Featured in Edwards AFBBYTyler RogowayFeb 8, 2022ShareF-22 Raptor Spotted Flying With Stealthy Underwing PodsThe pods are likely part of an ongoing initiative to retain the F-22’s potency until its replacement arrives. BYTyler RogowayFeb 8, 2022ShareBYJamie HunterJul 10, 2021ShareWar Games In California And Florida Linked To Test Massive “Kill Web”Test pilot explains how the Air Force linked two major developmental exercises that included cutting-edge long-range targeting and autonomous drones. BYJamie HunterJul 10, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJun 30, 2021ShareSkyborg AI Computer “Brain” Successfully Flew A General Atomics Avenger DroneThe Air Force’s Skyborg continues to be integrated into more aircraft, signaling that a variety of aircraft could someday be flown by the AI system. BYBrett TingleyJun 30, 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, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 8, 2021ShareThese Are The Best Images Yet Of “RAT 55,” The World’s Most Secretive 737The highly modified “RAT 55” bounces around between secretive test bases and is used to collect radar data on stealthy aircraft in-flight. BYTyler RogowayJun 8, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickApr 16, 2021ShareProject FoX Brings Tablet-Based Apps To F-35 Stealth Fighter CockpitsThe new initiative envisages an air combat ‘app store’ that has software for all types of uses that can run on a tablet in the cockpit. BYThomas NewdickApr 16, 2021ShareBYJamie HunterMar 11, 2021ShareAir Force Combines Wargames To Make The Mother Of All Airpower Testing EventsThe Air Force has melded its Orange and Black Flag test events, and their exotic participants, to bring new capabilities to the fight even faster. BYJamie HunterMar 11, 2021ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickFeb 2, 2021ShareThe B-21 Raider Bomber Combined Test Force Has A Ridiculously Sinister Shakespearean MottoThe team tasked with turning the world’s most advanced and sinister aircraft into a reliable weapon of war has one ominous but relevant motto. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickFeb 2, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 2, 2020ShareWas The Secret RQ-180 Stealth Drone Really Photographed Over The Mojave Desert?A very interesting image may provide our first glimpse of the shadowy RQ-180 or of a ghost from the past. BYTyler RogowayNov 2, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020ShareCheck Out This B-52 Stratofortress Carrying Two AGM-183 Hypersonic Test MissilesThe USAF just completed the last captive carry flight of what’s slated to become the service’s first hypersonic weapon. Launch tests are next. BYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 10, 2020ShareVeteran Flight Tester On How The YA-7F Strikefighter Was Really A Jet Recycling ProgramThe YA-7F program aimed to field a new battlefield interdiction jet for pennies on the dollar by using spare engines and airframes. And it worked. BYTyler RogowayJul 10, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareF-35 Pilots Dress For Chemical and Biological Warfare For The First TimeThere is nothing easy or comfortable about fighting in a weapons of mass destruction environment, and F-35 pilots are getting that ability with this new getup. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 21, 2020ShareF-117 Stealth Jets Flew Directly Over Los Angeles On Another Mission Off The California Coast (Updated)It’s the second mission of its kind this week and this time they made the trip in clear skies right over the most populated area on the west coast. BYTyler RogowayMay 21, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 20, 2020ShareF-117 Nighthawk Stealth Jets Just Flew A Mission Off The Southern California Coast12 years after their official retirement, a small number of F-117s are venturing farther from their home base to execute aggressor and test duties. BYTyler RogowayMay 20, 2020ShareBYStephen WalkerMar 28, 2020ShareThe SR-71 Blackbird Was Almost Brought Back For The Global War On TerrorA little known chapter in the twilight of the SR-71 program became the final nail in its coffin. BYStephen WalkerMar 28, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 10, 2020ShareEdwards AFB Upgrades Point To Unexpected Home For B-21 Raider, Other Secretive ProgramsIt was thought that the B-21 would be tested at the South Base complex, but it appears that won’t be the case. So what will live at South Base? BYTyler RogowayMar 10, 2020Share12
BYTyler RogowayFeb 8, 2022ShareF-22 Raptor Spotted Flying With Stealthy Underwing PodsThe pods are likely part of an ongoing initiative to retain the F-22’s potency until its replacement arrives. BYTyler RogowayFeb 8, 2022Share
BYJamie HunterJul 10, 2021ShareWar Games In California And Florida Linked To Test Massive “Kill Web”Test pilot explains how the Air Force linked two major developmental exercises that included cutting-edge long-range targeting and autonomous drones. BYJamie HunterJul 10, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJun 30, 2021ShareSkyborg AI Computer “Brain” Successfully Flew A General Atomics Avenger DroneThe Air Force’s Skyborg continues to be integrated into more aircraft, signaling that a variety of aircraft could someday be flown by the AI system. BYBrett TingleyJun 30, 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
BYTyler RogowayJun 8, 2021ShareThese Are The Best Images Yet Of “RAT 55,” The World’s Most Secretive 737The highly modified “RAT 55” bounces around between secretive test bases and is used to collect radar data on stealthy aircraft in-flight. BYTyler RogowayJun 8, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickApr 16, 2021ShareProject FoX Brings Tablet-Based Apps To F-35 Stealth Fighter CockpitsThe new initiative envisages an air combat ‘app store’ that has software for all types of uses that can run on a tablet in the cockpit. BYThomas NewdickApr 16, 2021Share
BYJamie HunterMar 11, 2021ShareAir Force Combines Wargames To Make The Mother Of All Airpower Testing EventsThe Air Force has melded its Orange and Black Flag test events, and their exotic participants, to bring new capabilities to the fight even faster. BYJamie HunterMar 11, 2021Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickFeb 2, 2021ShareThe B-21 Raider Bomber Combined Test Force Has A Ridiculously Sinister Shakespearean MottoThe team tasked with turning the world’s most advanced and sinister aircraft into a reliable weapon of war has one ominous but relevant motto. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickFeb 2, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 2, 2020ShareWas The Secret RQ-180 Stealth Drone Really Photographed Over The Mojave Desert?A very interesting image may provide our first glimpse of the shadowy RQ-180 or of a ghost from the past. BYTyler RogowayNov 2, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020ShareCheck Out This B-52 Stratofortress Carrying Two AGM-183 Hypersonic Test MissilesThe USAF just completed the last captive carry flight of what’s slated to become the service’s first hypersonic weapon. Launch tests are next. BYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 10, 2020ShareVeteran Flight Tester On How The YA-7F Strikefighter Was Really A Jet Recycling ProgramThe YA-7F program aimed to field a new battlefield interdiction jet for pennies on the dollar by using spare engines and airframes. And it worked. BYTyler RogowayJul 10, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareF-35 Pilots Dress For Chemical and Biological Warfare For The First TimeThere is nothing easy or comfortable about fighting in a weapons of mass destruction environment, and F-35 pilots are getting that ability with this new getup. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 21, 2020ShareF-117 Stealth Jets Flew Directly Over Los Angeles On Another Mission Off The California Coast (Updated)It’s the second mission of its kind this week and this time they made the trip in clear skies right over the most populated area on the west coast. BYTyler RogowayMay 21, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 20, 2020ShareF-117 Nighthawk Stealth Jets Just Flew A Mission Off The Southern California Coast12 years after their official retirement, a small number of F-117s are venturing farther from their home base to execute aggressor and test duties. BYTyler RogowayMay 20, 2020Share
BYStephen WalkerMar 28, 2020ShareThe SR-71 Blackbird Was Almost Brought Back For The Global War On TerrorA little known chapter in the twilight of the SR-71 program became the final nail in its coffin. BYStephen WalkerMar 28, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 10, 2020ShareEdwards AFB Upgrades Point To Unexpected Home For B-21 Raider, Other Secretive ProgramsIt was thought that the B-21 would be tested at the South Base complex, but it appears that won’t be the case. So what will live at South Base? BYTyler RogowayMar 10, 2020Share
