Featured in testBYTyler RogowayOct 22, 2020ShareCheck Out These Close-Up Shots Of F-117s Deployed To MiramarThe jets have fresh radar-absorbent coatings and are adorned with bright tail codes, tail bands, and Nighthawk emblems. BYTyler RogowayOct 22, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 21, 2020ShareF-117s Make Surprise Visit To Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (Updated)The F-117s have become highly active as of late, but they’ve never staged out of a base like Miramar since their retirement. BYTyler RogowayOct 21, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 22, 2020ShareCheck Out These F-35s Dropping Full Loads Of Small Diameter Bombs During A Test MissionIt’s one of the F-35’s most versatile and critical weapons, and it’s about to get a whole lot more capable. BYTyler RogowayAug 22, 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 27, 2020ShareNavy’s Super Hornet Boss On The Jet’s Game-Changing Infrared Search And Track SensorWe go in-depth with the Navy’s Super Hornet program manager on the new sensor’s capabilities, genesis, and how it ended up mounted on a fuel tank. BYTyler RogowayJul 27, 2020ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick and Jamie HunterJul 21, 2020ShareF-15 Eagle Seen Loaded With Loyal Wingman Drone For Previously Unknown TestsF-15s carrying loyal wingmen into the fight is a fascinating proposition, but what these tests could be for beyond that is even more intriguing. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick and Jamie HunterJul 21, 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, 2020ShareNavy Presents Revealing F-35 Helmet Display Videos And Flight Test DangersSeminar by F-35 testers details tense nighttime carrier vertical landing that almost went wrong and the breaking off of a F-35B’s refueling probe tip during tanker trials. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 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 RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareExclusive: Uniquely Configured RQ-170 Stealth Spy Drone Appears At Vandenberg AFBIt’s the first photographic evidence that the famous but still extremely shy Sentinel has a presence at the Air Force’s premier missile test and rocket-launch facility. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareNo, The F-117 Never Had Air-To-Air Capability, But One Did Get A RadarThe “Black Jet” never got the ability to shoot down other aircraft, but not due to a lack of creativity on behalf of the Skunk Works team. BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareStealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Mystery Jet Appears With Odd Markings And NASA F-15 EscortThe intriguing test flights have continued with new aircraft types joining a trio of Scaled Composites’ aircraft high over the Mojave Desert. BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareStealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Jet Seen Covered In Mirrors During Mysterious Test FlightsThe alien-looking aircraft and its twin are being used for intriguing trials involving a number of other aircraft high above the Mojave Desert. BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 17, 2020ShareThe Stealthy F-117 Nighthawk Could Have Executed Nuclear Strikes Against The Soviet UnionThe F-117 was built with the ability to deliver nuclear bombs and the Air Force didn’t forget that during the last years of the Cold War. BYTyler RogowayJun 17, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 14, 2020ShareThe Mysterious Case Of The Air Force’s New Strangely Modified 737 With A Puzzling PastThe aircraft still wears its factory coating and has crude alterations, but its ownership history is just as curious as its configuration. BYTyler RogowayJun 14, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 11, 2020ShareScaled Composites’ Mysterious Stealthy Jets Spotted Working With High-Flying Proteus (Updated)The highly unique aircraft flew between China Lake and Mojave Air and Space Port in what appears to have been an aerial test. BYTyler RogowayJun 11, 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 RogowayApr 5, 2020ShareThis Blue Angel Flyby Is How Top Gun 2 Captured That Crazy Hypersonic Jet Takeoff SceneUsing a very real F/A-18 Hornet to figure out how to capture the sequence gave the movie’s production team what they needed to make the magic happen. BYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 14, 2020ShareF-15E Strike Eagle Spotted Flying With An Inert B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Out Of Nellis AFBThe precision-guided upgrade of the B61 tactical nuclear bomb has had a troubled and very expensive past. BYTyler RogowayMar 14, 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, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 4, 2020ShareMystery Objects Simultaneously Emerge From Hangars Again At Secretive Tonopah AirportWe first spotted this type of unprecedented activity in satellite imagery of the clandestine base three months ago. BYTyler RogowayMar 4, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 9, 2020ShareWatch The Boom On Boeing’s Troubled KC-46 Tanker Nearly Smack An F-15E (Updated)The KC-46 has a number of issues with its refueling boom including requiring more force to connect with receiver aircraft than its predecessors. BYTyler RogowayJan 9, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 8, 2020ShareCheck Out These Wicked Shots Of The Air Force’s New Rescue Helicopter In An Anechoic ChamberNo, this isn’t a scene from another Transformers movie, it’s an HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter undergoing electromagnetic interference testing. BYTyler RogowayJan 8, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 31, 2019ShareKim Jong Un Ends Testing Moratorium And Threatens To Unveil New “Strategic Weapon” (Updated)It seems clear now that the period of detente with the United States is at its end. BYTyler RogowayDec 31, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 30, 2019ShareA Whopping 20 Y-20 Airlifters Seen At Chinese Aircraft Plant And Test BaseThe activity at Yanliang Air Base is yet another glaring reminder that Beijing’s military might seems to be on a nearly exponential growth curve. BYTyler RogowayDec 30, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareWhat It’s Like To Work Inside The Navy’s Secretive China Lake Weapons Development CenterThe sprawling and remote facility is critical to maintaining the Navy’s combat edge and, according to one man, it is also a fascinating place to work. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareUS Spy Plane Pilot’s Account Indicates Soviet Russia Tested A ‘Dome Of Light’ SuperweaponThe exotic capability may have been a countermeasure intended to blind American early warning satellites from detecting a first strike launch. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 5, 2019ShareAmazing Cockpit Video Of Unusual Trident Ballistic Missile Test May Point To New WarheadExperts agree that the video may show a high-speed “depressed trajectory” that would be used by the controversial new W76-2 low-yield warhead. BYTyler RogowayOct 5, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 7, 2019ShareThis Video Of A Rocket Sled Doing 6,599mph At Holloman AFB Is Absolute InsanityThe sound alone of something ripping by at hypersonic speed just feet above the desert floor is worth the click! BYTyler RogowaySep 7, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 24, 2016ShareDARPA’s Submarine Hunting Drone Ship Test’s Sensor Hauling ParasailIt’s like parasailing in Cabo, but instead of newlyweds, this big kite carries a radar system hunting hostile surface contacts for its mothership to kill. BYTyler RogowayOct 24, 2016Share12
BYTyler RogowayOct 22, 2020ShareCheck Out These Close-Up Shots Of F-117s Deployed To MiramarThe jets have fresh radar-absorbent coatings and are adorned with bright tail codes, tail bands, and Nighthawk emblems. BYTyler RogowayOct 22, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 21, 2020ShareF-117s Make Surprise Visit To Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (Updated)The F-117s have become highly active as of late, but they’ve never staged out of a base like Miramar since their retirement. BYTyler RogowayOct 21, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 22, 2020ShareCheck Out These F-35s Dropping Full Loads Of Small Diameter Bombs During A Test MissionIt’s one of the F-35’s most versatile and critical weapons, and it’s about to get a whole lot more capable. BYTyler RogowayAug 22, 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 27, 2020ShareNavy’s Super Hornet Boss On The Jet’s Game-Changing Infrared Search And Track SensorWe go in-depth with the Navy’s Super Hornet program manager on the new sensor’s capabilities, genesis, and how it ended up mounted on a fuel tank. BYTyler RogowayJul 27, 2020Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick and Jamie HunterJul 21, 2020ShareF-15 Eagle Seen Loaded With Loyal Wingman Drone For Previously Unknown TestsF-15s carrying loyal wingmen into the fight is a fascinating proposition, but what these tests could be for beyond that is even more intriguing. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick and Jamie HunterJul 21, 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, 2020ShareNavy Presents Revealing F-35 Helmet Display Videos And Flight Test DangersSeminar by F-35 testers details tense nighttime carrier vertical landing that almost went wrong and the breaking off of a F-35B’s refueling probe tip during tanker trials. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 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 RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareExclusive: Uniquely Configured RQ-170 Stealth Spy Drone Appears At Vandenberg AFBIt’s the first photographic evidence that the famous but still extremely shy Sentinel has a presence at the Air Force’s premier missile test and rocket-launch facility. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareNo, The F-117 Never Had Air-To-Air Capability, But One Did Get A RadarThe “Black Jet” never got the ability to shoot down other aircraft, but not due to a lack of creativity on behalf of the Skunk Works team. BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareStealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Mystery Jet Appears With Odd Markings And NASA F-15 EscortThe intriguing test flights have continued with new aircraft types joining a trio of Scaled Composites’ aircraft high over the Mojave Desert. BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareStealthy ‘Son Of Ares’ Jet Seen Covered In Mirrors During Mysterious Test FlightsThe alien-looking aircraft and its twin are being used for intriguing trials involving a number of other aircraft high above the Mojave Desert. BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 17, 2020ShareThe Stealthy F-117 Nighthawk Could Have Executed Nuclear Strikes Against The Soviet UnionThe F-117 was built with the ability to deliver nuclear bombs and the Air Force didn’t forget that during the last years of the Cold War. BYTyler RogowayJun 17, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 14, 2020ShareThe Mysterious Case Of The Air Force’s New Strangely Modified 737 With A Puzzling PastThe aircraft still wears its factory coating and has crude alterations, but its ownership history is just as curious as its configuration. BYTyler RogowayJun 14, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 11, 2020ShareScaled Composites’ Mysterious Stealthy Jets Spotted Working With High-Flying Proteus (Updated)The highly unique aircraft flew between China Lake and Mojave Air and Space Port in what appears to have been an aerial test. BYTyler RogowayJun 11, 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 RogowayApr 5, 2020ShareThis Blue Angel Flyby Is How Top Gun 2 Captured That Crazy Hypersonic Jet Takeoff SceneUsing a very real F/A-18 Hornet to figure out how to capture the sequence gave the movie’s production team what they needed to make the magic happen. BYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 14, 2020ShareF-15E Strike Eagle Spotted Flying With An Inert B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Out Of Nellis AFBThe precision-guided upgrade of the B61 tactical nuclear bomb has had a troubled and very expensive past. BYTyler RogowayMar 14, 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
BYTyler RogowayMar 4, 2020ShareMystery Objects Simultaneously Emerge From Hangars Again At Secretive Tonopah AirportWe first spotted this type of unprecedented activity in satellite imagery of the clandestine base three months ago. BYTyler RogowayMar 4, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 9, 2020ShareWatch The Boom On Boeing’s Troubled KC-46 Tanker Nearly Smack An F-15E (Updated)The KC-46 has a number of issues with its refueling boom including requiring more force to connect with receiver aircraft than its predecessors. BYTyler RogowayJan 9, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 8, 2020ShareCheck Out These Wicked Shots Of The Air Force’s New Rescue Helicopter In An Anechoic ChamberNo, this isn’t a scene from another Transformers movie, it’s an HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter undergoing electromagnetic interference testing. BYTyler RogowayJan 8, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 31, 2019ShareKim Jong Un Ends Testing Moratorium And Threatens To Unveil New “Strategic Weapon” (Updated)It seems clear now that the period of detente with the United States is at its end. BYTyler RogowayDec 31, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 30, 2019ShareA Whopping 20 Y-20 Airlifters Seen At Chinese Aircraft Plant And Test BaseThe activity at Yanliang Air Base is yet another glaring reminder that Beijing’s military might seems to be on a nearly exponential growth curve. BYTyler RogowayDec 30, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareWhat It’s Like To Work Inside The Navy’s Secretive China Lake Weapons Development CenterThe sprawling and remote facility is critical to maintaining the Navy’s combat edge and, according to one man, it is also a fascinating place to work. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareUS Spy Plane Pilot’s Account Indicates Soviet Russia Tested A ‘Dome Of Light’ SuperweaponThe exotic capability may have been a countermeasure intended to blind American early warning satellites from detecting a first strike launch. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 5, 2019ShareAmazing Cockpit Video Of Unusual Trident Ballistic Missile Test May Point To New WarheadExperts agree that the video may show a high-speed “depressed trajectory” that would be used by the controversial new W76-2 low-yield warhead. BYTyler RogowayOct 5, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 7, 2019ShareThis Video Of A Rocket Sled Doing 6,599mph At Holloman AFB Is Absolute InsanityThe sound alone of something ripping by at hypersonic speed just feet above the desert floor is worth the click! BYTyler RogowaySep 7, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 24, 2016ShareDARPA’s Submarine Hunting Drone Ship Test’s Sensor Hauling ParasailIt’s like parasailing in Cabo, but instead of newlyweds, this big kite carries a radar system hunting hostile surface contacts for its mothership to kill. BYTyler RogowayOct 24, 2016Share