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Tac Air

Private F-5 Adversary Jets Taking The Fight To Navy Fighter Pilots

TWZ Special Access: We visited TacAir to learn about their heavily upgraded F-5AT fighters and how they replicate enemy aircraft to keep U.S. fighter aircrews sharp.

Iran

Is The U.S. Dropping Mines To Stop Iranian Missile Launchers?

Scattering mines around remote missile facilities and launch points would make sense in order to further degrade Iranian launches.

Iran

Navy F/A-18’s Close Call With An Iranian SAM Highlights Remaining Risks To Epic Fury Aviators (Updated)

Even in lower-threat coastal areas, MANPADS are a real risk to lower-flying aircraft, and true air supremacy across Iran still isn't a reality.

KC-10

Veteran KC-135 Base Commander’s View Of Epic Fury’s Strain On The Tanker Force

Retired Colonel Troy Pananon knows just how big a toll Epic Fury is taking on the fleet, its maintainers, and aircrews.

Flight Training

Army Scales Back Barriers To Access Its Top Testing Ranges

The Pentagon needs to drastically accelerate its development and procurement cycle and giving more access to its best testing ranges will be key in doing that.

U.S. Navy

Navy’s Drone Ship Plans Get Shaken Up Again

The Navy wants to spend less time prototyping and focus on fielding already mature uncrewed vessel designs, which contractors might operate.

Iran

After Nearly A Month Of Epic Fury There’s No Off-Ramp In Clear Sight

Rejected proposals from the U.S. and Iran show how far off the parties are on any negotiated ceasefire.

Republic of Korea Air Force

First Series-Produced KF-21 Fighter Rolled Out In South Korea

Taking a less-orthodox approach to developing a new fighter means that Seoul’s KF-21 has made rapid progress.

U.S. Army

Epic Fury Already Stress Testing More Agile Army Acquisition System, General Says

The warp speed-like evolution of measures and countermeasures in Ukraine has forced the Army to change how quickly it gets new gear into the hands of its troops.

HH-60

Drone Attack On Parked U.S. Army Black Hawk In Iraq A Harbinger Of What’s To Come

The ballooning threat from FPV drones pose a major risk to American aircraft parked on ramps in war zones and in the United States.

M1 Abrams

M1E3 Next-Gen Abrams Tank Production Could Begin Next Year

Test units will soon start experimenting with early M1E3 prototypes, with the Army now hoping production could kick off in 2027.

U.S. Homeland

U.S. Battled Drone Incursions Over Key Bases At Home After Launch Of Epic Fury

It remains unclear who is behind the incursions, which have occurred now at two bases in recent weeks, but concern is clearly elevated during a time of war.

B-2

B-2 Spirits Heading To Iran Appear With Puzzling Features On Their Wings

New images of B-2s heading out on an Epic Fury sortie show two jets with prominent squares arranged along their leading edges.

FLRAA

MV-75 Tiltrotor Already Part Of Army Officer Training, General Says

With the Army putting its MV-75 tiltrotor on a blazingly fast track, troops are already getting experience on the aircraft before the first one is even delivered.

Iran

Land-Based Marine Corps F-35Cs Are Now Moving Towards The Middle East

The F-35Cs, operating from land bases, look set to join a Marine combat capability that is about to balloon in size in the Middle East.

AGM-114 Hellfire

Hellfire Missile Launcher Tucked Inside A Container Rolled Out By Lockheed

The Grizzly containerized launcher presents a readily deployable and discreet way to scatter Hellfire missile capability wherever it's needed.

Iran

Retired Patriot Battalion Commander On The Challenges Of Defeating Iran’s Barrages

David Shank, former commandant of the Army's Air Defense Artillery School, offers a frank assessment of how air defenses are performing against Iran.

Assault Rifles

New Army 6.8mm Carbine Recycles XM8 Designation From Failed “Starship Troopers” Rifle Program

For a time in the early 2000s, the Army looked poised to adopt a very different XM8 family of small arms.

Iran

Iran Wants To Make Deal To End War, Trump Claims (Updated)

The U.S. president says Tehran reached out to try to negotiate a deal, something that Iran has vehemently denied.

F-22

F-22 Raptor “2.0” Spotted Undergoing Flight Testing

We've gotten our best look yet at new stealthy underwing tanks and sensor pods for the F-22, and the B-52's new AGM-181 nuclear cruise missile.