Featured in chaffBYJoseph TrevithickDec 31, 2021ShareWatch This C-130 Run For Its Life At Low Level From A Mock Enemy Missile CrewRealistic threats on the ground are an important if often underappreciated aspect of the Air Force’s Red Flag air combat exercises. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 31, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJun 8, 2021ShareHuge “Swarm” That Lit-Up Radar Was Almost Certainly Caused By The Military, Not LadybugsA massive radar bloom over California in 2019 was widely reported to be a ladybug swarm, but our investigation has shown this was unlikely the case. BYBrett TingleyJun 8, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 9, 2020ShareAir Force F-16s Are Getting Pylons With Built-In Missile Warning Sensors And CountermeasuresThe bolt-on upgrade will make aging F-16s more survivable by providing better awareness of missile threats and a better ability to fend them off. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 9, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareExplosive-Filled Dummies And Other Ruses Helped Clear The Way For Real Paratroopers On D-Day75 years after the Allied invasion of France, it remains one of the largest single military operations ever, which required massive deception to hide. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 9, 2019ShareThe F-35A Is Set To Finally Get Chaff Countermeasures To Confuse Enemy RadarsThese cartridges full of radar-reflecting material have been curiously absent from the stealthy fighter’s already highly capable defense suite. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 9, 2019ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayMay 17, 2019ShareHuge Chaff Cloud That Lit Up Radars As It Drifted Across The Midwest Remains A MysteryThe plume was unusually persistent, showing up on weather radar for more than 10 hours and no branch of the military has claimed responsibility. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayMay 17, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 7, 2019ShareMysterious Cloud Of Chaff Lights Up Radar Over Dozens Of Miles Of New Mexico AirspaceIt is the latest in a string of peculiar chaff release events from across that U.S. that have drawn a lot of attention in recent months BYTyler RogowayMar 7, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 12, 2018ShareNow Massive Plumes Of Chaff Are Lighting Up Radar Over Maine and Florida TooThe clouds of radar-reflective countermeasures appeared over the states just two days after a similar mysterious incident occurred in the Midwest. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 12, 2018ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 12, 2018ShareA West Virginia Air Guard C-130H Was Responsible For Massive Chaff Cloud Over MidwestThe crew released all of the chaff cartridges on board as they returned to base from a training exercise on the West Coast as a safety precaution. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 12, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 31, 2021ShareWatch This C-130 Run For Its Life At Low Level From A Mock Enemy Missile CrewRealistic threats on the ground are an important if often underappreciated aspect of the Air Force’s Red Flag air combat exercises. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 31, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJun 8, 2021ShareHuge “Swarm” That Lit-Up Radar Was Almost Certainly Caused By The Military, Not LadybugsA massive radar bloom over California in 2019 was widely reported to be a ladybug swarm, but our investigation has shown this was unlikely the case. BYBrett TingleyJun 8, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 9, 2020ShareAir Force F-16s Are Getting Pylons With Built-In Missile Warning Sensors And CountermeasuresThe bolt-on upgrade will make aging F-16s more survivable by providing better awareness of missile threats and a better ability to fend them off. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 9, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareExplosive-Filled Dummies And Other Ruses Helped Clear The Way For Real Paratroopers On D-Day75 years after the Allied invasion of France, it remains one of the largest single military operations ever, which required massive deception to hide. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 9, 2019ShareThe F-35A Is Set To Finally Get Chaff Countermeasures To Confuse Enemy RadarsThese cartridges full of radar-reflecting material have been curiously absent from the stealthy fighter’s already highly capable defense suite. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 9, 2019Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayMay 17, 2019ShareHuge Chaff Cloud That Lit Up Radars As It Drifted Across The Midwest Remains A MysteryThe plume was unusually persistent, showing up on weather radar for more than 10 hours and no branch of the military has claimed responsibility. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayMay 17, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 7, 2019ShareMysterious Cloud Of Chaff Lights Up Radar Over Dozens Of Miles Of New Mexico AirspaceIt is the latest in a string of peculiar chaff release events from across that U.S. that have drawn a lot of attention in recent months BYTyler RogowayMar 7, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 12, 2018ShareNow Massive Plumes Of Chaff Are Lighting Up Radar Over Maine and Florida TooThe clouds of radar-reflective countermeasures appeared over the states just two days after a similar mysterious incident occurred in the Midwest. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 12, 2018Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 12, 2018ShareA West Virginia Air Guard C-130H Was Responsible For Massive Chaff Cloud Over MidwestThe crew released all of the chaff cartridges on board as they returned to base from a training exercise on the West Coast as a safety precaution. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 12, 2018Share