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

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
Air

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
Air

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

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Apr 10, 2023

Y-20B RAMP
News & Features

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 6, 2023

KJ500 AEW&C
News & Features

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
Sea

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 5, 2023

Navy Drops Air Force’s Mission From Its Next ‘Doomsday Plane’
Sea

Navy Drops Air Force’s Mission From Its Next ‘Doomsday Plane’

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 4, 2023

Poland MIG-29 ukraine
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Polish MiG-29s Delivered

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 3, 2023

JDAM-ER bomb
News & Features

Ukraine Confirms JDAM Precision Bombs Are Now Being Used In Combat

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 31, 2023

AGM-183 ARRW
Air

Air Force Pulls Plug On Much-Hyped Hypersonic Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 31, 2023

KC-135 stratotanker
Air

KC-135 Tankers To Finally Get Fuel-Saving Winglets

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 28, 2023

Eglin F-16 CCA autonomy
Air

Six F-16s Getting Autonomous Computer Brains For Combat Drone Trials

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 28, 2023

Big Emphasis On ‘Spectral Warfare’ In Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance Plans
Air

Big Emphasis On ‘Spectral Warfare’ In Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance Plans

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 27, 2023

E-3 balloon intercept texas
Air

Balloon Intercepted By U.S. Air Force Over Texas

By Tyler Rogoway, Howard Altman

Updated on Mar 26, 2023

Four Nordic nations have signed an air defense alliance.
News & Features

Nordic Air Defense Pact Combines Forces Of Hundreds Of Fighter Aircraft

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 25, 2023

Aerial Refueling Boom
Air

Podded Aerial Refueling Boom Design Has Been Completed For Air Force

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 24, 2023

F-15E Syria Iran
Air

F-15Es Strike Back After Deadly Iranian-Made Drone Attack On U.S. Base In Syria (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 24, 2023

Tinker Air Force Base E-3 Sentry aircraft perform an elephant walk
Air

E-3 Sentry Jets Elephant Walk During Dangerous Weather Escape Drill

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 23, 2023

RC-135 Finland
Air

U.S. RC-135 Surveillance Jet Has Flown Unprecedented Mission Over Finland (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 23, 2023

MIG-29 Ukraine
Air

Four Slovakian MiG-29s Flown Directly To Ukraine To Join Its Air Force

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 23, 2023

Air Force already requesting funding to modernize the B-21 Raider bomber
Air

Air Force Asking For Funds To Modernize B-21 Before It Has Even Flown

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 21, 2023

F-15EX Conformal Tank Funds Sought, Fleet Size Questions Reemerge (Updated)
Air

F-15EX Conformal Tank Funds Sought, Fleet Size Questions Reemerge (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 20, 2023

E-7 radar jet USAF
Air

This Is What USAF’s Future E-7 Radar Jet Is Actually Capable Of

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 20, 2023

ANKA 3 Stealth Drone
News & Features

Turkey’s ANKA-3 Flying Wing Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Emerges

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 19, 2023

Our First Full Look At Turkey’s New TF-X Stealthy Fighter
News & Features

Our First Full Look At Turkey’s New TF-X Stealthy Fighter

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 17, 2023

MIG-29 Ukraine
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Delivery Of Polish MiG-29s Imminent

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 16, 2023

F-15E Strike Eagle Fleet To Be Slashed By Over Half: Report
Air

F-15E Strike Eagle Fleet To Be Slashed By Over Half: Report

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 16, 2023

Su-27 MQ-9 Black Sea
Air

MQ-9 Sensor Video Showing Collision With Russian Su-27 Released (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 16, 2023

U-2 retirement
Air

U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Planes Are Facing The Axe Again: Report

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 16, 2023

MQ-9 Su-27 VIDEO
Air

Video Purports To Show Russian Su-27’s Close Encounter With An MQ-9 (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 15, 2023

AIM-9X Reaper
Air

MQ-9 Reaper Is Capable Of Defending Itself With Air-To-Air Missiles

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 15, 2023

Poland MiG-29
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Poland Could Give Ukraine MiG-29s “Within Four To Six Weeks”

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 14, 2023

Russian Su-27 Collided With U.S. MQ-9 Over Black Sea (Updated)
Air

Russian Su-27 Collided With U.S. MQ-9 Over Black Sea (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 14, 2023

KC-10 Retirement budget
Air

Hundreds Of Aircraft Headed To The Boneyard In New USAF Budget

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 13, 2023

F-15EX 104 inventory
Air

F-15EX Eagle II Total Buy Increases From 80 To 104 In New USAF Budget

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 13, 2023

KAI unveils first images of Polands new FA-50 light fighters
News & Features

Poland’s New FA-50 Light Fighter Emerges

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 11, 2023

‘Affordable Mass’ Concept Driving Air Force’s New Advanced Drone Initiative
Air

‘Affordable Mass’ Concept Driving Air Force’s New Advanced Drone Initiative

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 11, 2023

C-130J simulator explores one pilot-one loadmaster concept
Air

Single Pilot C-130J Operations Being Explored By Air Force

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 10, 2023

KC Campbell Pilot A-10 Iraq missile landing
Air

A-10 Pilot’s Diary Entry From The Day She Was Nearly Shot Down

By Kim “KC” Campbell, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 9, 2023

USAF Testing ‘Mutant’ Missiles That Twist In Mid-Air To Hit Their Targets
Air

USAF Testing ‘Mutant’ Missiles That Twist In Mid-Air To Hit Their Targets

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 9, 2023

Air Force boss says Block 4 electronic warfare capabilities critical to F-35 program
Air

New Electronic Warfare Suite Top Feature Of F-35 Block 4, Air Combat Boss Says

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 9, 2023

F-15EX
Air

Buying Just 80 F-15EXs Makes No Sense

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 9, 2023

Arming Ukrainian Fighters With AIM-120 Missiles Is A Complex Proposition
Air

Arming Ukrainian Fighters With AIM-120 Missiles Is A Complex Proposition

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 8, 2023

NGAD
Air

200 NGAD Fighters, 1,000 Advanced Drones In USAF’s Future Plans

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

MQ-9 Special Operations Sky Guardian
Air

USAF Special Ops Buys MQ-9B SkyGuardians To Test Air-Launched Drone Concepts

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

B-21 Raider
Air

B-21 Raider Seen From Above In New Image

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

JDAM-ER Trial
Air

Winged JDAM Smart Bombs Are Now Operational In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

AC-130 Ghostrider
Air

AC-130J Gunship Unleashes Hell On South Korean Island

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

C-130 no markings AMC
Air

Air Mobility Command’s Fleet Of Tankers, Cargo Planes Go Incognito

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 4, 2023

KC-46 Airfield Marking Pattern
Air

KC-46 Expands Its Austere Airfield Capabilities, Could Include Roadways In Future

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 4, 2023

Rolls-Royce testing new F130 engines for B-52 CERP
Air

Rolls-Royce Offers Peek At The B-52’s New Engines Undergoing Testing

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 2, 2023

Cruise Missiles Could Get Added To MQ-9’s Arsenal
Air

Cruise Missiles Could Get Added To MQ-9’s Arsenal

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 1, 2023

E-7 WEDGETAIL
Air

Air Force Orders First E-7 Jets To Replace Aging E-3 Sentry

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 1, 2023

Boeing To End F/A-18 Super Hornet Production In Two Years
Air

Boeing To End F/A-18 Super Hornet Production In Two Years

By Joseph Trevithick, Oliver Parken

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

Our Best Look Yet At The Chinese Spy Balloon’s Massive Payload
Air

Our Best Look Yet At The Chinese Spy Balloon’s Massive Payload

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 22, 2023

U-2 Pilot’s Selfie Flying Alongside Chinese Spy Balloon Leaks (Updated)
Air

U-2 Pilot’s Selfie Flying Alongside Chinese Spy Balloon Leaks (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 21, 2023

ISRAEL MIG-29
News & Features

Israel’s Secretive MiG-29 Fulcrum Test Program

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 15, 2023

F-16 BALLOON INTERCEPT
Air

Listen To F-16 Pilots Intercept The Octagon Object Over Lake Huron

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 13, 2023

Octagonal Object shoot down Lake Huron
Air

F-16 Shoots Down “Octagonal Object” Over Lake Huron (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 12, 2023

F-22 shoot down
Air

F-22 Shoots Down Another Object, This Time Over Canada (Updated)

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Feb 11, 2023

A-10
Air

A-10 Warthog Emerges In New Camouflage

By Oliver Parken

Updated on Feb 10, 2023

Su-57 MAKS 2022
News & Features

Here Is What Russia’s Military Aircraft And Missiles Actually Cost

By Piotr Butowski, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 9, 2023

This Is How Long It Would Really Take Ukraine’s Pilots To Convert To F-16s
News & Features

This Is How Long It Would Really Take Ukraine’s Pilots To Convert To F-16s

By Jamie Hunter, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 8, 2023

RAF T2 Hawks
News & Features

U.K. Commits To Training Ukrainian Fighter Pilots, Many Questions Remain

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 8, 2023