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MIG-31 Fire crash

Wingman Films Burning Russian MiG-31 Foxhound’s Final Moments

By Stetson Payne
Posted on Jun 3, 2023
Su-24 storm shadow missile ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: Su-24 Spotted Carrying Two Storm Shadows

By Stetson Payne
Posted on Jun 3, 2023
Drone strike AI test

Air Force Colonel Now Says Drone That Turned On Its Operator Was A “Thought Experiment”

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 1, 2023
RC135 Moldova Ukraine

RC-135 Surveillance Jet Flies Unprecedented Mission Over Moldova

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 1, 2023
J-16 RC-135 INTERCEPT

Chinese J-16 Seen ‘Head Butting’ U.S. RC-135 In Cockpit Video

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 30, 2023
F-15EX Klamath Falls F-35

F-15EX No Longer Heading To Oregon Training Unit, F-35 Instead

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 26, 2023
Denmark and the Netherlands will lead a European coalition to train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday.

Ukraine Situation Report: Denmark, Netherlands To Lead F-16 Pilot Training Coalition

By Howard Altman
Posted on May 26, 2023
Digital Engineering Kendall

Air Force Boss Gives Reality Check On “Over-Hyped” Digital Engineering Revolution

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 25, 2023
TAURUS KEPD 350

Germany’s Taurus Cruise Missile Could Be The Next For Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 24, 2023
Su-24 Storm Shadow

Su-24 Fencer Is Ukraine’s Storm Shadow Missile Carrier

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 24, 2023
Avoiding F-35 “Acquisition Malpractice” Aim Of Next Gen Air Dominance Fighter

Avoiding F-35 “Acquisition Malpractice” Aim Of Next Gen Air Dominance Fighter

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 23, 2023
F-16 Polish Air Force

Poland Will Train Ukrainian Pilots To Fly F-16s

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 23, 2023
B-2 Spirits Return To The Sky After Six Month Grounding

B-2 Spirits Return To The Sky After Six Month Grounding

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 23, 2023
F-117 Alaska

F-117 Nighthawks Soar Over Alaska

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 22, 2023
B-1 Bone Bombers Taking Over Hypersonic Testing From B-52s

B-1 Bone Bombers Taking Over Hypersonic Testing From B-52s

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 22, 2023
F-16

Ukraine’s F-16s Could Come From These Countries

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 22, 2023
Biden signs off on Ukrainian pilot training.

Ukraine Situation Report: F-16 Coalition Begins To Take Shape

By Howard Altman
Posted on May 19, 2023
High power microwave, counter drone weapon, THOR

THOR Microwave Anti-Drone System Downs Swarms In Test

By Oliver Parken
Posted on May 19, 2023
Phantom F4 2020 turkey

F-4 ‘Terminator’ Phantoms Still Going Strong At Turkey’s Anatolian Eagle Exercise

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo
Posted on May 19, 2023
Leaked U.S. Report Says Basic F-16 Training For Ukrainian Pilots Could Take Just Four Months

Leaked U.S. Report Says Basic F-16 Training For Ukrainian Pilots Could Take Just Four Months

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 19, 2023
Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Competition Has Begun

Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Competition Has Begun

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 18, 2023
NGAD concept NG

New Views Of Northrop Grumman’s Totally Notional Long-Range Stealth Fighter

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 17, 2023
BELGIUM F-16

Belgium Ready To Train Ukrainian Pilots To Fly F-16s

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 17, 2023
New Air Force F-16 Aggressor Squadron Stands Up

New Air Force F-16 Aggressor Squadron Stands Up

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 16, 2023
F-15 Seen Damaged In Drainage Canal After Landing Mishap (Updated)

F-15 Seen Damaged In Drainage Canal After Landing Mishap (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 16, 2023
AC-130 Gunship AESA

AC-130J Ghostrider Could Get Huge Upgrade From AESA Radar

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Updated on May 15, 2023
F-16 refuels

F-16s Will Be Focus Of Ukrainian Pilot Training In U.K.

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 15, 2023
Russian aircraft shot down

Four Russian Aircraft Shot Down Within Their Own Borders

By Stetson Payne, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 13, 2023
T-7 Red Hawk delays

T-7A Delays Compound Pilot Shortage, Expose Digital Engineering Pitfalls

By Jan Tegler
Posted on May 12, 2023
New Era Of Deception Tactics Key To Air Force Surviving Pacific Fight

New Era Of Deception Tactics Key To Air Force Surviving Pacific Fight

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 8, 2023
MOP Bunker Buster

Our Best Look Yet At The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bunker Buster Bomb

By Oliver Parken
Posted on May 4, 2023
Iraq’s F-16 Fleet Surges In Importance Thanks In Part To War In Ukraine

Iraq’s F-16 Fleet Surges In Importance Thanks In Part To War In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 3, 2023
Reaper MQ-9 Wyoming

MQ-9 Reaper Has Operated From A Highway For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 3, 2023
Air Force personnel make their way into nuclear missile silo B-06

Watch Air Force Security Forces Train To Recapture A Nuclear Missile Silo

By Oliver Parken
Posted on May 3, 2023
Classified AIM-260 Air-To-Air Missiles To Arm Future Air Force Drones

Classified AIM-260 Air-To-Air Missiles To Arm Future Air Force Drones

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 2, 2023
Elephant Walk Holloman

Take An MQ-9 Reaper’s View Of Holloman Air Force Base’s Elephant Walk

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 2, 2023
F-22s Intercepted “Spherical Object” Off Hawaii In Latest Balloon Chase

F-22s Intercepted “Spherical Object” Off Hawaii In Latest Balloon Chase

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 2, 2023
F-35 Patrols Near Russia Highlight Case For Cognitive Electronic Warfare

F-35 Patrols Near Russia Highlight Case For Cognitive Electronic Warfare

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 28, 2023
An HH-60W Jolly Green II connected with a HC-130J

Air Force Admits New HH-60Ws Rescue Helicopters Not “Particularly Helpful” In China Fight

By Tyler Rogoway, Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 28, 2023
F-117 Nighthawk Low level

F-117 Nighthawks Caught Roaring Through A Canyon In Awesome Images

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 25, 2023
SDB A-10 Warthog

A-10 Warthog To Soon Carry 16 Small Diameter Bombs In Combat

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Apr 25, 2023
Turkish light fighter trainer first flight

Turkey’s First Homegrown Manned Tactical Jet Has Flown

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 25, 2023
Moment E-6B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Crew Ordered ICBM Launch Seen In Image (Updated)

Moment E-6B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Crew Ordered ICBM Launch Seen In Image (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 24, 2023
Russian fighter jet Su-34 Belgorod

Russian Su-34 Strike Fighter Bombed One Of Its Own Cities

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 21, 2023
RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Drones May Have Flown Sorties Off Crimea

RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Drones May Have Flown Sorties Off Crimea

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 20, 2023
Russian Su-35 Encounters Over Syria Seen In Newly Declassified Videos

Russian Su-35 Encounters Over Syria Seen In Newly Declassified Videos

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 20, 2023
Australia F/A-18 Ukraine

Australia’s Mothballed F/A-18 Hornets Should Be Given To Ukraine

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 19, 2023
Air Force Announces F-15EXs Are Headed To Two New Bases

Air Force Announces F-15EXs Are Headed To Two New Bases

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 19, 2023
B-2 Stealth Bomber Spotted In Hawaii During Fleet-Wide Grounding (Updated)

B-2 Stealth Bomber Spotted In Hawaii During Fleet-Wide Grounding (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 18, 2023
B-1B Cope India

B-1B Lancers Fight With And Against Indian Air Force In Historic First

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 18, 2023
Sudan Egyptian MiGs destroyed

Egyptian MiG-29s Destroyed In Sudan

By Tyler Rogoway, Sim Tack
Posted on Apr 17, 2023
MiG-29 Egypt Sudan TOP

Egyptian MiG-29s Captured By Militia In Sudan

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 17, 2023
A-10 Warthogs Sent To Boneyard For The First Time In Years

A-10 Warthogs Sent To Boneyard For The First Time In Years

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 13, 2023
How The F-35’s Lack Of Spare Parts Became As Big A Threat As Enemy Missiles

How The F-35’s Lack Of Spare Parts Became As Big A Threat As Enemy Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 13, 2023
Su-27 Flanker

Malfunctioning Russian Missile May Have Saved RC-135 Spy Plane

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 13, 2023
Air Defender 23 will be NATO's largest air exercise in history

NATO Will Hold Its Biggest Air Exercise In History This Summer

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Apr 13, 2023
F-22 Raptor pilots are testing the new Next-Generation Fixed Wing Helmet

F-22 Raptor Pilots Give New Helmets A Spin

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Apr 12, 2023
MIG-29 Ukraine Poland

The Ironic Saga Of Ukraine’s Newly Donated MiG-29 Fulcrums

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 12, 2023
Retirement Of MC-130H Speeds Up MC-130J Low-Flying Radar Upgrade

Retirement Of MC-130H Speeds Up MC-130J Low-Flying Radar Upgrade

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 11, 2023
Admiral Kuznetsov pictured in May 2022

Russia’s Accident-Prone Aircraft Carrier Has No Crew

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 11, 2023
The AFRL's Networked Weapons Laboratory is using small drones to develop missiles

How The Air Force Is Using Small Drones To Prove Big Capabilities

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Apr 10, 2023
Y-20B RAMP

Our Best Look At China’s Re-Engined Y-20B Cargo Jet

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 6, 2023
KJ500 AEW&C

China’s Massive Fleet Of Radar Planes And The Strategy Behind It

By Thomas Newdick, Andreas Rupprecht
Posted on Apr 5, 2023
Navy Carrier-Based Drones Will Be Able To Be Controlled By The Air Force

Navy Carrier-Based Drones Will Be Able To Be Controlled By The Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 5, 2023