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U.S. Homeland

Can The U.S. Military Make An Airplane Invisible To The Naked Eye?

The development of visual stealth began in WWII and continues today. So, just how close has the military has come to realizing an invisible plane?

U.S. Air Force

Air Force Names Its Newest Helicopters “Grey Wolves” Because They Will Fly in “Packs”

The name is also meant to reflect the helicopter's "ability to roam large distances" while guarding America's ballistic missile silos.

Civil Aviation

New Owner Of Stratolaunch And World’s Largest Plane To Refocus On Hypersonic Testing

New ownership has led to a shift in focus at what the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen had first envisioned as a space launch company.

Hollywood

A Must Watch Behind The Scenes Look At How Top Gun 2’s Flying Sequences Were Shot

The production team on the film is making the case that nothing like this has been done before and may not be done ever again.

U.S. Air Force

Air Force General Says His Planes Are Keeping An Eye Out For North Korea’s “Christmas Gift”

The general said that he expects a North Korean test of a "long-range ballistic missile," such as an ICBM, in the coming weeks.

U.S. Homeland

A Dozen Mystery Objects Suddenly Popped Out Of Hangars At Tonopah Test Range Airport

The base is known to be the shadowy home of aircraft that move from a developmental state at Area 51 and into an operational, but still secretive one.

Turkey

Turkey’s Deepening Intervention In The Libyan Civil War Point’s To Erdogan’s Grand Ambitions

Turkey's actions raise the possibility of a troop deployment to Libya and have also prompted a major maritime territorial dispute in the Mediterranean.

U.S. Air Force

Global Strike Command Strikes Confusion With New Helicopter Nickname Teaser Tweet

The service will officially announce the moniker for the helicopters, which will help guard America's missile silos, at a ceremony later this week.

Hollywood

The Second Top Gun 2 Trailer Has Landed, Secret High-Speed Test Jet And All

We get more gorgeous aerial footage and our first look at the high-speed test aircraft Maverick flies as a set piece in the film.

Cold War

Check Out This Rare Footage Of Red Eagle MiGs At Tonopah Test Range Airport

The rare piece of footage is from the 1980s when the U.S. was flying MiGs against its own jets out of a remote and secretive air base in Nevada.

Bunker Talk

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

We can talk about foggles, the Kuznetsov's curse, geopolitics, Navy Ospreys—you know, no big whoop.

E-6

Here’s Why An E-6B Doomsday Plane Was Flying Tight Circles Off The Jersey Shore Today

Part of the E-6B's critical mission is to fly aerobatic-like maneuvers that allows them to send messages to ballistic missile submarines hiding below.

F-35

F-35 Cueing Artillery To Take Out Air Defense Site During Test Is A Glimpse Of The Future

With new faster, longer-range weapons, artillery units will provide tactical aircraft an unlimited magazine for which to kick down the enemy's door.

Cold War

Egypt’s Soviet-Era, Chinese-Made, American-Upgraded Subs Can Still Fire Harpoon Missiles

The Egyptian Navy is only one of two remaining operators of the type anywhere in the world and its examples have a unique and convoluted history.

Area 51

Visitors To Area 51 Have To Wear “Foggles” That Severely Limit Vision When Moving About

The frosted eyewear, which comes from the aerospace world, keeps a wearer from seeing anything aside from what is directly in front of and below them.

U.S. Homeland

Pentagon Conducts First Test Of Non-Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Post-INF Treaty (Updated)

The launch, which the Pentagon had previously said would come before the end of the year, could have major geopolitical ramifications.

Russia

Russia’s Accident-Plagued Aircraft Carrier Is On Fire (Updated)

Just over a year after its dry dock literally sunk beneath it, the Admiral Kuznetsov is burning.

U.S. Air Force

Recently Retired USAF General Makes Eyebrow Raising Claims About Advanced Space Technology

Retired Lt. Gen. Steven L. Kwast says fantastic technology exists that could transport a human anywhere on earth within an hour.

Precision Strike Missile (PrSM)

Lockheed Conducts First Test Of Its New Precision Strike Missile For The Army

There is already talk of expanding the missile's range which had previously been subject to a now-defunct arms control deal with Russia.

U.S. Navy

Behold The First Image Of A Navy CMV-22 Osprey That Will Replace The C-2 Greyhound

The delivery of the first CMV-22B to the Navy for testing should occur soon, with the type slated to start its operational career in 2021.