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F-16

F-16 Cleared To Be Peru’s Next Fighter

Washington has approved a potential F-16 to Peru, a country struggling with an aging fleet of Russian- and European-made fighters.

South America

Trump Says Another Drug Running Boat Has Been Destroyed

Hostilities continue to escalate in the Caribbean as the Trump administration names a new target on its list of drug trafficking countries.

F-22

F-22 Raptor Scores “Longest Known” AIM-120 AMRAAM Shot

Manufacturer Raytheon continues to get longer reach out of its AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, while its AIM-260 successor waits in the wings.

U.S. Navy

Historic Shuttered Navy Base Back In Action For Caribbean Counter-Drug Mission

In 2004, the Navy disposed of the former Naval Station Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico, but current events have seen it awaken once again.

P-8

British P-8 Poseidon Flies Unusual Overland Mission Along Polish Border

As NATO fighters flew their first Eastern Sentry missions, a British P-8 monitored Russia-Belarus military drills along the Polish border.

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

Last Special Operations MC-12W Surveillance Planes Retired

The MC-12Ws were retired to make way for OA-1K light attack planes, but some worry this risks creating an aerial intelligence-gathering gap.

U.S. Army

Army Deploys Typhon Missile System To Japan For The First Time

Typhon brings the means to rapidly deploy Tomahawk cruise missiles and SM-6 missiles, giving the ability to put targets at risk up to 1,000 miles away.

F-35B

F-35s Arrive In Puerto Rico For Counter-Drug Operation

The aircraft join an armada of eight ships and 4,500 Marines deployed to fight cartels and deliver a message to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.

Air

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

We should have bought more DVDs!

Polish Air Force

Fighters, Frigate To Help Defend Poland From Drones Under New NATO Operation

Operation Eastern Sentry will see Rafales, Eurofighters, more F-16s, and an air defense frigate help protect Poland from future Russian drone incursions.

B-21

Two B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers Photographed Together For The First Time

The Air Force now has a pair of flying B-21s at Edwards Air Force Base helping pave the way for America's future bomber force.

Unmanned

U.S. Needs To Be Building Tens Of Thousands Of Shahed-136 Clones Right Now

The U.S. military's lack of urgency when it comes to building long-range one-way attack munitions at huge scale has been absurd and dangerous.

Typhoon

Drone-Killing APKWS Laser-Guided Rockets Eyed For Eurofighter Typhoon

The air-to-air optimized variant of the APKWS rocket is being assessed as an option for the Eurofighter Typhoon as concerns over the drone threat in Europe grow.

Unmanned

Poland Says Russia’s Mass Drone Incursion Was “A Test”

While Russia continues to deny it deliberately sent drones into Poland, NATO is racing to bolster its defenses against future such events.

Air

Second B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Has Flown (Updated)

Air Force officials had previously said their goal was to have two B-21s flying around the end of this year.

Polish Air Force

Poland’s Su-22 Fitter Swing-Wing Strike Jets Pass Into History

After four decades of service, the last Soviet-era Polish Su-22 Fitter swing-wing strike aircraft have finally been withdrawn.

Naval Gun Systems

Japanese Warship Fires Railgun At Target Vessel For The First Time

Japan says the test is the first of its kind ever as it continues to pursue naval railguns years after the U.S. Navy halted work on its own program.

U.S. Air Force

USAF’s Quicksink Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Seen In Detail Like Never Before

The USAF has offered new views of the Quicksink anti-ship bomb after a B-2 stealth bomber deployed the weapon off Norway in a test.

Israeli Air Force

Aftermath Of Israeli Strike On Qatar Compound Targeting Hamas Seen In New Satellite Imagery

Exactly how Israel pulled off this strike and when the U.S. knew about it remains glaringly unclear at this time.

F-15

Deploying Fighter Jets To Hunt Drug Smugglers In The Caribbean Isn’t New

News that F-35s were headed to the Caribbean to help take on the cartels was surprising to many, but Operation Coronet Nighthawk did exactly this for years.