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USAF Is Spending Millions To Upgrade Turkey Bases Amid Turkish Threats To Kick Them Out

USAF Is Spending Millions To Upgrade Turkey Bases Amid Turkish Threats To Kick Them Out

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 24, 2019
Air Force Tests Laser Guided Rockets In The Air-To-Air Role To Shoot Down Cruise Missiles

Air Force Tests Laser Guided Rockets In The Air-To-Air Role To Shoot Down Cruise Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 23, 2019
Here Is How Much Those Decoy Flares Cost That Military Aircraft Fire Off All The Time

Here Is How Much Those Decoy Flares Cost That Military Aircraft Fire Off All The Time

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 21, 2019
Air Force To Conduct Its First Space Launch From Guam Next Year Using A 747 Jumbo Jet

Air Force To Conduct Its First Space Launch From Guam Next Year Using A 747 Jumbo Jet

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 19, 2019
Can The U.S. Military Make An Airplane Invisible To The Naked Eye?

Can The U.S. Military Make An Airplane Invisible To The Naked Eye?

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Dec 19, 2019
Air Force Names Its Newest Helicopters “Grey Wolves” Because They Will Fly in “Packs”

Air Force Names Its Newest Helicopters “Grey Wolves” Because They Will Fly in “Packs”

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 19, 2019
Air Force General Says His Planes Are Keeping An Eye Out For North Korea’s “Christmas Gift”

Air Force General Says His Planes Are Keeping An Eye Out For North Korea’s “Christmas Gift”

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 17, 2019
Global Strike Command Strikes Confusion With New Helicopter Nickname Teaser Tweet

Global Strike Command Strikes Confusion With New Helicopter Nickname Teaser Tweet

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 16, 2019
Check Out This Rare Footage Of Red Eagle MiGs At Tonopah Test Range Airport

Check Out This Rare Footage Of Red Eagle MiGs At Tonopah Test Range Airport

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 16, 2019
Here’s Why An E-6B Doomsday Plane Was Flying Tight Circles Off The Jersey Shore Today

Here’s Why An E-6B Doomsday Plane Was Flying Tight Circles Off The Jersey Shore Today

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 14, 2019
F-35 Cueing Artillery To Take Out Air Defense Site During Test Is A Glimpse Of The Future

F-35 Cueing Artillery To Take Out Air Defense Site During Test Is A Glimpse Of The Future

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Dec 13, 2019
Pentagon Conducts First Test Of Non-Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Post-INF Treaty (Updated)

Pentagon Conducts First Test Of Non-Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Post-INF Treaty (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 12, 2019
Recently Retired USAF General Makes Eyebrow Raising Claims About Advanced Space Technology

Recently Retired USAF General Makes Eyebrow Raising Claims About Advanced Space Technology

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Dec 12, 2019
F-117 Spotted Playing Stealthy Aggressor Against F-15s And F-22s Over Nellis Range

F-117 Spotted Playing Stealthy Aggressor Against F-15s And F-22s Over Nellis Range

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 10, 2019
RC-135 Rivet Joint Surveillance Jet Emerges With Puzzling New Modification

RC-135 Rivet Joint Surveillance Jet Emerges With Puzzling New Modification

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 6, 2019
Censored Craft Near Hangar Appears In Satellite Image Of Secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport

Censored Craft Near Hangar Appears In Satellite Image Of Secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
NKC-135R Tanker From Edwards AFB Flew This Peculiar Night Mission Over Area 51

NKC-135R Tanker From Edwards AFB Flew This Peculiar Night Mission Over Area 51

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Declassified: US Honors Swedish Pilots For Escorting Stricken SR-71 To Safety During Cold War

Declassified: US Honors Swedish Pilots For Escorting Stricken SR-71 To Safety During Cold War

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
We Talk Everything S-97 Raider And SB>1 Defiant With Sikorsky’s Top Program Officials

We Talk Everything S-97 Raider And SB>1 Defiant With Sikorsky’s Top Program Officials

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Vandenberg AFB’s Space Shuttle Processing Facility Now Has A Very Mysterious Mission

Vandenberg AFB’s Space Shuttle Processing Facility Now Has A Very Mysterious Mission

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
The Only Man Who Flew Both The F-22 And The YF-23 On Why The YF-23 Lost

The Only Man Who Flew Both The F-22 And The YF-23 On Why The YF-23 Lost

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Pocket Force Of Stealthy Avenger Drones May Have Made Returning F-117s To Service Unnecessary

Pocket Force Of Stealthy Avenger Drones May Have Made Returning F-117s To Service Unnecessary

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Let’s Talk About The Rumor That F-117s Have Flown Missions In The Middle East Recently

Let’s Talk About The Rumor That F-117s Have Flown Missions In The Middle East Recently

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
The Mysterious Saga Of America’s Hunt For A Stealth Special Operations Transport, Part 2

The Mysterious Saga Of America’s Hunt For A Stealth Special Operations Transport, Part 2

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Behold Arguably The Most Spectacular Photo Of NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Ever

Behold Arguably The Most Spectacular Photo Of NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Ever

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Air Force Wanted To Turn Skunk Works’ Mach 3 Capable Recon Drone Into A Nuclear Bomber

Air Force Wanted To Turn Skunk Works’ Mach 3 Capable Recon Drone Into A Nuclear Bomber

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
The Mysterious Saga Of America’s Hunt For A Stealth Special Operations Transport, Part 1

The Mysterious Saga Of America’s Hunt For A Stealth Special Operations Transport, Part 1

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
USAF Mini-Documentary Takes You Behind The Scenes Of Its Top Secret Cold War MiG Squadron

USAF Mini-Documentary Takes You Behind The Scenes Of Its Top Secret Cold War MiG Squadron

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
USAF Commander Who Fired First Female Demo Team Leader Talks Mistakes, Redemption, And Leadership

USAF Commander Who Fired First Female Demo Team Leader Talks Mistakes, Redemption, And Leadership

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
US Spy Plane Pilot’s Account Indicates Soviet Russia Tested A ‘Dome Of Light’ Superweapon

US Spy Plane Pilot’s Account Indicates Soviet Russia Tested A ‘Dome Of Light’ Superweapon

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Nellis AFB Wing Boss Talks To Us About His Novel Aggressor Paint Job Facebook Contest And More

Nellis AFB Wing Boss Talks To Us About His Novel Aggressor Paint Job Facebook Contest And More

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
CIA And Skunk Works Secretly Planned To Turn The A-12 Spy Plane Into A Space Launch Mothership

CIA And Skunk Works Secretly Planned To Turn The A-12 Spy Plane Into A Space Launch Mothership

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
The Truth Is The Military Has Been Researching “Anti-Gravity” For Nearly 70 Years

The Truth Is The Military Has Been Researching “Anti-Gravity” For Nearly 70 Years

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Area 51 Has Its Own Unique Fleet Of HH-60U Ghost Hawk Helicopters

Area 51 Has Its Own Unique Fleet Of HH-60U Ghost Hawk Helicopters

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Here’s Who Has Been Flying The F-117 Stealth Jets And Why According To The Air Force

Here’s Who Has Been Flying The F-117 Stealth Jets And Why According To The Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
The U.S. Can’t Buy Greenland But Thule Air Base Is Set To Become More Vital Than Ever Before

The U.S. Can’t Buy Greenland But Thule Air Base Is Set To Become More Vital Than Ever Before

By Brett Tingley and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
The SR-71 Blackbird’s Predecessor Created “Plasma Stealth” By Burning Cesium-Laced Fuel

The SR-71 Blackbird’s Predecessor Created “Plasma Stealth” By Burning Cesium-Laced Fuel

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Special Access Programs And The Pentagon’s Ecosystem Of Secrecy

Special Access Programs And The Pentagon’s Ecosystem Of Secrecy

By Tim McMillan and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Australia Buying B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers Is A Fantasy But Other Options Exist

Australia Buying B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers Is A Fantasy But Other Options Exist

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2019
Pair Of U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon Jet Trainers Involved In Fatal Mishap In Oklahoma (Updated)

Pair Of U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon Jet Trainers Involved In Fatal Mishap In Oklahoma (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 25, 2019
Turkey Tests F-16s And F-4s Against S-400 Radars In Defiance Of U.S. Sanctions Threats

Turkey Tests F-16s And F-4s Against S-400 Radars In Defiance Of U.S. Sanctions Threats

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Nov 25, 2019
The AGM-86C Cruise Missile That Introduced GPS Guided Weaponry Is Bowing Out Of Service

The AGM-86C Cruise Missile That Introduced GPS Guided Weaponry Is Bowing Out Of Service

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Nov 25, 2019
This Photo Of An F-16 High Over Arizona At Sunset Is Mind Blowingingly Stunning

This Photo Of An F-16 High Over Arizona At Sunset Is Mind Blowingingly Stunning

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 22, 2019
Behold The Nellis Air Power Demonstration In All Its Flare Popping Glory

Behold The Nellis Air Power Demonstration In All Its Flare Popping Glory

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 21, 2019
Kim Jong Un Oversees Huge Gathering Of His Country’s Antiquated Air Combat Force

Kim Jong Un Oversees Huge Gathering Of His Country’s Antiquated Air Combat Force

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 16, 2019
USAF May Launch New Light Attack Aircraft Tests To Explore A Requirement It Already Has

USAF May Launch New Light Attack Aircraft Tests To Explore A Requirement It Already Has

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 15, 2019
Air Force Updates Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bombs Amid New Iranian Nuclear Posturing

Air Force Updates Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bombs Amid New Iranian Nuclear Posturing

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 14, 2019
Air Force Wants Its XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone To Help F-22s And F-35s Talk To Each Other

Air Force Wants Its XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone To Help F-22s And F-35s Talk To Each Other

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Nov 13, 2019
Russia Shows Wind Tunnel Model Of An “Elephant” Airlifter Replacement For The An-124

Russia Shows Wind Tunnel Model Of An “Elephant” Airlifter Replacement For The An-124

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 12, 2019
Russian Tu-160 Bombers Touch Down In South Africa In Historic First-Ever African Visit (Updated)

Russian Tu-160 Bombers Touch Down In South Africa In Historic First-Ever African Visit (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 12, 2019
Air Force CV-22 Ospreys Have A New Snowmobile Extraction And Insertion Configuration

Air Force CV-22 Ospreys Have A New Snowmobile Extraction And Insertion Configuration

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Nov 6, 2019
Whoops! First F-35A Based In The Netherlands Got A Foam Bath By Mistake

Whoops! First F-35A Based In The Netherlands Got A Foam Bath By Mistake

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Oct 31, 2019
Former Top U.S. Defense Official Questions B-21 Schedule As Air Force Hedges Timeline

Former Top U.S. Defense Official Questions B-21 Schedule As Air Force Hedges Timeline

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 25, 2019
Air Force Sends B-1B Bombers To Saudi Arabia Amid U.S. Military Buildup In The Kingdom

Air Force Sends B-1B Bombers To Saudi Arabia Amid U.S. Military Buildup In The Kingdom

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Oct 25, 2019
Boeing Fears End Of Its Work On New Air Force ICBM As Lockheed Wins Reentry Vehicle Deal

Boeing Fears End Of Its Work On New Air Force ICBM As Lockheed Wins Reentry Vehicle Deal

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 24, 2019
Air Force Hires Seven Companies In Long-Awaited Mega Adversary Air Support Contract

Air Force Hires Seven Companies In Long-Awaited Mega Adversary Air Support Contract

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 22, 2019
This Containerized Launcher For The XQ-58A Valkyrie Combat Drone Could Be A Game Changer

This Containerized Launcher For The XQ-58A Valkyrie Combat Drone Could Be A Game Changer

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 17, 2019
U.S. Airpower Makes Show Of Force To Protect Troops In Syria As Security Situation Unravels

U.S. Airpower Makes Show Of Force To Protect Troops In Syria As Security Situation Unravels

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Oct 16, 2019
USAF Fought ISIS With the Wrong Bombs and Tactics For Months

USAF Fought ISIS With the Wrong Bombs and Tactics For Months

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Oct 11, 2019
Air Force’s XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone Suffers Damage After Third Flight Test

Air Force’s XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone Suffers Damage After Third Flight Test

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 10, 2019
Four Of The Biggest Revelations From China’s Massive 70th Anniversary Military Parade

Four Of The Biggest Revelations From China’s Massive 70th Anniversary Military Parade

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Oct 6, 2019
Air Force Just Tested Its Big Backup Plan If Its Air Ops Center In Qatar Gets Attacked

Air Force Just Tested Its Big Backup Plan If Its Air Ops Center In Qatar Gets Attacked

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 1, 2019
This Cockpit Video Of An Aussie C-17 Dodging Skyscrapers Is A Must Watch

This Cockpit Video Of An Aussie C-17 Dodging Skyscrapers Is A Must Watch

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Sep 30, 2019
Air Force Set To Deploy Its Counter-Drone “Phaser” Microwave Weapon Overseas

Air Force Set To Deploy Its Counter-Drone “Phaser” Microwave Weapon Overseas

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Sep 24, 2019