.

The Time A F-4G Wild Weasel’s Anti-Radiation Missile Blew Apart A B-52’s Tail
Desert Storm

The Time A F-4G Wild Weasel’s Anti-Radiation Missile Blew Apart A B-52’s Tail

The freak friendly fire incident during Desert Storm that was almost fatal for a B-52 crew.

‘Kraken’ Is the U.S. Navy’s Monster Motion-Based Research Simulator
U.S. Navy

‘Kraken’ Is the U.S. Navy’s Monster Motion-Based Research Simulator

If Star Tours at Disneyland made you sick, don't even lay eyes on Kraken.

This Shadowy Afghan Unit Fights Alongside America’s Most Elite Forces
Afghanistan

This Shadowy Afghan Unit Fights Alongside America’s Most Elite Forces

The Ktah Khas battalion has hunted terrorists and militants with elements of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command.

Family Demands To Know How A 200-Pound Antique Anvil Disappeared From Area 51
People

Family Demands To Know How A 200-Pound Antique Anvil Disappeared From Area 51

Area 51 is not only associated directly with aircraft that can disappear, but now also with mysteriously disappearing blacksmithing hardware.

Ryan Aeronautical Had Big Plans for the Vertifan Jump Jet
Cold War

Ryan Aeronautical Had Big Plans for the Vertifan Jump Jet

Company artwork shows proposals for vertical take-off and landing fighter jets, interceptors, sub hunters, and more.

How a Secretive Special Operations Task Force Is Taking the Fight to ISIS
Special Operations

How a Secretive Special Operations Task Force Is Taking the Fight to ISIS

Special operations personnel in Iraq and Syria have been responsible for nearly one third of all the brutal terrorist group's casualties.

France Turned the B-26 Invader Into a Colonial Night Fighter
Europe

France Turned the B-26 Invader Into a Colonial Night Fighter

The B-26N's job was to find and shoot down small aircraft smuggling supplies under the cover of darkness to the rebels in Algeria.

These Unassuming Planes Have Been Key Players in America’s War on Terror
U.S. Air Force

These Unassuming Planes Have Been Key Players in America’s War on Terror

For years, the U.S. Air Force's 318th Special Operations Squadron's small PC-12 and C-145A aircraft supported secretive operations across five continents.

A Tomcat Pilot’s Early Struggles to Tame the Mighty F-14
Confessions Of Series

A Tomcat Pilot’s Early Struggles to Tame the Mighty F-14

The F-14 proved to be a handful for many pilots, but for fighter pilot-in-training Paul Nickell, landing the huge fighter became an elusive skill to master—and one that would end his dream if he didn't succeed.

The Mysterious Case Of The F-117 Nighthawk’s Flip-Down Radar Locators
Mysteries

The Mysterious Case Of The F-117 Nighthawk’s Flip-Down Radar Locators

The F-117 had extendable antenna farms that could detect and possibly locate enemy radar emitters—or did it?