Featured in JASSMBYJoseph TrevithickDec 17, 2021ShareSpecial Operations C-130 Hits Target With A ‘Rapid Dragon’ Pallet-Dropped Cruise Missile (Updated)Rapid Dragon is intended to offer a way to quickly turn cargo planes into launch platforms for cruise missiles and potentially other payloads. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 17, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickDec 2, 2021ShareThe Air Force Wants A New Generation Of Affordable Air-To-Ground Munitions With Swappable WarheadsIt’s hoped that this new class of weapons will be more versatile than current munitions as well as more plentiful. BYThomas NewdickDec 2, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickSep 29, 2021ShareHypersonic Missile Tests For The B-1 Bomber Are Coming Next Year According To BoeingIt is argued that an upgraded, hypersonic-missile-toting B-1 would help narrow the capability gap with Russia and China until the B-21 Raider arrives. BYThomas NewdickSep 29, 2021ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Thomas NewdickSep 21, 2021ShareOur Best Look Yet At ‘Rapid Dragon’ Cargo Plane-Launched Stealth Cruise Missiles In ActionThe concept of arming airlifters with cruise missiles is evolving quickly, which is a big deal for the Air Force, and possibly other air arms as well. BYTyler Rogoway and Thomas NewdickSep 21, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 26, 2021ShareMC-145B Wily Coyote Special Ops Planes Will Be Able To Launch Stealth Cruise MissilesThe ability to launch Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles could give the modified Polish transport aircraft a role in higher-end conflicts. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 26, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 7, 2021ShareMC-130J Commando II Simulated Launching A Pallet Of Cruise Missiles During A Mock Strike MissionAdvanced network capabilities were key to the most recent test of an MC-130J special operations transport plane transformed into a missile truck. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 7, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 2, 2021ShareCruise Missile Variant Of Navy’s JSOW Glide Bomb Is On The Chopping BlockThe powered JSOW variant had been intended, in part, as a long-range stand-off weapon that the Navy’s F-35Cs could still carry internally. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 2, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickMay 11, 2021ShareFive JASSM Stealth Missiles Have Been Loaded On An F-15E Strike Eagle For The First TimeThe configuration is intended to allow the flexible Strike Eagle to fill in for bombers on certain missions. BYThomas NewdickMay 11, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 2, 2021ShareAir Force F-15Es Train To Launch Cruise Missiles Over The Baltic SeaThe event also saw F-35 Joint Strike Fighters helping to pass vital information between Air Force and Army air and missile defense units. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 2, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickFeb 11, 2021ShareSuper Bowl Flyover Offered A Glimpse Of A Future Where Multiple Bomber Types Join Forces In CombatThe Air Force is exploring how B-1Bs and B-52Hs can work together more directly, including targeting “handoffs” involving stealthy cruise missiles. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 11, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 27, 2021ShareCheck Out This F-15E Strike Eagle Packing A Stealthy JASSM-ER Cruise MissileF-15Es are some of the Air Force’s most in-demand combat aircraft and are an important delivery platform for the stealthy JASSMs. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 27, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 24, 2020ShareThis Is Our First Look At A B-1 Bomber Carrying A Stealthy Cruise Missile ExternallyThe Air Force hopes its B-1s will eventually be able to carry up to a dozen of the missiles, and potentially hypersonic weapons, on external pylons. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 24, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 3, 2020ShareAir Force C-17 Launched A Pallet Of Mock Cruise Missiles During Recent Arsenal Plane TestThe test was part of a larger set of experiments centered on improving the service’s communications and data-sharing networks. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 3, 2020ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayJul 28, 2020ShareHere’s All The Ridiculous Military Pork Baked Into The Proposed COVID-19 BillThe draft $1 trillion spending package includes money for F-35s, warships, missile defense projects, and much more. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayJul 28, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 11, 2020ShareSenate Looks To Block Many Of The Pentagon’s “Tough Choices” Airpower Cuts In Next BudgetA proposed draft of the annual defense policy bill would prohibit services from getting rid of certain aircraft and order them to buy more of others. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 11, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 9, 2020ShareAir Force Reveals B-1Bs Were Practicing Decapitating Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Last WeekRussia has decried that mission, as well as other American and NATO exercises around its borders in recent months, as provocative. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 9, 2020Share12
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 17, 2021ShareSpecial Operations C-130 Hits Target With A ‘Rapid Dragon’ Pallet-Dropped Cruise Missile (Updated)Rapid Dragon is intended to offer a way to quickly turn cargo planes into launch platforms for cruise missiles and potentially other payloads. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 17, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickDec 2, 2021ShareThe Air Force Wants A New Generation Of Affordable Air-To-Ground Munitions With Swappable WarheadsIt’s hoped that this new class of weapons will be more versatile than current munitions as well as more plentiful. BYThomas NewdickDec 2, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickSep 29, 2021ShareHypersonic Missile Tests For The B-1 Bomber Are Coming Next Year According To BoeingIt is argued that an upgraded, hypersonic-missile-toting B-1 would help narrow the capability gap with Russia and China until the B-21 Raider arrives. BYThomas NewdickSep 29, 2021Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Thomas NewdickSep 21, 2021ShareOur Best Look Yet At ‘Rapid Dragon’ Cargo Plane-Launched Stealth Cruise Missiles In ActionThe concept of arming airlifters with cruise missiles is evolving quickly, which is a big deal for the Air Force, and possibly other air arms as well. BYTyler Rogoway and Thomas NewdickSep 21, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 26, 2021ShareMC-145B Wily Coyote Special Ops Planes Will Be Able To Launch Stealth Cruise MissilesThe ability to launch Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles could give the modified Polish transport aircraft a role in higher-end conflicts. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 26, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 7, 2021ShareMC-130J Commando II Simulated Launching A Pallet Of Cruise Missiles During A Mock Strike MissionAdvanced network capabilities were key to the most recent test of an MC-130J special operations transport plane transformed into a missile truck. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 7, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 2, 2021ShareCruise Missile Variant Of Navy’s JSOW Glide Bomb Is On The Chopping BlockThe powered JSOW variant had been intended, in part, as a long-range stand-off weapon that the Navy’s F-35Cs could still carry internally. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 2, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickMay 11, 2021ShareFive JASSM Stealth Missiles Have Been Loaded On An F-15E Strike Eagle For The First TimeThe configuration is intended to allow the flexible Strike Eagle to fill in for bombers on certain missions. BYThomas NewdickMay 11, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 2, 2021ShareAir Force F-15Es Train To Launch Cruise Missiles Over The Baltic SeaThe event also saw F-35 Joint Strike Fighters helping to pass vital information between Air Force and Army air and missile defense units. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 2, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 11, 2021ShareSuper Bowl Flyover Offered A Glimpse Of A Future Where Multiple Bomber Types Join Forces In CombatThe Air Force is exploring how B-1Bs and B-52Hs can work together more directly, including targeting “handoffs” involving stealthy cruise missiles. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 11, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 27, 2021ShareCheck Out This F-15E Strike Eagle Packing A Stealthy JASSM-ER Cruise MissileF-15Es are some of the Air Force’s most in-demand combat aircraft and are an important delivery platform for the stealthy JASSMs. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 27, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 24, 2020ShareThis Is Our First Look At A B-1 Bomber Carrying A Stealthy Cruise Missile ExternallyThe Air Force hopes its B-1s will eventually be able to carry up to a dozen of the missiles, and potentially hypersonic weapons, on external pylons. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 24, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 3, 2020ShareAir Force C-17 Launched A Pallet Of Mock Cruise Missiles During Recent Arsenal Plane TestThe test was part of a larger set of experiments centered on improving the service’s communications and data-sharing networks. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 3, 2020Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayJul 28, 2020ShareHere’s All The Ridiculous Military Pork Baked Into The Proposed COVID-19 BillThe draft $1 trillion spending package includes money for F-35s, warships, missile defense projects, and much more. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayJul 28, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 11, 2020ShareSenate Looks To Block Many Of The Pentagon’s “Tough Choices” Airpower Cuts In Next BudgetA proposed draft of the annual defense policy bill would prohibit services from getting rid of certain aircraft and order them to buy more of others. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 11, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 9, 2020ShareAir Force Reveals B-1Bs Were Practicing Decapitating Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Last WeekRussia has decried that mission, as well as other American and NATO exercises around its borders in recent months, as provocative. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 9, 2020Share
