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The Army Has Unveiled Its Plan For Swarms Of Electronic Warfare Enabled Air-Launched Drones
U.S. Army

The Army Has Unveiled Its Plan For Swarms Of Electronic Warfare Enabled Air-Launched Drones

The drones will be able to scout ahead, act as decoys, and launch electronic warfare and other strikes directly against threats they find.

New Chinese Air-Launched Glide Weapon Designed To Be An Airfield Killer
China

New Chinese Air-Launched Glide Weapon Designed To Be An Airfield Killer

This latest weapon closely resembles the American AGM-154 JSOW and its design is optimized for standoff attacks primarily against airfields.

Israeli Air Force Jets Touch Down In Germany For Historic Air Combat Exercise
Israel

Israeli Air Force Jets Touch Down In Germany For Historic Air Combat Exercise

The Israeli F-16 fighters will train alongside Luftwaffe Eurofighters and conduct commemoration flypasts over sites in Dachau and Munich.

This Bonkers Video Of A Learjet Doing A Roll At Very Low Altitude Is Terrifying
Civil Aviation

This Bonkers Video Of A Learjet Doing A Roll At Very Low Altitude Is Terrifying

Learjets have been rolled before, but we have never seen anything like this.

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

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

We can talk about buried ballistic missiles, geopolitics, Chinese bomber deployments, flying Soviet fighters for the first time—you know, no big whoop.

Portland Air National Guard Base Will Be Home To The First Operational F-15EX Eagle Unit
U.S. Homeland

Portland Air National Guard Base Will Be Home To The First Operational F-15EX Eagle Unit

The 142nd Fighter Wing will transition to the F-15EX after the schoolhouse in Klamath Falls receives the type.

The Navy Now Has A Submarine Aggressor Squadron
U.S. Navy

The Navy Now Has A Submarine Aggressor Squadron

The unit is intended to provide Navy submariners and anti-submarine forces with an opponent that fights just like a wide range of potential foes.

U.S. Navy Wants Aggressor Submarine Unit To Mimic Russian and Chinese Subs In Training
U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy Wants Aggressor Submarine Unit To Mimic Russian and Chinese Subs In Training

The service wants a Topgun-like program for submariners and its plans could push it toward finally buying new, non-nuclear subs.

Is The Stargazer Air-Launch Mothership About To Test A Secretive Air Force Payload?
U.S. Air Force

Is The Stargazer Air-Launch Mothership About To Test A Secretive Air Force Payload?

Typically used to launch rockets to put small satellites in orbit, Stargazer may be working on a classified hypersonic or space launch program.

The Tragic Tale Of How NASA’s X-34 Space Planes Ended Up Rotting In Someone’s Backyard
X-37B

The Tragic Tale Of How NASA’s X-34 Space Planes Ended Up Rotting In Someone’s Backyard

The craft were once seen as the future of cheaper, faster space access. Since then they have been reduced to backyard junk that nobody wants to claim.

Marine MV-22 Ospreys Flew In An RQ-21 Drone Unit During An Exercise For The First Time
MV-22

Marine MV-22 Ospreys Flew In An RQ-21 Drone Unit During An Exercise For The First Time

The exercise highlights the growing importance of drones in the Marine Corps' expeditionary operations plans.

Check Out These Images Of Russia’s Second Su-57 Felon Fighter Under Construction
Russia

Check Out These Images Of Russia’s Second Su-57 Felon Fighter Under Construction

The latest Felon was shown off on Air Force Day in Russia, months after the first production aircraft crashed.

Amphibious Assault Ship USS Essex Carries Load Of Gorgeous World War II Warbirds To Hawaii
U.S. Navy

Amphibious Assault Ship USS Essex Carries Load Of Gorgeous World War II Warbirds To Hawaii

The antique aircraft hitched a ride on the USS Essex to Hawaii where they will help mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.

B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Is “Starting To Look Like An Airplane”
B-21

B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Is “Starting To Look Like An Airplane”

The Air Force has said that it is aiming for the prototype to take its first flight in December 2021, but that this milestone could be delayed.

Chinese Z-10A Attack Helicopter Shows Off New Missile During Live-Fire Exercise
China

Chinese Z-10A Attack Helicopter Shows Off New Missile During Live-Fire Exercise

The latest footage suggests that the weapon could be integral to a hunter-killer attack helicopter team concept of operations.

South Korea Officially Unveils Plan For F-35B Light Carrier
South Korea

South Korea Officially Unveils Plan For F-35B Light Carrier

Though still described as an amphibious warship, it will be focused on aviation operations and will lack a well deck.

Trio Of B-2 Stealth Bombers Deploy To The Remote Island Outpost Of Diego Garcia
B-2

Trio Of B-2 Stealth Bombers Deploy To The Remote Island Outpost Of Diego Garcia

Forward deploying the B-2s to the Indian Ocean puts them well within reach of hotspots in the Middle East and Asia.

Watch Chinese Frogmen Fire Their Special Underwater Guns
China

Watch Chinese Frogmen Fire Their Special Underwater Guns

Not many countries field specialist underwater firearms. Now we have a chance to see these exotic weapons in the hands of China's naval commandos.

British A400M Transport Gets Tasked With Low-Level Patrols To Track Migrant Boats From France
United Kingdom

British A400M Transport Gets Tasked With Low-Level Patrols To Track Migrant Boats From France

Airbus Atlas patrols the English Channel for hours as Royal Air Force steps in to help police busy sea lanes.

Israel Now Has Two Combat Ready F-35 Squadrons
Israel

Israel Now Has Two Combat Ready F-35 Squadrons

With a storied past, 116 Squadron becomes the second combat-coded "Adir" unit in the Israeli Air Force.