More from Joseph Trevithick (Page 16)

A US Air Force RC-135U Combat Sent electronic intelligence aircraft photographed at Kadena Air Base on the Japanese Island of Okinawa in 2009.

U.S. RC-135U Spy Plane Just Surveilled China’s Strategic Southern Coast

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 6, 2022
KC-46A aircraft assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing perform an elephant walk formation on the runway at Pease Air National Guard Base, Sept. 8, 2021.

KC-46 Tanker’s Recent “97 Percent” Milestone Isn’t The Whole Story

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 5, 2022
Ukrainian troops sit on an armoured vehicle as they move back from the front line near the city of Sloviansk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 1, 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Controls Fifth Of Country After 100 Days

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 3, 2022
Artwork depicting the Darkstar stealthy hypersonic aircraft, a fictious design that Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works created for the movie Top Gun: Maverick.

Skunk Works On How They Brought Top Gun: Maverick’s Darkstar To Life

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 3, 2022
Pictures reportedly showing an array of drones on the deck of the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong.

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Seen With A Fleet Of Drones On Its Deck

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 2, 2022
Soldiers seen moving on a tank and vehicles in the outskirts of the Lysychansk, close to Severodonetsk. Lysychansk is a city on the high right bank of the Donets River in the Luhansk region.

Ukraine Situation Report: Battle Over Critical Eastern City Becomes Brutal Street Fight (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 31, 2022
The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Fla., arrives at the Marathi NATO Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Greece, to undergo scheduled preventative maintenance in May 2022..

Navy Finally Sends Littoral Combat Ship To Middle East

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 31, 2022
Ukrainian servicemen wave as they move with an armored vehicle toward the frontline at a checkpoint near the city of Lysychansk in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas, on May 23, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Advance In Key Eastern Cities

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 28, 2022
Chinese drone ship, Zhu Hai Yun

China Launches Drone Ship That Acts As A Mothership For More Drones

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 27, 2022
U.S. Soldiers launch rockets from an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), at Daecheon, South Korea, Sept. 21, 2017.

The Reality Of What HIMARS Rocket Artillery Systems Can And Can’t Do For Ukraine (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 27, 2022
Clips from a video that is said to show an apparent missile launch, possibly from a submarine, in the South China Sea, as seen from a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 airliner.

Mysterious South China Sea Missile Launch Claimed To Be Caught By Airliner (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 26, 2022
Ukrainian servicemen are seen in the trenches as fighting against Russian troops continues near to the Cherkaske City, on eastern Ukraine, May 3, 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Break Through In Parts Of Donbas

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 25, 2022
A screengrab from a video of the damaged USS Connecticut arriving in San Diego in December 2021 following the underwater collision two months earlier.

The Story Of How The Submarine USS Connecticut Crashed

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 24, 2022
A screengrab from a video of the damaged USS Connecticut arriving in San Diego in December 2021 following the underwater collision two months earlier.

Navy Releases Report On Submarine USS Connecticut’s Underwater Crash

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 23, 2022
A Danish Navy shore-launched Harpoon missile launcher.

Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles Headed To Ukraine From Denmark

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 23, 2022
Russian servicemen stand guard at the destroyed part of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on May 18, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Says Mariupol Steel Plant Standoff Is Over

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 21, 2022
A picture showing the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov inside a new drydock at the 35th Shipyard in Murmansk overlaid on a satellite image of the drydock.

Russia’s Cursed Aircraft Carrier Is Finally In A Drydock That Can’t Sink

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 20, 2022
Russian servicemen patrol the destroyed part of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on May 18, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Lose Ground Despite Impending Fall Of Mariupol

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 20, 2022
An artist's conception of a drone swarm overlaid on a map of Taiwan.

Massive Drone Swarm Over Strait Decisive In Taiwan Conflict Wargames

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 19, 2022
B-52 ARRW Hypersonic Launch

B-52 Successfully Tests Hypersonic Missile After Three Failed Tries (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 17, 2022
Russian incendiary munitions fall on the Azovstal steelworks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in May 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Fall Of Mariupol May Be Imminent

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 16, 2022
Russia Fires World’s Biggest Laser-Guided Mortar Round In Ukraine

Russia Fires World’s Biggest Laser-Guided Mortar Round In Ukraine

By Emma Helfrich, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 14, 2022
A US Air Force KC-135R aerial refueling tanker comes in to land.

KC-135R Tanker Autopilots Still Suffering From Dangerous Anomalies

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 13, 2022
A satellite image of Ukraine's Zmiinyi Island, or Snake Island, taken on May 12, 2022, with an inset highlighting the presence of what is likely the Russian Navy's self-propelled crane barge SPK-46150.

Russian Crane Barge Appears At Hotly Contested Snake Island

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 12, 2022
Smoke rises after a Russian attack on the Azovstal steelworks in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on May 11, 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Operation To Break Azovstal Siege Still On The Table

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 11, 2022
Eight US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III airlifters at Bardufoss Air Station in Norway on May 10, 2022. The inset is a screen shot from an online flight tracking website showing the aircraft leaving Norway.

Conga Line Of C-17s Spotted Heading South Over Europe From Norway (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 10, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before signing the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 in the Oval Office of the White House May 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate on April 7 and will expedite military aide and other resources to Ukraine.

Ukraine Situation Report: “We’re Staying In This” Biden Says As He Signs Lend-Lease Bill

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 9, 2022
Doc Schultz Su-27 Red Hats Area 51 Crash

Area 51 Test Pilot Died During Heroic Su-27 Flight: Report

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 7, 2022
A screen shot of a clip from the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick showing a fictional hypersonic aircraft that Lockheed Martin helped craft.

Skunk Works Helped Create The Darkstar Jet For Top Gun: Maverick

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 6, 2022
The Freedom class Littoral Combat Ship USS Sioux City sails in the Atlantic ahead of its arrival European waters.

A Littoral Combat Ship Has Finally Deployed To Europe

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 6, 2022
Russian T90M Tank DESTROYED UKRAINE

Russia Just Lost Its Most Advanced Operational Tank In Ukraine

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 5, 2022
A picture that Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi posted on Twitter following Russian missile strikes on May 3, 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Cruise Missiles Strike Targets Across The Country

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 3, 2022
A frame from a video the US Air Force released showing a modified JDAM precision-guided bomb striking a target ship in the Gulf of Mexico during a test in April 2022.

Watch The Air Force’s New Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Snap A Vessel In Two (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 2, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov during the annual meeting of the Defence Ministry board in Moscow on December 21, 2021.

Ukraine Situation Report: Top Russian General Did Visit Ukraine, Pentagon Says

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 2, 2022
A rendering of a notional self-propelled large-caliber gun capable of firing hypervelocity projectiles at incoming missiles.

Railgun Ammo-Firing Cannon Being Eyed By Air Force For Cruise Missile Defense (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 1, 2022
Destroyed tank in Kolychivka village, Chernihiv area, April 27, 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia’s New Offensive Is Already Behind Schedule U.S. Says

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 29, 2022
Submarines from France and US in Faslane

U.S., French, U.K. Nuclear Submarines Rendezvous In Scotland

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 29, 2022
Ex-US Marine Corps M777 howitzers now bound for Ukraine.

Ukraine Situation Report: Biden Pushes For Massive New $33B Aid Package

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 28, 2022
The Air Force two F-15EX test jets fly together.

Some F-15C Units May Not Get A Replacement Fighter At All

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 28, 2022
A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft.

Air Force To Buy E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jets To Replace Aging E-3s

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 27, 2022
A German Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

Ukraine Situation Report: Swiss Veto Threatens Delivery of German Anti-Aircraft Vehicles

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 26, 2022
A close-up of a flag flying at Chabelley Airfield in Djibouti in April 2022.

‘Pirate Medic’ Version Of Infamous Blackbeard Flag Spotted At U.S. Outpost In Africa (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 25, 2022
An artist's conception of a very-high-speed air-launched cruise missile.

Hypersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Has To Be Ready By 2028 Navy Says

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 23, 2022
French soldiers, assigned to Task Force Wagram, conduct a fire mission in support of Operation Roundup, during the night in Al Qaim, Iraq May 16, 2018.

Ukraine Situation Report: France Sends Howitzers, Polish Tanks Could Follow

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 22, 2022
Members of the US Army's Golden Knights parachute demonstration team jump from a UV-18 Twin Otter aircraft.

Air Scare In The Capital Was Caused By The Golden Knights Parachute Team (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 21, 2022
MiG29 parts Ukraine

No, Additional Fighter Jets Haven’t Been Delivered To Ukraine

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 20, 2022
A BM-21 Grad rocket artillery launcher fires an 122mm rocket.

Russia’s Big New Offensive In Eastern Ukraine Has Begun

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 19, 2022
A picture that appears to show the Russian Navy's cruiser Moskva burning after a reported Ukrainian missile strike.

Ukraine Situation Report: Families Of Moskva Sailors Left In The Dark

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 18, 2022
Ukrainian personnel test a Neptune anti-ship cruise missile.

Ukrainian Anti-Ship Missiles Struck The Russian Cruiser Moskva: U.S. Officials

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 15, 2022
The Russian missile cruiser Moskva patrols in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Syria, on December 17, 2015.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia’s Black Sea Flagship Has Sunk

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 14, 2022
Carolyn Chouest Special Operations Ship NR1

This Is The Shadowy Special Operations Mothership You’ve Never Heard Of

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 14, 2022
The Russian missile cruiser Moskva patrols in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Syria, on December 17, 2015.

Russia’s Black Sea Flagship Moskva Has Exploded Off Ukraine (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 14, 2022
An Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopter is loaded into a cargo plane. The US government has considered transferring ex-Afghan Air Force Mi-17s to the Ukrainian military.

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Announces Another $800 Million In Military Aid

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 13, 2022
A Slovak Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jet.

Ukraine Situation Report: Slovakia Donating MiG-29 Fighters Is Fine By The U.S.

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 12, 2022
China’s Y-20 Cargo Jet Has An Upper Passenger Deck That Can Be Installed In Its Hold

China’s Y-20 Cargo Jet Has An Upper Passenger Deck That Can Be Installed In Its Hold

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 12, 2022
Ukraine Situation Report: Leopard Tanks Could Arrive In Six Weeks With Germany’s Approval

Ukraine Situation Report: Leopard Tanks Could Arrive In Six Weeks With Germany’s Approval

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 11, 2022
The FIM-92 Stinger Surface-To-Air Missile May Finally Get A Replacement

The FIM-92 Stinger Surface-To-Air Missile May Finally Get A Replacement

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 9, 2022
Ukraine Situation Report: Senate Passes Bill To Create Weapons Lend-Lease Program For Ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: Senate Passes Bill To Create Weapons Lend-Lease Program For Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 8, 2022
Ukraine Situation Report: Slovakia’s Donated S-300 Surface-To-Air Missile System Is On Its Way

Ukraine Situation Report: Slovakia’s Donated S-300 Surface-To-Air Missile System Is On Its Way

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 8, 2022
Ukraine Situation Report: Donated Czech T-72 Tanks, BMP-1 Armored Vehicles Headed To Ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: Donated Czech T-72 Tanks, BMP-1 Armored Vehicles Headed To Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 8, 2022
As Ukraine Pummels Russians With Javelin Missiles, Can Production Keep Pace With Demand?

As Ukraine Pummels Russians With Javelin Missiles, Can Production Keep Pace With Demand?

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 8, 2022
Ukraine Situation Report: Evidence Russia Dug Trenches In Contaminated Chernobyl Forest Emerges

Ukraine Situation Report: Evidence Russia Dug Trenches In Contaminated Chernobyl Forest Emerges

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 7, 2022
The Use Of Anti-Tank Guided Missiles Against Helicopters Didn’t Start In Ukraine

The Use Of Anti-Tank Guided Missiles Against Helicopters Didn’t Start In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick, Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 7, 2022
Ukraine Situation Report: Zelensky Describes “War Crimes” And “Genocide” In Visit To Kyiv Suburbs

Ukraine Situation Report: Zelensky Describes “War Crimes” And “Genocide” In Visit To Kyiv Suburbs

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 5, 2022