USAF F-35As and F-15Es Flatten ISIS “Infested” Island In Iraq With 80K Pounds Of Bombs (Updated)
The strikes were a remarkable display of what precision-guided munitions can do even when it comes to efficiently carpet bombing an entire land mass.
The strikes were a remarkable display of what precision-guided munitions can do even when it comes to efficiently carpet bombing an entire land mass.
After the MQ-1C Gray Eagle launched its miniature glide bomb, a sensor network told personnel on the ground to redirect it to strike a new target.
The sprawling and highly exotic installation is part of a new, fledgling administrative capital located 20 miles east of Cairo.
These cartridges full of radar-reflecting material have been curiously absent from the stealthy fighter's already highly capable defense suite.
The US-2 may look like one of the flying boats of yesteryear, but it is actually a very modern aircraft with some remarkable features.
Allen accurately described the Octopus, a ship that's capable of exploration and entertainment, as being "less a Bentley than a Range Rover."
The sound alone of something ripping by at hypersonic speed just feet above the desert floor is worth the click!
The B-1B may have to fight for its life in the not so distant future, but new upgrades could give it the ammo it needs to survive the budget ax.
We can talk about super-duper Tomcats, hypersonic rocket sleds, geopolitics, air-to-air missile-armed stealth bombers—you know, no big whoop.
The seemingly obvious course of action is to "reveal" the long-range ground-launched cruise missiles it has now, but Russia may need to wait to do so.
The site's main job is to support various underwater test and evaluation tasks, including measuring how quiet Navy submarines are.
The Air Force's vision of the future of aerial combat has evolved greatly as of late and has moved away from plans for new, costly manned fighters.
The Air Force had planned to award contracts for the infrastructure improvements, including a specialized repair facility, next year.
The bold vision of a USMC that is far less dependent on the lumbering "Gator Navy" comes with a sacrificial offering of the force's most sacred cow.
The two companies are vying for a Polish contract, but could also find success on the export market.
The Navy is still funding work on a new rocket motor and other features that could fundamentally change the character of this "dogfighting" missile.
This follows the acquisition of two mobile radars from Ukraine in the past year, including one associated with the S-300.
We can talk about electronic warfare systems, mothballed F-117s, geopolitics, the cost of shipping U-2 chase cars—you know, no big whoop.
The disclosure of this type of high-resolution imagery on the fly via social media is unprecedented.
Three B-2s are in the United Kingdom to take part in various training exercises including these first-of-their-kind sorties with foreign F-35s.