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An MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter in the latest configuration utilized by the US Army's elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and with a unusual paint job recently visited a civilian airport in Alabama.
Air

Night Stalker MH-60 Black Hawk Spotted In Blue Camouflage

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 29, 2023

FC-31
Air

Speculation Over Possible New J-35 Variant For China’s Air Force

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 29, 2023

Il-76 Cargo Jet’s Disastrous Landing In Mali Captured On Video
Air

Il-76 Cargo Jet’s Disastrous Landing In Mali Captured On Video

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Sep 28, 2023

Ukrainian pilots are spending their down time training on F-16 virtual reality simulators.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Pilots Train On Commercial F-16 Simulators At Home Bases

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 27, 2023

A group of airmen at Aviano Air Base in Italy are pitching an idea for a folding boarding ladder that F-16 pilots can stow in the map case in the jet's cockpit.
Air

Airmen Design F-16 Boarding Ladder That Fits Inside Cockpit

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 27, 2023

XQ-58 launch
Sea

Navy Looking To Operate Air Combat Drones From Wide Range Of Ships

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 27, 2023

The National Museum of the U.S. AIr Force's latest acquisition, an Su-27UB Flanker-C, has a curious history.
Air

Su-27 That Mysteriously Vanished After Private Sale Resurfaces

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 27, 2023

Stealthy flying wing drones were a notable feature at a huge military parade in South Korea's capital Seoul on September 26, 2023.
News & Features

Little Stealthy Flying Wing Drone Displayed By South Korea

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 26, 2023

JSTARS E-8 retirement
Air

E-8 JSTARS Has Flown Its Last Operational Mission

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 26, 2023

Line abreast loop blue angels formation cockpit footage
Sea

Gorgeous Cockpit Video Of Blue Angels Flying Synchronized Loop

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 25, 2023

Drone net
News & Features

Russia Hanging Nets Between Lamp Posts To Counter FPV Drones

By Howard Altman, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 25, 2023

Apache Taiwan
News & Features

Taiwan’s AH-64s Are The World’s Most Sinister-Looking Apaches

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 22, 2023

BSF HQ attack
Sea

Black Sea Fleet Headquarters Takes Direct Hit From Cruise Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 22, 2023

Norwegian F-35As have become the first aircraft of this type to operate from a road during an exercise in Finland.
News & Features

F-35A Has Flown From A Highway For The First Time

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 21, 2023

Newly released pictures give a great look at just how loaded down with sensors and other specialized system the MH-60M Black Hawks assigned to the US Army's elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment really are.
Air

Special Ops MH-60 Seen Absolutely Crammed With Modifications

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 21, 2023

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was shown an unusual surface-to-air missile known only as the 358 during a recent visit to Iran.
News & Features

Bizarre Iranian ‘Loitering SAM’ Shown To Russian Defense Minister

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 20, 2023

Russian Airbase Moscow infiltrated
News & Features

Claims Swirl Around ‘Sabotage Raid’ On Airbase Near Moscow

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 20, 2023

A-10 Warthog F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
Air

A-10 Pilot’s Compelling Case For Replacing Warthogs With Super Hornets

By Patrick “BURT” Brown

Posted on Sep 20, 2023

Tu-160 Engels
News & Features

Let’s Talk About Russia’s New Long-Range Kh-BD Cruise Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

New details about the crash of a Marine Corps F-35B on September 17, 2023, have emerged.
Air

“He Just Lost It In The Weather” – Audio From F-35 Crash Response Emerges

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

William Tell
Air

William Tell Air Combat Competition Crowns Its Winners

By Jamie Hunter, James Deboer

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

Air Force Special Operations Command is looking at expanding its ability to land on beaches around the world as part of a shift toward "runway agnostic" operations.
Air

Special Ops C-130s Using Beaches As Runways Eyed For Pacific Fight

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

US officials say debris from a Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighter that went missing on September 17, 2023, has finally been found.
Air

F-35 Debris Found In Field After Frantic Search For Missing Jet

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 18, 2023

The Air Force will announce details of a major restructuring Monday in Denver.
Air

F-35 Can’t Be Found After Pilot Ejected (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 18, 2023

North Korean Leader Kim visits KnAAPO
News & Features

Will Russia Trade Fighter Jets For North Korean Artillery Shells?

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 15, 2023

NORAD EADS
Air

North American Airspace Defense Getting Cloud-Based Backbone Next Month

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Sep 15, 2023

Chinese J-20 aircraft on the runway
Land

China’s J-20 Isn’t A “Dominating Aircraft,” USAF General Says

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Sep 13, 2023

CCA F-22
Air

Collaborative Air Combat Drones Will Head To Pacific En Masse

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Sep 13, 2023

Saab remote base Gripen
News & Features

Sweden Considering Donating JAS 39 Gripens To Ukraine: Report

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Sep 13, 2023

For the very beginning, the B-21 Raider stealth bomber program has been about much more than only the bomber itself.
Air

B-21 ‘Family Of Systems’ Details Emerge, Engine Test Runs Start

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 12, 2023

Jackdaw
News & Features

Britain’s New Jackdaw Combat Drone Aims To Be “Disposable”

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 12, 2023

B-21 Raider Side View
Air

B-21 Raider Seen Like Never Before In New Images

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 12, 2023

The US Air Force's Air Mobility Command is still pushing ahead with an idea to turn its KC-135 aerial refueling tankers into drone motherships.
Air

KC-135 Tankers Being Eyed For Drone Launcher Role

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 11, 2023

Anduril's acquisition of Blue Force Technologies and its Fury drone is a latest development is an important story that could have broad ramifications for the US defense industry.
News & Features

The Rise Of Fury

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 11, 2023

William Tell Air Force
Air

William Tell Has Fighter Pilots Competing For Trophies Once Again

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Sep 11, 2023

Su-34 Fullback Tires
Air

Russian Su-34 Strike-Fighter Seen Covered In Tires

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 8, 2023

LongShot Air-To-Air Combat Drone Bid Won By General Atomics
Air

LongShot Air-To-Air Combat Drone Bid Won By General Atomics

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 8, 2023

Watchkeeper 450 pictured at Project Convergence 22
Land

Examining The Deployment Of The U.K.’s Troubled Watchkeeper Drones At Fort Bliss

By Amelia Smith

Posted on Sep 7, 2023

Boeing says Poland has expressed an interest in buying F-15EX Eagle II fighters.
News & Features

Poland Eyeing F-15EX Buy Amid Weapons Buying Spree

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 7, 2023

AH-64E MUMT-X
Air

This Is What The AH-64 Apache’s New Extended Rotor Mast Does

By Tyler Rogoway, Oliver Parken

Posted on Sep 7, 2023

A new released memo to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed two shoot downs by F-22 Raptors of unknown objects in February.
News & Features

Secret Memo Raises More Questions About UFO Shootdowns Over Alaska, Canada

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 7, 2023

The Air Force says it is still considering employing its future Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones alongside B-21 bombers, and that the uncrewed aircraft might also serve as tankers and airlifters.
Air

B-21 Raider Could Use Collaborative Drones Meant For Fighters

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 6, 2023

U-2 Spy plane
Air

The U-2 Dragon Lady As You Have Never Seen It Before

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 6, 2023

Russian MI-8 Defector Ukraine
News & Features

Russian Helicopter Pilot Details His Defection Flight To Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 5, 2023

RCADE raytheon
News & Features

RCADE Battle Simulator “Moneyballs” Virtual Fights With Unmanned Platforms

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Sep 5, 2023

Russian Engels Bombers Tires
News & Features

Russia Is Using Tires To Protect Its Bombers From Aerial Attack

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 4, 2023

Russia Yak-130 Iran Su-35
News & Features

Iran Receives Russian Yak-130 Advanced Trainer Jets

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Sep 3, 2023

Drone attack Russian Base
News & Features

Russia Sets Up Civilian Patrols To Protect Base After Drone Attack Destroyed Jets

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 1, 2023

F-35 low departure
Air

F-35 Nearly Trims The Trees In Incredible Boeing Field Departure

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 1, 2023

Drone strike IL-76 drestroyed
Air

Moment Of Drone Strike That Destroyed Russian Il-76s Seen In Infrared Image

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 31, 2023

AIM-9M
Air

Ukraine’s AIM-9M Sidewinders Can Be Used In Multiple Ways

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 31, 2023

MI-8 Crash Ukraine
News & Features

Two Ukrainian Mi-8 Helicopters Crash, Killing Six: Reports

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 31, 2023

Su-22 flares poland
News & Features

Polish Su-22 Drops Photo Flash Flares In Rare Nighttime Display

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 30, 2023

DRONE ATTACK PSKOV
Air

Il-76 Cargo Jet Left Burning From Drone Strike Deep Inside Russia

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 30, 2023

ERCS ICBM
Nuclear

This ICBM-Launched Satellite Could Transmit Nuclear Codes When Nothing Else Was Left To

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 29, 2023

MIG-29 HUD DRONE KILL
Air

Ukrainian MiG-29 Blasts Russian Drone In New Cockpit Video

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 29, 2023

Replicator attritable drones
News & Features

Replicator Is DoD’s Big Play To Build Thousands Of Autonomous Weapons In Just Two Years

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 28, 2023

CF-18 False canopy
Air

False Canopies On Fighters Work, One Almost Killed Me

By Dan McWilliams

Posted on Aug 28, 2023

Andrii Pilshchykov Juice RIP
News & Features

Ukraine’s Outspoken MiG-29 Pilot “Juice” Killed During Mission

By Stetson Payne, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 26, 2023

MARINE F/A-18 HORNET
Air

F/A-18 Hornet Pilot Pronounced Dead In Crash At MCAS Miramar

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 25, 2023

A U.S. Air Force F-16 shot down a Turkish drone over Syria, a U.S. official tells The War Zone.
Air

Ukrainians To Train On F-16s In The United States

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 25, 2023

Ukrainian forces are disassembling controversial cluster munition artillery shells to repurpose their submunitions as weapons for drones.
News & Features

Ukrainians Are Cutting Open U.S. Cluster Shells To Make Drone Munitions

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 24, 2023

JDAM-ER Su-27
Air

Ukraine’s Su-27s Are Launching JDAM-ER Winged Bombs Too

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 24, 2023

Mi-8AMTSh
Air

Defecting Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Was Lured To Ukraine: Reports

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 23, 2023