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F-16

Air Force Eyes Drones For Adversary And Light Attack Roles As It Mulls Buying New F-16s

The future of the U.S. Air Force's tactical aircraft fleet is under review, with some radical ideas under discussion.

Bunker Talk

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

After a very long couple of weeks, let's just have a nice friendly discussion.

Iran

Iranian Supreme Leader’s Tweet Suggests A Revenge Drone Assassination Of A Golfing Trump

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was slapped with a Twitter suspension for the image that called for revenge against the former U.S. president.

U.S. Homeland

Executive Order Takes Aim At Foreign-Made Drones And Incursions Over Sensitive Sites

The Executive Order calls for a review of all federally-owned unmanned aircraft systems and bans drone technologies made by adversary nations.

U.S. Air Force

The Truth About Going From Flying Airplanes To Helicopters

They both fly, but they are essentially very different animals. The good, the bad, and the ugly of going from fixed-wing to rotary-wing flying.

Q-9

New Pods Will Allow Reaper Drones To Hunt Submarines And Launch Small Weapons And Drones

Recent tests show how the pods will enable MQ-9s to take on anti-submarine missions, but that's just the beginning.

X-37B

Space Force Has A Unit Dedicated To Orbital Warfare That Now Operates The X-37B Spaceplane

Space Delta 9 is charged with not only keeping watch for potential threats in space, but being ready to defeat them, if necessary.

U.S. Air Force

The Air Force’s New Report On Ballistic And Cruise Missiles Misses Its Target

According to a U.S. think tank, the Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat report is both inconsistent and contradictory.

VH-3

The VH-3 Marine One Helicopter Has Flown Its Last President Into Retirement

After six decades, the end of the venerable VH-3's career is now clearly in sight as its VH-92 replacement gets set to take center stage.

Presidential Transport

Biden’s Inauguration Featured The Mother Of All Motorcades With Seven ‘Beast’ Limos

With four presidents and an armada of armored cars in tow, it was the biggest procession we have ever seen the Secret Service put on.

Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force Turned A Torpedo Bomber Into A Flying Flamethrower During World War II

With the weapon installed, the aircraft could spew a terrifying stream of flame behind it, but that doesn't mean it was effective.

U.S. Homeland

The Nuclear Football Is Now Following President Joe Biden Around

The secure device that allows the President to order nuclear strikes at any time will now be within feet of Joe Biden for the next four years.

U.S. Homeland

Airliner Pilot Says Jet Pack Guy Over Los Angeles Looked Just Like This Crazy Drone

Months after the first sighting of the jet pack guy over Southern California, we get new insights into the official investigation into the incidents.

U.S. Homeland

The Ultimate Guide To Surveillance Aircraft Available To Help Safeguard The Inauguration

Joe Biden's inauguration will be historic for a number of reasons, likely including the sheer number of surveillance aircraft orbiting above it.

U.S. Navy

No More Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ships For The Navy Until Major Design Defect Is Fixed

Enduring problems with the drive train of the Freedom class warships means that deliveries are suspended pending a workable solution.

Australia

Australia Reportedly Looking At An Alternative To Its Costly New French-Designed Submarines

The plan to introduce 12 new and highly advanced Attack class submarines is running into political and financial flak.

Israel

Israeli Corvette Emerges With A Double Load Of Iron Dome Missiles As Potential Threats Grow

Israel has tested Iron dome on these ships before, but we've never seen two launchers on one of their decks, and the timing is also peculiar.

Cold War

The Story Of The Jet That Would Have Delivered South Africa’s Nuclear Bomb

The British-made Buccaneer strike aircraft was adapted to carry apartheid-era South Africa's guided nuclear bomb.

Secret Service

Listen To What The Capitol’s ‘Giant Voice’ Alert System Sounds Like When It Goes Into Lockdown

A fire near the Capitol triggered a booming audible response amid heightened security ahead of President-elect Biden's inauguration.

U.S. Homeland

25,000 Guardsmen Are In The Capital, Five Times The Troops In Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq Combined

An unprecedented level of security has descended on Washington, D.C. ahead of the inaugural. How we got here and what comes next.