The Air Force And SpaceX Are Teaming Up For A ‘Massive’ Live Fire Exercise
The exercise will involve SpaceX Starlink satellites, a variety of military assets, and a new command and control system working together.
The exercise will involve SpaceX Starlink satellites, a variety of military assets, and a new command and control system working together.
The Air Force wants to retire a number of older KC-10A and KC-135R tankers in the next fiscal year, but its new KC-46As are not yet ready for combat.
The Army says the super-long-range cannon could help engage targets deep inside hostile territory and blow apart an opponent's defenses.
Emails obtained through FOIA show that security forces and officials at F.E. Warren AFB were just as perplexed with the drones as the public.
The armored personnel carrier eventually rams the tank and then appears to chase it away. It's almost like a scene out of National Geographic!
The many lives of aircraft are fascinating to ponder, but one well-worn Huey that's the last of its kind in USMC service has a uniquely colorful past.
We can talk about the cost of missiles and bombs, surplus F-117 fuselages, geopolitics, flying bio-containment units—you know, no big whoop.
The containerized concept would allow various types of ships to readily emplace these sonar arrays wherever and whenever necessary.
The MV-22B that Marines were using also represents the latest configuration with enhanced communications and defensive systems.
The system aims to be more efficient, safer, quieter, and requires less maintenance than traditional tail rotors.
The truth is that accidentally flying into clouds happens more than anyone wants to admit. I break down the Kobe crash and my own brush with death.
The request will be politically complicated from the very start due to various factors, especially given how cool US-Turkish relations are at present.
Although altercations involving U.S. and Russian forces have seen a spike in recent weeks, duking it out on a highway is something new.
The 75th Ranger Regiment has provided important direct action raiding forces in Afghanistan for years. Here's a look at the tools of their trade.
Arming America's combat aircraft, drones, and helicopters is an extremely expensive business.
The badly needed improvements would trim the time it takes to load weapons into a bomber's bomb bay from 11 hours to two and a half hours.
Budget documents describe a gun-armed "missile" that would be able to engage multiple targets, either on the ground or in the air.
Late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen helped develop the modular system for use in worst-case scenarios after the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak.
Even though it is still flying, the F-117's days are finally numbered, but at least some have been set aside for potential display in museums.
One of the biggest air combat exercises is underway at Andersen Air Force Base on the island of Guam and it even looks impressive from space.