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Iran

Allies Brush Off U.S. Warnings About Iran As Legislators Spar Over Threat Intel (Updated)

Close allies appear to be very skeptical of U.S. intel on pending Iranian aggression while public evidence remains totally elusive.

U.S. Homeland

The U.S. State Department Has Its Own Sprawling Air Force, Here’s What’s In Its Inventory

The Department has more than 200 helicopters, aircraft, and small drones, including a particularly shadowy small transport plane.

B-52

A B-52H Nicknamed “Wise Guy” Becomes The Second To Ever Come Back From The Bone Yard

The Air Force needed a replacement for another one of the bombers that crashed in Guam nearly three years ago.

Russia

Half Of Russia’s Su-57 Fleet Escorted Putin To Military Test Facility Ahead Of Pompeo Meeting (Updated)

The Russian leader very publicly inspected some of the country's most advanced aircraft and air defense systems.

EA-18G

An Oral Account Of The Birth Of A Sky Penis

A word-by-word aircrew account of how the sky dong sensation came to be high over Washington State is now available and it is an absolute must-read.

U.S. Air Force

Air Force Tests Tiny Personnel Footprint For Operating Fighters In Austere Combat Zones

The concept gives airmen multiple responsibilities beyond their core specializations including defending their outpost from enemy attack.

U.S. Air Force

Shot Down? The USAF Now Wants To Air-Drop An Air Taxi To Fly You Out To Safety

The Air Force is looking at commercial work on urban air mobility concepts as starting places for an air-droppable autonomous rescue platform.

Iran

U.S. Government Claims Iran Is Behind Attacks On Oil Tankers, But Has Yet To Show Evidence

The news of comes amid a report that the Pentagon revised a contingency plan that includes sending 120,000 troops to respond to Iranian aggression.

Middle East

F-35A Pictured On “Deterrence Mission” Over Middle East With Peculiar Single Missile Loadout

It's just another tiny piece of an increasingly puzzling set of circumstances regarding the sudden need for the U.S. to deter Iranian aggression.

UAE

Video Showing Damaged Norwegian Tanker Emerges After Reported Gulf “Sabotage” Attacks (Updated)

No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks so far amid growing speculation of Iranian involvement.

Persian Gulf

Oil Tankers Supposedly Attacked In Persian Gulf As U.S. Carrier Group Approaches (Updated)

No blame has been placed on a particular party and details remain very scarce, but the tension is definitely rising near the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. Homeland

Will Someone Please Buy This Biggest And Baddest Of Gee Bee Air Racers?!

This incredible recreation of the largest and last of the Granville Brothers' Gee Bee racers can be had for a fraction of the cost of a P-51 Mustang.

Bunker Talk

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

We can talk about F-35 aggressors, Tomcat tales, geopolitics, ninja bombs—you know, no big whoop.

U.S. Air Force

USAF Fighter Pilots Are Now Flying With These Converted M4 Rifles In Their Survival Kits

The rifles break in half and have other special features so they can fit inside the survival kit underneath a pilot's ejection seats.

Iran

Fully Armed F-15Cs Have Arrived In The Middle East Amid Accusations Of Iranian Threats (Updated)

The fighter jets join other F-15s, as well as B-52s and F-35s, already in the Middle East and the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group will soon arrive, too.

U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy Has Stopped Looking For Japan’s Crashed F-35 That Remains Largely Unrecovered

Japan says the American salvage team helped recover parts of the jet and that it will continue the search for the rest of the aircraft and its pilot.

F-35

F-35 Aggressor Squadron To Be Activated At Nellis Air Force Base (Updated)

The F-35 will bring revolutionary and badly needed capabilities to the aggressor mission.

Syria

Secret Hellfire Missile With Sword-Like Blades Made Mysterious Strike On Terror Leader In Syria

We were first to question the weapon used in the bizarre strike and now we know it has been used to strike high-value targets in five countries.

North Korea

News Of Sanction Busting North Korean Cargo Ship Seized As Kim Fires More Missiles (Updated)

The seizure of the ship is unprecedented and both events together underscore a major uptick in tensions between the United States and North Korea.

Royal Navy

Royal Navy Sub Appears In Gibraltar Equipped With A Wake Detection System

This non-acoustic sensor could supplement the boat's sonar when hunting for especially quiet enemy submarines.