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412th Test Wing photographers Christian Turner, Todd Schannuth, and Richard Gonzales on the ramp with their F-16D chase jet.
U.S. Air Force

The Flight Test Photographers Of Edwards Air Force Base

We go in-depth with the flying photographers that play a key role in the development of the Air Force's most advanced weaponry.

This photo taken from a position in northern Israel shows an Israeli Air Force fighter jet firing flares as it flies to intercept a hostile aircraft that launched from Lebanon over the border area with south Lebanon on August 25, 2024. The Israeli military announced early August 25, 2024 that it was conducting pre-emptive strikes in Lebanon after detecting preparations for "large-scale" attacks by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Hezbollah said August 25, 2024 it had launched more than 320 rockets at Israel overnight, targeting a string of military positions, even as Israel's military said it was carrying out pre-emptive strikes against the group. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)
Israel

Israel Launches Preemptive Strikes In Lebanon Just Before Hezbollah Carried Out Retribution Barrage (Updated)

Hezbollah says this was phase one of a multi-part retaliation campaign for an assassinated of one of its commanders.

Underground Cold War-era vault
Bunker Talk

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

Anyone for a Bunker?

All eyes were on presidential candidate and sitting Vice President Kamala Harris this week as the Democratic National Convention kicked off. One clip of Harris's movements, in particular, got a lot of attention from those interested in military technology — the Vice President boarding an MV-22 tiltrotor on a short trip to the convention hall.
MV-22

MV-22 Ospreys Have Actually Been Flying The Vice President For Years

VP Harris's ride aboard the Osprey during the Democratic National Convention drew a lot of interest, with many wondering if her trip was a first.

Sabotage at norwegian airbase
Norwegian Air Force

Sabotage Confirmed At Norwegian Air Base

A cut cable at the Norwegian airfield was announced amid fears of sabotage at military bases and concerning drone activity in Germany.

The destruction of a ship carrying fuel tank cars will affect supplies to troops and the Crimean peninsula.
Russia

Fuel Supplies To Russian Troops, Crimea Strangled By Destruction Of Ship

The Conro Trader was the last of three vessels that ferry large quantities of fuel across the Kerch Strait.

KC-46 and F-15E had an incident resulting in the loss of the tanker's boom
KC-46

Audio Reveals Details Of KC-46 And F-15E Refueling Incident That Broke The Tanker’s Boom Off

The incident occurred while F-15Es from Mountain Home AFB were providing patrols over California for President Biden vacationing there.

The War Zone has learned new details about the Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle in an interview with Dr. Shane Arnott, Senior Vice President for Engineering at Anduril and the company's maritime lead.
Australia

Everything We Just Learned About The Ghost Shark Uncrewed Submarine

Anduril has laid out big plans for the Ghost Shark, one of which is now in the U.S., especially when it comes to proving out new payloads.

The U.S. Army has chosen the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to lead the conversion of Bombardier Global 6500 business jets into new High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) aircraft.
Manned ISR

Army’s HADES Surveillance Bizjet Program Moves Forward With Sierra Nevada Corp. Deal

The HADES jets will pack radars and other sensors and fly faster, further, and higher than the Army's existing turboprop intel planes.

Images taken after a Ukrainian drone strike on an airbase deep inside Russia Russia shows several combat aircraft were damaged.
Russian Air Force

Russian Jets Damaged In Ukrainian Long-Range Drone Attack On Air Base

Images taken after the attack on Marinovka Air Base in Russia show several shelters containing Su-24s and Su-34s were affected by the strikes.

A Czech company has unveiled an inflatable decoy of the F-16 fighter, notably wearing Ukrainian Air Force markings. The inflatable fighter, from a firm that is already known to be providing Kyiv with decoys of other items of military equipment, appears only a matter of weeks after it was confirmed that the first real F-16s had arrived in Ukraine.
F-16

Inflatable Ukrainian F-16 Decoy Emerges At Defense Show

The appearance of the decoy, from a Czech specialist, comes soon after the arrival of the first F-16s in Ukraine.

Australia To Help Maintain Visiting U.S. Nuclear Submarine For The First Time
Diesel-Electric Submarines

Australia To Help Maintain Visiting U.S. Nuclear Submarine For The First Time

Teaming up on repairs and upkeep is a sign of things to come as Australia pushes toward its own nuclear-powered submarine future.

A Ukrainian missile struck and sunk a vessel full of fuel train cars.
Around The Globe

Ship Full Of Fuel Train Cars Detonates In Russian Port, Ukrainian Neptune Missile Suspected (Updated)

It still isn't perfectly clear what happened to the ship, but the explosion occurred at a key Russian port located in the Kerch Strait.

An example of the LCAC amphibious craft appeared recently with the face of Batman’s iconic opponent the Joker rendered in the style of how the late Heath Ledger famously portrayed him in the 2008 film The Dark Knight.
U.S. Navy

Check Out This Navy LCAC Hovercraft Adorned With Joker Artwork

The menacing grin of Batman’s nemesis the Joker appears on one of the Navy’s Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) hovercraft.

The U.S. Navy says it is on the verge of having persistent, reliable, and secure high-speed internet connections across its fleets thanks to a project leveraging commercial satellite constellations like SpaceX's Starlink.
Navies

Starlink Now Being Deployed On U.S. Navy Warships

Starlink is part of the Navy's ambitious SEA2 program that aims to provide high-bandwidth resilient global connectivity for U.S. warships that will have major operational and morale benefits.

Ukraine's probing near a Kursk border town may protend a larger attack in that sector.
Russia

Ukraine Testing Advance In Kursk Toward Russian Troops Trapped By Blown Bridges

By pushing near the town of Tetkino, Ukraine could place an estimated 3,000 Russian troops in a pincer and clear several hundred more square kilometers of territory.

A newly emerged photo provides our best look so far at the unusual layout of Iran’s intriguing drone-carrier ship, the IRGC Shahid Bagheri, including its angled flight deck. Converted from an existing commercial vessel, this so-called “forward base ship” design is definitely topical considering the kind of anti-shipping campaign currently being waged by Iranian proxies in the Red Sea and, according to the U.S., by Iran, increasingly further afield.
Iranian Navy

Iran’s Bizarre ‘Aircraft Carrier’ Seen In New Detail

A converted commercial ship with an angled flight deck, the Shahid Bagheri looks strange but could fill a mission set that Iran has been developing for years.

Ostafyevo air base
Russia

Signals Intelligence Center Targeted In Drone Attack On Moscow: Ukraine’s Intel Chief

From Moscow to Murmansk, Ukrainian drones have attacked targets across western Russia over the last 24 hours.

Shield AI

Shield AI’s Hivemind Demonstrates Collaborative Autonomy In Firejet Drones Flight Test

Branded Content: Fast, agile drones replicating unmanned wingmen fly together autonomously in key step towards future air combat.

New ‘Cheap’ Cruise Missile Concept Flight Tested By Silicon Valley-Backed Start-Up
Air-To-Ground

New ‘Cheap’ Cruise Missile Concept Flight Tested By Silicon Valley-Backed Start-Up

The need for cheaper stand-off munitions that can be produced quickly at scale has jump-started a growing non-traditional weapons industry.