Featured in AggressorsBYJamie HunterJul 28, 2020ShareFull Scope Of Air Force’s Big Contract Awards To Private Aggressor Firms RevealedThree firms share in the spoils of the first big round of adversary air support contract awards. BYJamie HunterJul 28, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareAir Force Aggressor Squadron Has A Surprising Secondary MissionDuring a national emergency an airliner pilot may get a special surprise when a camouflaged F-16 with foreign-like markings shows up on their wing. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYPaul Nickell And Tyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareHow To Fight To Win In The F-14, A-4 and F-5 At The Navy’s Topgun SchoolA Topgun student who later became an instructor tells us all about how to fly the Tomcat, Skyhawk and Tiger II in a dogfight and what it was like to both learn and teach at the legendary school. BYPaul Nickell And Tyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2020SharePrivate Aggressors Stress Test The Air Defenses On The Navy’s Newest Aircraft CarrierThis was the first full test of the troubled carrier’s integrated air defense system against actual mock aerial adversaries. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 19, 2020ShareAir Force Wants To Acquire Losing T-X Jet Trainers To Help Revolutionize Pilot TrainingThe Air Force wants advanced jet trainers to start experimenting with radical new pilot training concepts now before its first T-7A Red Hawks arrive. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 19, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 3, 2020ShareThis Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From SpaceRed Flag is nearly half a century old and it is still the world’s top air combat training event, the latest iteration of which is very exclusive. BYTyler RogowayFeb 3, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 15, 2020ShareThis Massive Desert Base Is China’s Version Of America’s Nellis Air Force BaseAs China’s air combat capabilities rapidly evolve so do the bases used to support them. One in the Gobi Desert is uniquely critical to those efforts. BYTyler RogowayJan 15, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 21, 2019ShareAir Force Hires Seven Companies In Long-Awaited Mega Adversary Air Support ContractYears in the making, the deal is a long-awaited moment for the contractor aggressor services industry and it will be a game-changer. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 21, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareDraken Picks Up a Dozen South African Cheetahs to Emulate 4th Generation AdversariesMany private companies are buying up new fighters jets in to meet demands for more advanced aggressors to duel against. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareLegislators Want To Know Fate Of Navy’s Reserve F/A-18 Aggressor SquadronsIn a draft budget law, legislators demand to know what the Navy Reserve is going to do about its aging F/A-18A+ Hornets. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 9, 2019ShareUSAF Reveals Timelines And Basing Plans For Its Huge Adversary Support ContractThe service says it will start awarding contracts in 2019 as part of a massive program that could be worth billions over the next decade. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 9, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 5, 2017ShareWatch This Crazy Video Of An A-4 Running For Its Life At Low-Level From A Menacing F-22It’s like a frantic life-or-death scene out of the documentary Planet Earth. BYTyler RogowayDec 5, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 9, 2017ShareAlaskan Aggressor F-16 Emerges In Awesome New Forest Green “Splinter” CamouflageThe new green, gray, brown, and black paint scheme is absolutely stunning and likely quite effective. BYTyler RogowayOct 9, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 29, 2017ShareUSAF Aggressor F-16 Freshly Painted In “Shark” Scheme To Mimic Latest Russian JetsThe paint job is nearly identical to that worn by some of Russia’s most advanced jets flying over Syria. BYTyler RogowayMar 29, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 23, 2017ShareFour F-5E Tiger IIs Can Fit Inside a Boeing 747With plenty of room to spare, no less BYTyler RogowayFeb 23, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 6, 2016ShareUS Navy Adversary Hornet Emerges Wearing Russia’s Latest Combat Jet SchemeOne of VFC-12’s Hornets has been spotted in the charcoal and blue paint scheme made famous by Russia’s Su-34 Fullback. BYTyler RogowayOct 6, 2016Share12
BYJamie HunterJul 28, 2020ShareFull Scope Of Air Force’s Big Contract Awards To Private Aggressor Firms RevealedThree firms share in the spoils of the first big round of adversary air support contract awards. BYJamie HunterJul 28, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareAir Force Aggressor Squadron Has A Surprising Secondary MissionDuring a national emergency an airliner pilot may get a special surprise when a camouflaged F-16 with foreign-like markings shows up on their wing. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYPaul Nickell And Tyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareHow To Fight To Win In The F-14, A-4 and F-5 At The Navy’s Topgun SchoolA Topgun student who later became an instructor tells us all about how to fly the Tomcat, Skyhawk and Tiger II in a dogfight and what it was like to both learn and teach at the legendary school. BYPaul Nickell And Tyler RogowayJul 3, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2020SharePrivate Aggressors Stress Test The Air Defenses On The Navy’s Newest Aircraft CarrierThis was the first full test of the troubled carrier’s integrated air defense system against actual mock aerial adversaries. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 8, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 19, 2020ShareAir Force Wants To Acquire Losing T-X Jet Trainers To Help Revolutionize Pilot TrainingThe Air Force wants advanced jet trainers to start experimenting with radical new pilot training concepts now before its first T-7A Red Hawks arrive. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 19, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 3, 2020ShareThis Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From SpaceRed Flag is nearly half a century old and it is still the world’s top air combat training event, the latest iteration of which is very exclusive. BYTyler RogowayFeb 3, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 15, 2020ShareThis Massive Desert Base Is China’s Version Of America’s Nellis Air Force BaseAs China’s air combat capabilities rapidly evolve so do the bases used to support them. One in the Gobi Desert is uniquely critical to those efforts. BYTyler RogowayJan 15, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 21, 2019ShareAir Force Hires Seven Companies In Long-Awaited Mega Adversary Air Support ContractYears in the making, the deal is a long-awaited moment for the contractor aggressor services industry and it will be a game-changer. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 21, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareDraken Picks Up a Dozen South African Cheetahs to Emulate 4th Generation AdversariesMany private companies are buying up new fighters jets in to meet demands for more advanced aggressors to duel against. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareLegislators Want To Know Fate Of Navy’s Reserve F/A-18 Aggressor SquadronsIn a draft budget law, legislators demand to know what the Navy Reserve is going to do about its aging F/A-18A+ Hornets. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 9, 2019ShareUSAF Reveals Timelines And Basing Plans For Its Huge Adversary Support ContractThe service says it will start awarding contracts in 2019 as part of a massive program that could be worth billions over the next decade. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 9, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 5, 2017ShareWatch This Crazy Video Of An A-4 Running For Its Life At Low-Level From A Menacing F-22It’s like a frantic life-or-death scene out of the documentary Planet Earth. BYTyler RogowayDec 5, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 9, 2017ShareAlaskan Aggressor F-16 Emerges In Awesome New Forest Green “Splinter” CamouflageThe new green, gray, brown, and black paint scheme is absolutely stunning and likely quite effective. BYTyler RogowayOct 9, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 29, 2017ShareUSAF Aggressor F-16 Freshly Painted In “Shark” Scheme To Mimic Latest Russian JetsThe paint job is nearly identical to that worn by some of Russia’s most advanced jets flying over Syria. BYTyler RogowayMar 29, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 23, 2017ShareFour F-5E Tiger IIs Can Fit Inside a Boeing 747With plenty of room to spare, no less BYTyler RogowayFeb 23, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 6, 2016ShareUS Navy Adversary Hornet Emerges Wearing Russia’s Latest Combat Jet SchemeOne of VFC-12’s Hornets has been spotted in the charcoal and blue paint scheme made famous by Russia’s Su-34 Fullback. BYTyler RogowayOct 6, 2016Share