USAF (Page 4)

Updated on Oct 28, 2020

Cold War

New Insights Into Mysterious Soviet ‘Dome Of Light’ Phenomenon In Declassified Documents

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

F-35

The A-10 Warthog Is Preparing For Its Biggest Upgrade In Over A Decade

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

UCAVs

U-2 Spy Plane Got New Target Recognition Capabilities In First-Ever In-Flight Software Update

Updated on Oct 20, 2020

Falcon (SpaceX)

The Military’s Puzzling Plan To Have SpaceX Deliver A C-17’s Worth Of Cargo Anywhere In An Hour (Updated)

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Oct 14, 2020

StormBreaker Mini Glide Bomb That Can Hit Moving Targets In Any Weather Is Ready For War

Updated on Oct 14, 2020

Civil Aviation

Boom Rolls Out Its XB-1 “Baby Boom” Supersonic Demonstrator Jet

By Joseph Trevithick, Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 12, 2020

C-17

Air Force C-17 Launched A Pallet Of Mock Cruise Missiles During Recent Arsenal Plane Test

Posted on Oct 3, 2020

Indo-Pacific

Here’s Who’s Bought Those Retired Singapore Air Force KC-135R Tankers

Updated on Oct 12, 2020

Skyborg

Over A Dozen Companies Awarded Contracts For Air Force’s Skyborg Combat Drone Program

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Oct 1, 2020

KC-135

Retired Singaporean KC-135R Tankers Look Set To Join U.S. Private Aerial Refueling Market

Updated on Sep 29, 2020

F-15

Strike Eagle Pilot Gives A Detailed Walk Around Tour Of An F-15E

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Swarms

General Atomics’ Sparrowhawk Drone-Launched Drone Breaks Cover

Posted on Sep 25, 2020

U.S. Homeland

SAM System That Guards Washington DC Just Made Its Lowest Ever Intercept Of A Mock Cruise Missile

Posted on Sep 24, 2020

Blasting The Air In Front Of Hypersonic Vehicles With Lasers Could Unlock Unprecedented Speeds

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

By Brett Tingley and Tyler Rogoway

The Air Force Just Tested “Robot Dogs” For Use In Base Security

Posted on Sep 7, 2020

Q-9

MQ-9 Reaper Flies With AI Pod That Sifts Through Huge Sums Of Data To Pick Out Targets

Updated on Sep 5, 2020

B-52

B-52 Bombers Fly Unprecedented Patrol Along Edge Of Russian-Controlled Territory In Ukraine (Updated)

Updated on Sep 4, 2020

HAWC

Test Aircraft Have Been Lugging DARPA’s Prototype Hypersonic Cruise Missiles Around

Posted on Sep 1, 2020

B-2

New Mobile Operations Center Used To Support B-2 Stealth Bomber Deployment To Diego Garcia

Posted on Sep 1, 2020

Russia

Russian Su-27 Flew Into Danish Territory After Intercepting B-52 Bomber Over The Baltic Sea

Updated on Aug 31, 2020

Air Force Wants New Ideas To Help Make It Easier For Female Fighter Pilots To Pee In Flight

Posted on Aug 25, 2020

SR-72

Air Force’s Mayhem Project Tied To Hypersonic Engines For Planes Such As The SR-72

Updated on Aug 23, 2020

Artificial Intelligence

AI Claims “Flawless Victory” Going Undefeated In Digital Dogfight With Human Fighter Pilot

Air-launched hypersonic boost glide vehicles

Updated on Aug 20, 2020

Air Force Eyes Adding Nuclear-Armed Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicles To Its Future ICBMs

Updated on Aug 19, 2020

MiG-29

F-15 Eagle Pilot Explains Exactly How He Downed Three Migs During Two Wars

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

Red Flag

F-117 Nighthawks Now Appear To Be Flying As Adversaries In Red Flag Aerial War Games

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

U.S. Homeland

Portland Air National Guard Base Will Be Home To The First Operational F-15EX Eagle Unit

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 15, 2020

F-16

How F-16 Testers Are Evolving The Jet’s New Radar Beyond The Homeland Defense Mission

Updated on Nov 27, 2020

B-21

B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Is “Starting To Look Like An Airplane”

By Joseph Trevithick and Jamie Hunter

Updated on Aug 11, 2020

RQ-170

Stealth Is Put To The Test In Huge Exercise Teaming RQ-170s, F-35s, B-2s With Other Jets

Posted on Aug 6, 2020

Test Of Minuteman III ICBM With Three Reentry Vehicles Sure Seems Like A Warning To Russia (Updated)

Updated on Aug 4, 2020

Eastern Europe

The Pentagon To Beef Up Its Posture In Poland, Add 1,000 Troops

By tyler rogoway and jamie hunter

Posted on Aug 3, 2020

F-15

Let’s Talk About The Air Force Potentially Replacing The F-15E With The F-15EX

Updated on Aug 3, 2020

U.S. Navy

Navy’s First Operational F-35C Squadron Fires Missiles As It Preps For Inaugural Cruise

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

Updated on Jul 28, 2020

No, The Air Force’s Shadowy Surveillance Test Plane Wasn’t Spying On Portland Protesters

Updated on Jul 25, 2020

Iran

New Details Emerge About F-15 Intercept Of Iranian Airbus Over Syria

Updated on Jul 24, 2020

Fighter Pilots Warn Of Newly Trained Pilots’ Lack Of Actual Flying Experience

Updated on Jul 22, 2020

Tiny Missile Interceptor To Defend Aircraft Against Enemy Missile Attacks Moves Forward

Posted on Jul 22, 2020

F-15

Fully Armed Kadena F-15 Eagles Soar Over Saudi Arabia Wearing Some Awesome Nose Art

Updated on Jul 21, 2020

F-117

The Time When The USAF Got Caught Trying To Sneak F-117s Through Austrian Airspace

By Jamie Hunter and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 21, 2020

F-15

F-15 Uses New Infrared Search And Track Pod To Shoot Down Target With AIM-9X Sidewinder

Updated on Jul 16, 2020

U.S. Homeland

The Pentagon Moves To Launch Its Own Experimental Mini Space Station

Posted on Jul 16, 2020

Israel

Boeing Says India And Israel Are The Focus For Future Advanced F-15 Eagle Sales

Posted on Jul 15, 2020

Swarms

Air Force Close To Test Firing Low-Cost Cruise Missile As Work On Swarming Munitions Progresses

By Joseph Trevithick and Jamie Hunter

Updated on Jul 15, 2020

F-16

Pilot Ejects From F-16 During Landing At Holloman Air Force Base In New Mexico

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 14, 2020

F-15

Here Is Our First Look At One Of Boeing’s New F-15EX Eagle Fighter Jets For The Air Force

Updated on Jul 14, 2020

KC-10

First KC-10 Extender Tanker Jet Heads To The Boneyard For Retirement (Updated)

Updated on Jul 14, 2020

U.S. Space Force

Here Are The Names Space Force Rejected In Favor Of Calling Its New Units “Deltas”

Posted on Jul 8, 2020

F-15

F-15EX Fighters To Get General Electric Engines Under Urgent Purchase By Air Force

Posted on Jul 2, 2020

Airborne Radar

The Air Force Almost Got A Near Hypersonic Radar Plane Killing Cruise Missile Decades Ago

Posted on Jul 1, 2020

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Here Are The Air Force’s Reports On Aircrew Encounters With Unidentified Flying Craft

Updated on Jun 26, 2020

F-22

F-22 Raptors Could Become Aggressors Under Air Force’s Radical New Training Plan

Updated on Jun 24, 2020

Russia

Russia Sent Three Types Of Fighters To Intercept B-52s Flying Rare Mission Into Sea Of Okhotsk (Updated)

Updated on Jun 19, 2020

This Is Our Best Look Yet At The Shadowy Hellfire Missile With Pop-Out Sword Blades

Updated on Jun 17, 2020

KC-10

Air Force Says These Are Its Options For Hiring Private Aerial Refueling Companies

Updated on Jun 16, 2020

United Kingdom

Wreckage Of The F-15C Eagle That Crashed Off The United Kingdom Has Been Found (Updated)

Updated on Jun 16, 2020

C-130

Air Force C-130H Smacks Into Wall, Bursts Into Flames After Overshooting Runway In Iraq

Updated on Jun 9, 2020

F-15

F-15E Strike Eagle First Jet Cleared To Employ Air Force’s New B61-12 Nuclear Bombs

Updated on Jun 8, 2020

Air Force Is Looking Beyond Traditional Orbits To Get An Upper Hand In Space

Updated on Jun 9, 2020

Manned Fighter To Face Autonomous Drone Next Year In Sci-Fi Movie-Like Showdown

Updated on Jun 5, 2020

ARRW

Air Force Is Buying Eight Of These Missiles That Are Set To Become Its First Hypersonic Weapons

Updated on Mar 5, 2021

U.S. Navy

Navy’s Highly Promising Long-Range Air Defense Busting Missile Has Taken Its First Flight