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F-22 Raptors Could Become Aggressors Under Air Force’s Radical New Training Plan
F-22

F-22 Raptors Could Become Aggressors Under Air Force’s Radical New Training Plan

F-22s, which are in notoriously short supply, could perform other duties, including playing the bad guy, if new pilots needed fewer training sorties.

Unprecedented Public Report On UFOs Requested From Senate Intel Committee
U.S. Homeland

Unprecedented Public Report On UFOs Requested From Senate Intel Committee

Lawmakers want to know what data exists, how it's shared, what threats these craft might pose, and if an adversary has new breakthrough tech.

The USAF Is Finally Ditching The Last Of Its Cold War Revolvers For New Semi-Auto Pistols
U.S. Air Force

The USAF Is Finally Ditching The Last Of Its Cold War Revolvers For New Semi-Auto Pistols

The iconic Smith & Wesson six-shooters are still in use after more than six decades of service.

Private Pilot Flew Over America’s Premier Spy Plane Base And Snapped These Images
Bunkers & Installations

Private Pilot Flew Over America’s Premier Spy Plane Base And Snapped These Images

The images show Global Hawks and U-2 spy planes scattered around the ramp, and an interesting upgrade that may point to a new shadowy resident.

New Marine One VH-92A Helicopters Could Be Joined By Fleet Of CH-92A Trainer-Transports
Marine One

New Marine One VH-92A Helicopters Could Be Joined By Fleet Of CH-92A Trainer-Transports

The CH-92As could help train Marine One crews and move around the White House staff and press corps, among other duties.

Instructor Fighter Pilot Screams “Kill Him! Kill Him!” At Student In Hilarious Dogfight Video
T-38

Instructor Fighter Pilot Screams “Kill Him! Kill Him!” At Student In Hilarious Dogfight Video

It's so special when a teacher puts all of themselves into their work, even when they're frantically trying to get their pupil to kill the other guy.

Congress Pushes Navy To Add Hypersonic Missiles To Its Stealthy Destroyers
U.S. Homeland

Congress Pushes Navy To Add Hypersonic Missiles To Its Stealthy Destroyers

The move could alter the Navy's timeline for deploying hypersonic weapons and it could lead to big changes for its Zumwalt class destroyers.

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 the F-117's weapons, submarine social hierarchy, geopolitics, mysterious 737 test jets—you know, no big whoop.

No, The F-117 Never Had Air-To-Air Capability, But One Did Get A Radar
F-117

No, The F-117 Never Had Air-To-Air Capability, But One Did Get A Radar

The "Black Jet" never got the ability to shoot down other aircraft, but not due to a lack of creativity on behalf of the Skunk Works team.

Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Mystery Jet Appears With Odd Markings And NASA F-15 Escort
F-15

Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Mystery Jet Appears With Odd Markings And NASA F-15 Escort

The intriguing test flights have continued with new aircraft types joining a trio of Scaled Composites' aircraft high over the Mojave Desert.

Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Jet Seen Covered In Mirrors During Mysterious Test Flights
Stealth

Stealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Jet Seen Covered In Mirrors During Mysterious Test Flights

The alien-looking aircraft and its twin are being used for intriguing trials involving a number of other aircraft high above the Mojave Desert.

Russia Sent Three Types Of Fighters To Intercept B-52s Flying Rare Mission Into Sea Of Okhotsk (Updated)
Russia

Russia Sent Three Types Of Fighters To Intercept B-52s Flying Rare Mission Into Sea Of Okhotsk (Updated)

The sorties into the Sea of Okhotsk come amid an increase in American and Russian aerial activity around each others' borders.

Turkey Now Has Swarming Suicide Drones It Could Export
Turkey

Turkey Now Has Swarming Suicide Drones It Could Export

This is yet another wake-up call to the threat that low-end weaponized hobby-like drones pose and how widespread they will become.

Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet Crashed Into The Philippine Sea
U.S. Navy

Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet Crashed Into The Philippine Sea

Both crewmembers in the jet, which was part of Carrier Air Wing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, were able to eject and were quickly rescued.

Ukraine Cleared To Buy 16 Of The U.S. Navy’s Newest Patrol Boats
Ukraine

Ukraine Cleared To Buy 16 Of The U.S. Navy’s Newest Patrol Boats

A notable naval skirmish with Russian forces a year and a half ago underscored the country's desperate need for additional and more capable ships.

The Stealthy F-117 Nighthawk Could Have Executed Nuclear Strikes Against The Soviet Union
F-117

The Stealthy F-117 Nighthawk Could Have Executed Nuclear Strikes Against The Soviet Union

The F-117 was built with the ability to deliver nuclear bombs and the Air Force didn't forget that during the last years of the Cold War.

This Is Our Best Look Yet At The Shadowy Hellfire Missile With Pop-Out Sword Blades
U.S. Air Force

This Is Our Best Look Yet At The Shadowy Hellfire Missile With Pop-Out Sword Blades

These missiles keep taking out terrorist leaders overseas by ripping through their vehicles and mortally slicing them up.

Canada Cleared To Upgrade Its Aging CF-18 Hornets With New Radars, AIM-9X Sidewinders
Canada

Canada Cleared To Upgrade Its Aging CF-18 Hornets With New Radars, AIM-9X Sidewinders

The Royal Canadian Air Force is looking at a Hornet Extension Program amid an ongoing saga over buying new fighter jets that it needed years ago.

Air Force Says These Are Its Options For Hiring Private Aerial Refueling Companies
KC-10

Air Force Says These Are Its Options For Hiring Private Aerial Refueling Companies

Between its aging KC-135 and KC-10 tanker fleets and problems with the new KC-46A, the Air Force is facing a worrying tanker gap.

Nukes, Nubs And Coners: The Unique Social Hierarchy Aboard A Nuclear Submarine
Boomers (SSBNs)

Nukes, Nubs And Coners: The Unique Social Hierarchy Aboard A Nuclear Submarine

Getting assigned to your first sub doesn't make you a submariner and once you become one you'll find yourself in a social structure unlike any other.