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Air Force Says It Will Be Years Before Boeing’s Faulty New Tankers Are Fully Operational

Air Force Says It Will Be Years Before Boeing’s Faulty New Tankers Are Fully Operational

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Sep 19, 2019
Is Raytheon’s Pint-Sized Peregrine The Air-To-Air Missile The Pentagon Has Been Waiting For?

Is Raytheon’s Pint-Sized Peregrine The Air-To-Air Missile The Pentagon Has Been Waiting For?

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Sep 19, 2019
Here’s The Air Force’s Questionably Ambitious Plan To Develop New Fighters In Five Years

Here’s The Air Force’s Questionably Ambitious Plan To Develop New Fighters In Five Years

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Sep 17, 2019
The Air Force’s New T-X Jet Trainer Now Has An Official Name And Designation

The Air Force’s New T-X Jet Trainer Now Has An Official Name And Designation

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Sep 16, 2019
RAF To Sell-Off Its BAe 146 Military Transports That Also Cart Around the Royals

RAF To Sell-Off Its BAe 146 Military Transports That Also Cart Around the Royals

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Sep 14, 2019
This Spin Recovery Clip From Microsoft’s Upcoming Flight Simulator Is Absolutely Insane

This Spin Recovery Clip From Microsoft’s Upcoming Flight Simulator Is Absolutely Insane

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Sep 14, 2019
USAF F-35As and F-15Es Flatten ISIS “Infested” Island In Iraq With 80K Pounds Of Bombs (Updated)

USAF F-35As and F-15Es Flatten ISIS “Infested” Island In Iraq With 80K Pounds Of Bombs (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Sep 11, 2019
The F-35A Is Set To Finally Get Chaff Countermeasures To Confuse Enemy Radars

The F-35A Is Set To Finally Get Chaff Countermeasures To Confuse Enemy Radars

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Sep 9, 2019
This Video Of A Rocket Sled Doing 6,599mph At Holloman AFB Is Absolute Insanity

This Video Of A Rocket Sled Doing 6,599mph At Holloman AFB Is Absolute Insanity

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Sep 8, 2019
Air Force Touts B-1B Bomber’s Potential To Carry Huge Hypersonic Missiles And External Stores

Air Force Touts B-1B Bomber’s Potential To Carry Huge Hypersonic Missiles And External Stores

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Sep 7, 2019
“B-21s With Air-To-Air Capabilities,” Drones, Not 6th Gen Fighters To Dominate Future Air Combat

“B-21s With Air-To-Air Capabilities,” Drones, Not 6th Gen Fighters To Dominate Future Air Combat

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Sep 6, 2019
The AIM-9X Sidewinder May Finally Evolve Into A Completely New And Longer-Range Missile

The AIM-9X Sidewinder May Finally Evolve Into A Completely New And Longer-Range Missile

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Sep 4, 2019
Air Force Wants Super Realistic Mock Launchers So It Can Replicate An S-300 SAM System

Air Force Wants Super Realistic Mock Launchers So It Can Replicate An S-300 SAM System

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Sep 3, 2019
Check Out These Photos Of USAF B-2s And RAF F-35Bs Flying Together For The First Time

Check Out These Photos Of USAF B-2s And RAF F-35Bs Flying Together For The First Time

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 30, 2019
USAF MC-130J Spec Ops Transport Flies Through Taiwan Strait With U.S. Spy Plane Nearby

USAF MC-130J Spec Ops Transport Flies Through Taiwan Strait With U.S. Spy Plane Nearby

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Aug 30, 2019
51 F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Jets Remain In Inventory, None Destroyed Since 2008 (Updated)

51 F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Jets Remain In Inventory, None Destroyed Since 2008 (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Aug 29, 2019
Wait, The USAF Is Spending Hundreds Of Thousands Airlifting Two Dodge Chargers To The UK?

Wait, The USAF Is Spending Hundreds Of Thousands Airlifting Two Dodge Chargers To The UK?

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Aug 27, 2019
The B-2 Bomber Is Still Getting “Game-Changing” Upgrades As Focus Shifts To The B-21

The B-2 Bomber Is Still Getting “Game-Changing” Upgrades As Focus Shifts To The B-21

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Aug 22, 2019
You Have To See The Rest Of This Shot Of An F-22 Tearing Across A Stormy Chicago Skyline

You Have To See The Rest Of This Shot Of An F-22 Tearing Across A Stormy Chicago Skyline

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Aug 22, 2019
Israeli Forces Accidentally Opened Fire On A Light Plane Flying Over The Golan Heights (Updated)

Israeli Forces Accidentally Opened Fire On A Light Plane Flying Over The Golan Heights (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Aug 22, 2019
There Are More Fighters On This Packed Ramp In Wisconsin Than In Some Entire Air Forces

There Are More Fighters On This Packed Ramp In Wisconsin Than In Some Entire Air Forces

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Aug 19, 2019
Watch This Crazy Cockpit Video Of The Thunderbirds Nailing A Perfect Bomb Burst Cross

Watch This Crazy Cockpit Video Of The Thunderbirds Nailing A Perfect Bomb Burst Cross

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Aug 16, 2019
Cluster Bomb Toting F-15Es Are Patrolling The Persian Gulf To Counter Small Boat Swarms

Cluster Bomb Toting F-15Es Are Patrolling The Persian Gulf To Counter Small Boat Swarms

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Aug 15, 2019
Air Force Reveals Tests Of Supposed Record-Setting Scramjet Engine From Northrop Grumman

Air Force Reveals Tests Of Supposed Record-Setting Scramjet Engine From Northrop Grumman

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Aug 13, 2019
The Air Force’s New Base In Niger Is Getting A Major Addition Before It Even Opens

The Air Force’s New Base In Niger Is Getting A Major Addition Before It Even Opens

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Aug 13, 2019
Check Out This Totally Stripped Thunderbird F-16C Taking Off From Hill AFB’s Taxiway

Check Out This Totally Stripped Thunderbird F-16C Taking Off From Hill AFB’s Taxiway

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Aug 1, 2019
Here’s The F-22 Production Restart Study The USAF Has Kept Secret For Over A Year

Here’s The F-22 Production Restart Study The USAF Has Kept Secret For Over A Year

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 29, 2019
New Black And Red Aggressor Paint Job Slated For Nellis Based F-16 Adversary Jet

New Black And Red Aggressor Paint Job Slated For Nellis Based F-16 Adversary Jet

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 28, 2019
The U.S. Air Force’s Unique Climate Testing Lab Has Blown Up

The U.S. Air Force’s Unique Climate Testing Lab Has Blown Up

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 27, 2019
New B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Scheduled To Make Its First Flight In Late 2021

New B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Scheduled To Make Its First Flight In Late 2021

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 24, 2019
U.S. F-35s Won’t Hit 80 Percent Mission Capable Goal Amid Spare Parts Supply Problems

U.S. F-35s Won’t Hit 80 Percent Mission Capable Goal Amid Spare Parts Supply Problems

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 18, 2019
A Guide To The Pentagon’s Shadowy Network Of Bases In Africa

A Guide To The Pentagon’s Shadowy Network Of Bases In Africa

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 16, 2019
Home Of Strategic Command And Some Of The USAF’s Most Prized Aircraft Is Flooding (Updated)

Home Of Strategic Command And Some Of The USAF’s Most Prized Aircraft Is Flooding (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 16, 2019
Watch F-35s Do A Spectacular Low-Level Flyby Over Photographers At Star Wars Canyon

Watch F-35s Do A Spectacular Low-Level Flyby Over Photographers At Star Wars Canyon

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 16, 2019
The Afghan Air Force Just Can’t Quit The Hind Gunship Helicopter

The Afghan Air Force Just Can’t Quit The Hind Gunship Helicopter

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 16, 2019
Nearly All F-15Es Photographed Arriving In Middle East Carried Dragon’s Eye Radar Pods

Nearly All F-15Es Photographed Arriving In Middle East Carried Dragon’s Eye Radar Pods

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 11, 2019
AC-130J Ghostrider Gunships Have Flown Their Very First Combat Missions

AC-130J Ghostrider Gunships Have Flown Their Very First Combat Missions

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 11, 2019
One Company Is Putting A New Spin On How To Yank Downed Pilots Out Of Enemy Territory

One Company Is Putting A New Spin On How To Yank Downed Pilots Out Of Enemy Territory

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 10, 2019
Pentagon Watchdog Slams U.S.-Backed Efforts to Expand The Afghan Air Force

Pentagon Watchdog Slams U.S.-Backed Efforts to Expand The Afghan Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 10, 2019
This C-17 Rocketed Through Star Wars Canyon Like A Fighter Jet

This C-17 Rocketed Through Star Wars Canyon Like A Fighter Jet

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 2, 2019
New AIM-260 Missiles Are So Secretive They Will Require A Custom Storage Bunker At Hill AFB

New AIM-260 Missiles Are So Secretive They Will Require A Custom Storage Bunker At Hill AFB

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 1, 2019
U.S. Air Force Is Planning Something Big in the Nevada Desert

U.S. Air Force Is Planning Something Big in the Nevada Desert

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 1, 2019
Israel Details Long Secret Raid On Syrian Nuclear Reactor, Says It’s Willing To Do It Again

Israel Details Long Secret Raid On Syrian Nuclear Reactor, Says It’s Willing To Do It Again

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
Lockheed Is Proposing a Major ‘Triple Intelligence’ Upgrade for the U-2 Spy Plane

Lockheed Is Proposing a Major ‘Triple Intelligence’ Upgrade for the U-2 Spy Plane

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
All US Military Branches, Including The Coast Guard, Are Buying The Army’s New Pistol

All US Military Branches, Including The Coast Guard, Are Buying The Army’s New Pistol

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopter Crashes in Iraq Near the Syrian Border (Updated)

U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopter Crashes in Iraq Near the Syrian Border (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
USAF Says It Could Speed Up Buying Light Attack Aircraft, But Doesn’t Have an Actual Plan

USAF Says It Could Speed Up Buying Light Attack Aircraft, But Doesn’t Have an Actual Plan

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
The Air Force May Have Retired The Predator, But It was the Army That Blazed Its Trail

The Air Force May Have Retired The Predator, But It was the Army That Blazed Its Trail

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
India Wants to Link Its Rebooted Fighter Jet Tender to Future Stealth Fighter Development

India Wants to Link Its Rebooted Fighter Jet Tender to Future Stealth Fighter Development

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
Norway Says Russian Aircraft Ran Mock Attacks On A Secretive Radar Base

Norway Says Russian Aircraft Ran Mock Attacks On A Secretive Radar Base

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
A Tornado Left the USAF With Only One Active E-4B “Doomsday Plane” for Months

A Tornado Left the USAF With Only One Active E-4B “Doomsday Plane” for Months

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
Russia Admits Su-57s Were In Syria But Claims They Left After Just Two Days

Russia Admits Su-57s Were In Syria But Claims They Left After Just Two Days

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
This Is The USAF’s “Safer” Carbon Fiber Bomb That’s Also Extraordinarily Expensive

This Is The USAF’s “Safer” Carbon Fiber Bomb That’s Also Extraordinarily Expensive

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
USAF Getting ‘Cast Ductile Iron Bomb’ Cluster Munition Replacement Despite Policy Change

USAF Getting ‘Cast Ductile Iron Bomb’ Cluster Munition Replacement Despite Policy Change

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
USAF’s New Ground Tracking Radar Plan Desperately Needs Stealthy Flying Sensor Trucks

USAF’s New Ground Tracking Radar Plan Desperately Needs Stealthy Flying Sensor Trucks

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
India Upends Its Single-Engine Fighter Competition and Will Also Consider Twin-Engine Jets

India Upends Its Single-Engine Fighter Competition and Will Also Consider Twin-Engine Jets

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
Did Russia Just Send Su-57 Stealth Fighters to Syria? (Updated)

Did Russia Just Send Su-57 Stealth Fighters to Syria? (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
The US Air Force Admits It Won’t Be Buying Any Light Attack Aircraft For Years

The US Air Force Admits It Won’t Be Buying Any Light Attack Aircraft For Years

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
Super Hornet Will Compete In Canada’s Fighter Contest As US Navy Funds Conformal Fuel Tanks

Super Hornet Will Compete In Canada’s Fighter Contest As US Navy Funds Conformal Fuel Tanks

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
The US Air Force Wants a Trio of More Modern WC-135R Nuke Sniffing Planes

The US Air Force Wants a Trio of More Modern WC-135R Nuke Sniffing Planes

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
USAF’s New Bomber Roadmap Could Bust-Up Key Arms Control Treaty With the Russians

USAF’s New Bomber Roadmap Could Bust-Up Key Arms Control Treaty With the Russians

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
USAF Orders More Upgraded Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bombs Amid Tensions with North Korea

USAF Orders More Upgraded Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bombs Amid Tensions with North Korea

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
Massive US Counterstrike Against Assad’s Forces Signals New Stage Of Syrian Civil War

Massive US Counterstrike Against Assad’s Forces Signals New Stage Of Syrian Civil War

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019
Did the U.S. Air Force Bomb a Rogue SpaceX Booster Rocket?

Did the U.S. Air Force Bomb a Rogue SpaceX Booster Rocket?

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 30, 2019