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Air Force Says It Needs More Survivable Tankers By 2040

Air Force Says It Needs More Survivable Tankers By 2040

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Feb 1, 2023
New Shots Of Stealthy XQ-58A Valkyrie Highlight Its Runway Independence

New Shots Of Stealthy XQ-58A Valkyrie Highlight Its Runway Independence

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Feb 1, 2023
F-35 Thule Air Base greenland

F-35s Have Debuted At Greenland’s Strategic Thule Air Base

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jan 31, 2023
DARPA's Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept completes final flight

DARPA’s Hypersonic Cruise Missile Flew Its Final Test, Follow-On To Come

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Jan 31, 2023
F-15E Confromal Fuel Tanks F-15EX

F-15E Strike Eagles Now Flying Without Conformal Fuel Tanks On Air Defense Missions

By Jamie Hunter
Posted on Jan 27, 2023
Air Mobility Command Boss Predicts War With China In 2025 In Dire Memo

Air Mobility Command Boss Predicts War With China In 2025 In Dire Memo

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jan 27, 2023
Air Force Aggressors More Relevant Than Ever At 50

Air Force Aggressors More Relevant Than Ever At 50

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Jan 27, 2023
Boeing stealth transport tanker

Stealthy Tanker-Transport Aircraft Concept Unveiled By Boeing

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jan 26, 2023
F-15EX First Operational Units Will Not Get Conformal Fuel Tanks (Updated)

F-15EX First Operational Units Will Not Get Conformal Fuel Tanks (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jan 20, 2023
New Nuke-Sniffing Jet Flies Off South America On First International Mission

New Nuke-Sniffing Jet Flies Off South America On First International Mission

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jan 19, 2023
CHINESE TAILLESS FIGHTER

Tailless Warplane Concept May Provide Clues To China’s Future Fighter Ambitions

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jan 18, 2023
Mi-28 Missile

Russia’s Mi-28NM Attack Helicopter Seen Using New Anti-Armor Missile In Ukraine

By Piotr Butowski
Posted on Jan 17, 2023
Kh-22 Ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Says It Has No Defense Against Russia’s Kh-22 Missiles

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jan 17, 2023
ODNI report

Highly Anticipated Government Report On UFOs Very Thin On New Details

By Oliver Parken, Howard Altman
Posted on Jan 13, 2023
B21 Raider vs B2

The B-21 Raider Is And Isn’t A ‘B-2 Spirit 2.0’

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jan 11, 2023
F-35 Technology Refresh 3

F-35 Has Flown With Its New Computer Backbone For The First Time

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Jan 11, 2023
F-35 Canada

Canada Closes Deal For 88 F-35s To Finally Replace Its Aging CF-18s

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Jan 10, 2023
CENTCOM's Air Force innovation Task Force 99

Task Force 99 Is Small, Agile, And Laser Focused On Its Own Backyard

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Jan 10, 2023
‘Retired’ F-117 Nighthawks Will Fly For Another Decade

‘Retired’ F-117 Nighthawks Will Fly For Another Decade

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jan 9, 2023
Su57 Ukraine Russia

Su-57 Felon Fighters Are Flying Ukraine Combat Missions: U.K. Intel

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jan 9, 2023
Air Gunnery on rails training WWI

WWI Aircrews Trained In These Moving Cockpits On Rails To Learn Aerial Gunnery

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Jan 6, 2023
HH-60W Jolly Green II on first operational deployment

HH-60W Jolly Green II Helicopters Sent To Africa On First Deployment

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Jan 5, 2023
RC-26B

RC-26 Condor Surveillance Planes Meet The End Of Their U.S. Military Career

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jan 4, 2023
WZ-7 Soaring Dragon China

Japanese Fighters Intercept China’s High-Flying WZ-7 Drone For First Time

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jan 2, 2023
SHANDONG CV-17

Mock Attack On U.S. Navy Vessels Underway During Chinese Fighter’s ‘Unsafe Intercept’

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 30, 2022
Intercept China US South China Sea

Pentagon Releases Video Of Chinese J-11 Fighter Making ‘Unsafe Intercept’ On U.S. Jet

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Dec 30, 2022
Engels Drone Strike Ukraine Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: No Damage Seen At Russian Bomber Base After Drone Attacks

By Howard Altman
Posted on Dec 30, 2022
F-15K Slam Eagle

South Korea To Spend Billions Upgrading Its F-15K Slam Eagle Fighters

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 29, 2022
USAF First F-16 kill

First AIM-120 AMRAAM And U.S. F-16 Kill Happened 30 Years Ago

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Dec 28, 2022
The U.S. can learn lessons from Israel operates its F-35I fleet.

Israel Has Grounded Some Of Its F-35s After Texas Crash

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Dec 27, 2022
Japan Air Self-Defense Force's RQ-4B takes maiden flight

Japan Flies Its RQ-4 Global Hawk For The First Time

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Dec 22, 2022
The F-35B Can Eject Its Pilot Automatically

The F-35B Can Eject Its Pilot Automatically

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 22, 2022
B-2 Spirit Bomber prepares for take-off at Whiteman Air Force Base

Runway At Whiteman AFB Reopens After B-2 Landing Incident

By Emma Helfrich
Updated on Dec 21, 2022
F22 JB

F-22 Test Pilot Details The Raptor’s Incredible Speed

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 21, 2022
Army and Air Force team up to simulate hot pit refueling an M1A2 Abrams tank with a C-130J Super Hercules

C-130 Simulates Refueling M1 Abrams Tank During Exercise

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Dec 21, 2022
Newest Air Force E-11A BACN Networking Jet Deploys To Saudi Arabia

Newest Air Force E-11A BACN Networking Jet Deploys To Saudi Arabia

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 20, 2022
B-2 Spirit Stealth bomber still damaged on Whiteman Air Force Base's only runway

Crashed B-2 Still Blocking Whiteman AFB’s Runway, Spirit Fleet Grounded

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Dec 19, 2022
Mayhem Hypersonic Strike-Recon Jet Contract Awarded To Leidos

Mayhem Hypersonic Strike-Recon Jet Contract Awarded To Leidos

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 17, 2022
JDAM Operation Iraqi Freedom

What Joint Direct Attack Munitions Could Do For Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Dec 15, 2022
Air War Ukraine

A MiG-29 Pilot’s Inside Account Of The Changing Air War Over Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 15, 2022
B-1B Bomber’s New Ultra Long-Range Focus Hints At Future B-21 Ops

B-1B Bomber’s New Ultra Long-Range Focus Hints At Future B-21 Ops

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 14, 2022
Inside Ukraine’s Desperate Fight Against Drones With MiG-29 Pilot “Juice”

Inside Ukraine’s Desperate Fight Against Drones With MiG-29 Pilot “Juice”

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 13, 2022
ATB Skunk Works Lockheed Senior Peg

This Is What Lockheed’s Stealth Bomber Would Have Looked Like

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 13, 2022
Whiteman Air Force Base's only runway closed

Runway At Whiteman AFB Remains Closed After B-2 Bomber Accident

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Dec 12, 2022
Success! Air Force’s First Hypersonic Weapon Completes Full Test With Flying Colors

Success! Air Force’s First Hypersonic Weapon Completes Full Test With Flying Colors

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 12, 2022
B-2 Whiteman

B-2 Stealth Bomber Damaged During Emergency Landing

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 11, 2022
Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Su-25 Belly Landing Caught On Video

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Su-25 Belly Landing Caught On Video

By Stetson Payne
Posted on Dec 10, 2022
Russian Su-35s Could Soon Be Delivered To Iran, Pilots Trained Last Spring

Russian Su-35s Could Soon Be Delivered To Iran, Pilots Trained Last Spring

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 9, 2022
Su-27SM TOPSHOT

Our First Detailed Look At Russian Su-27 Flanker Jets In The Ukraine War

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 7, 2022
B-21 test pilots

B-21 Raider Test Pilots Talk About Its Upcoming First Flight

By Howard Altman
Posted on Dec 4, 2022
B-21 hangar

This Is The B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway, Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 3, 2022
new topshot f-15e

F-15Es Brandish Live Munitions During Drills With Israel Aimed At Iran

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 2, 2022
Surge In Russian Bombers At Air Base Not As Unusual As Reports Claim

Surge In Russian Bombers At Air Base Not As Unusual As Reports Claim

By Joseph Trevithick, Sim Tack
Posted on Dec 1, 2022
Su57 Russia

Su-57 Felon To Enter Service With Elite Russian Air Force Unit

By Piotr Butowski
Posted on Dec 1, 2022
Exercise Spirit Vigilance

Behold 40% Of B-2 Bomber Fleet Executing An ‘Elephant Walk’

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 30, 2022
Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber

First B-21 Raider Test Jet Aims To More Closely Mirror Production Examples

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Nov 29, 2022
Raytheon’s Weapon Triad Targets A Future Of Air Dominance

Raytheon’s Weapon Triad Targets A Future Of Air Dominance

By Jamie Hunter
Posted on Nov 28, 2022
Air Force mounts dual M240 machine guns to HH-60G Pave Hawk

Check Out The New Twin M240 Door Guns For HH-60 Rescue Helicopters

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Nov 23, 2022
Autonomy With Limits Essential For Future Drones Air Force Generals Say (Updated)

Autonomy With Limits Essential For Future Drones Air Force Generals Say (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Nov 19, 2022
WILD_DUCKS_TOPSHOT

Luke’s Last F-16 Squadron Sends Its Block 25 Vipers To The Boneyard

By Jamie Hunter
Posted on Nov 15, 2022
Our First Full Look At China’s Own ‘Mother Of All Bombs’

Our First Full Look At China’s Own ‘Mother Of All Bombs’

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Nov 11, 2022
X-58A Valkyrie drones arrive at Eglin Air Force Base

XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone Has Joined Eglin Air Force Base’s Test Wing

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Nov 11, 2022
432nd FW F-15E

What It’s Really Like Going From Flying Air Force F-15s To Airline 737s

By Jamie Hunter
Posted on Nov 10, 2022
MiG-31 Foxhound ukraine operations

Russia’s MiG-31 Foxhounds Proving To Be A Threat To Ukrainian Aircraft

By Piotr Butowski, Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 10, 2022