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Graphics depicting possible basing concepts for the Cold War-era MX missile program overlaid on top of a rendering of the Air Force's future LGM-35A ICBM.

Firing ICBMs From Lakes, Tunnels Considered Before Air Force Picked New Missile

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 14, 2022
The U.S. Just Racked Up Two Successful Hypersonic Missile Tests

The U.S. Just Racked Up Two Successful Hypersonic Missile Tests

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Jul 14, 2022
Army Black Hawk Spotted With New Sensor That Sees What Pilots Can’t

Army Black Hawk Spotted With New Sensor That Sees What Pilots Can’t

By Dan Parsons
Posted on Jul 14, 2022
Bell 360 head on

Nearly Complete Invictus Armed Scout Helicopter Looks Wicked In New Photos

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 13, 2022
Iran Drones Russia Ukraine

Russia Getting Iranian Attack Drones Would Be A Very Big Deal

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jul 12, 2022
A depiction of an F-35A Joint Strike Fighter flying together with various different drone designs as part of a distributed manned-unmanned team.

Vision For Future Manned-Unmanned Air Combat Laid Out By Skunk Works

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jul 12, 2022
MIG29 wireframe Indian Navy

This Wacky Wireframe Fighter Replica Is Used On India’s Newest Carrier

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Jul 12, 2022
A picture of an Airbus Zephyr S drone in flight with an inset showing flight tracking data from July 11 with various numbers, letters, and other items 'written' in it.

Airbus’s Zephyr Drone Looks To Have Just Broken A Huge Aviation Record

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 12, 2022
Black Sea gas drilling rig

Video Of Ukraine’s Missile Attack On Russian-Occupied Black Sea Gas Rig Emerges

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jul 11, 2022
F-16_SHIELD_LASER_POD

First Laser Weapon For A Fighter Delivered To The Air Force

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 11, 2022
top-gun-maverick formation super Hornet

This Is The Navy Weaponry That Top Gun 2’s Box Office Haul Could Buy

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jul 9, 2022
H-20_CONCEPT_ART_PLAAF

First Flight For China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Could Be Imminent: Report

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 8, 2022
Bomber Task Force B-1B

These Photos From The B-1B’s Latest Guam Deployment Are Just Ridiculous

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 7, 2022
Lithuania To Deliver Turkish-Made Bayraktar TB2 Drone To Ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: Lithuania’s Crowdfunded TB2 Drone Heads To The Fight

By Dan Parsons
Posted on Jul 7, 2022
Reentry Vehicle Test For America’s New ICBM Failed Just After Launch

Reentry Vehicle Test For America’s New ICBM Failed Just After Launch

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Jul 7, 2022
Ukraine May Finally Get Slovakia’s MiG-29s Thanks To Czech Air Patrol Deal

Ukraine May Finally Get Slovakia’s MiG-29s Thanks To Czech Air Patrol Deal

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jul 6, 2022
China is aquiring weapons 5-6 times fast than US

China Acquiring New Weapons Five Times Faster Than U.S. Warns Top Official

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 6, 2022
KF21 taxi test

South Korea Readies Its KF-21 Next-Generation Fighter Jet For Takeoff

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 5, 2022
MV22 crash USS green bay 2017

Harrowing Video Of Deadly 2017 MV-22 Osprey Crash Emerges

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jul 3, 2022
The Airbus Zephyr S solar-powered high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft.

Zephyr Drone Has Been Flying For 17 Days From Arizona To Belize

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 1, 2022
Optical Bar Camera film retirement U2 Beale

The U-2 Dragon Lady Finally Says Goodbye To Film Cameras At Beale AFB

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jul 1, 2022
Air Force’s First ‘New’ Constant Phoenix Nuke-Sniffing Jet Has Flown

Air Force’s First ‘New’ Constant Phoenix Nuke-Sniffing Jet Has Flown

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Jun 30, 2022
Raider Sikorsky chin gun and hellfires

Raider X High-Speed Helicopter Brandishes Weapons As It Takes Shape

By Dan Parsons
Posted on Jun 30, 2022
SLATE pod live virtual constructive

Blending Live Enemies With Virtual Ones Is Transforming The Way Fighter Pilots Train

By Jamie Hunter
Posted on Jun 29, 2022
Tu-143 Kursk Russia

Tu-143 Missile-Like Drone Downed In Russian Territory Near Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 29, 2022
NGAD Northrop Grumman

Next Generation Air Dominance ‘Fighter’ Is Still Being Competed

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 28, 2022
BAMS-D Global Hawks return home after 13-year mission.

Navy’s Global Hawks Come Home After Unexpected 13-Year Deployment

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Jun 24, 2022
Mirage 2000 Retired

France Bids Its Classic Mirage 2000C Fighter Jet Adieu

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 23, 2022
An artist's conception of a US Air Force EC-37B Compass Cal jet, with an existing EC-130H Compass call aircraft depicted in the background.

Congress Pushes For More Air Force EC-37 Electronic Warfare Jets

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 23, 2022
Freedom Class LCS

Here’s What’s In The House’s Massive $37B Defense Budget Boost

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 22, 2022
DRONE_STRIKE Russia

‘Kamikaze’ Drones Strike Russian Oil Refinery, Looks Like Model Sold On Alibaba

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 22, 2022
MQ-1C Ukraine

Ukrainian Fighter Pilots Call B.S. On Need For Gray Eagle Drones

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 22, 2022
Russian Air Force's Mil Mi-8MTV-5 medium twin-turbine helicopter in flight

NATO Member Estonia Says Russian Helicopter Intruded Into Its Airspace

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 22, 2022
F-22 Raptors

Don’t Retire Oldest F-22 Raptors, Upgrade Them, Demands Congress

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 21, 2022
A Hawker Hunter takes off during Northern Edge, May 20, 2019, from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge is an exercise showcasing the lethality of joint forces and the capabilities of U.S. forces in and around the Indo-Pacific region.

Hawker Hunter Aggressor Jet Crashes Off North Carolina (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 20, 2022
KC-46-refuels-B-2

Tankers Charging Drones With Lasers The Focus Of New DARPA Program

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 19, 2022
F-35B Delivered By Offshore Supply Ship To NAS Pensacola

F-35B Delivered By Offshore Supply Ship To NAS Pensacola

By Stetson Payne, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jun 18, 2022
Hero400 UH1

Flying A Suicide Drone From The Back Of A Marine Corps UH-1 Helicopter

By Dan Parsons
Posted on Jun 18, 2022
A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft from the Vermont Air National Guards 134th Fighter Squadron alongwith another one (unseen) is seen on the tarmac after landing at the international airport Petrovec near Skopje, on June 17, 2022 as they practice Agile Combat Employment concepts while supporting NATOs collective defense throughout Southeastern Europe.

U.S. F-35As Brandish AIM-120 Missiles During Visit To North Macedonia

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 17, 2022
experience of multiple, intensive air combat sorties in the safety of a training environment.

Navy’s Peculiar Plan To Retire EA-18 Growlers Is Up In The Air

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 17, 2022
F22 maintenance

Cascading Issues Keeping Air Force, Navy Planes Grounded Watchdog Says

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 16, 2022
Night Stalkers Syria

Nighttime U.S. Helicopter Raid Captures ‘Senior Daesh Leader’ In Syria (Updated)

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 16, 2022
Video Navy UAP Russel Socal

Navy Releases Videos From Mysterious Drone Swarms Around Warships Off California

By Adam Kehoe and Marc Cecotti
Posted on Jun 15, 2022
A satellite image showing Tinian International Airport on the island of Tinian on June 6, 2022, with construction work visible on the northern side of the facility.

Construction Of Airbase On Tinian Island In Case Guam Gets Knocked Out Has Begun

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 15, 2022
Elite British SAS Soldier’s Action-Packed Account Of The Falklands War

Elite British SAS Soldier’s Action-Packed Account Of The Falklands War

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 14, 2022
Russian MIG C47 shoot down sweden

Swedish Air Force Pays Tribute To Spy Plane Crew Shot Down By Russia 70 Years Ago

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 14, 2022
Navy, Marine Aviation Takes ‘Safety Pause’ Today After Recent Crashes

Navy, Marine Aviation Takes ‘Safety Pause’ Today After Recent Crashes

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 13, 2022
MV-22 osprey sunset

Marine Corps Identifies Five Killed In Southern California MV-22 Osprey Crash

By Stetson Payne
Posted on Jun 11, 2022
Navy UAP Drones California

Drone Swarms That Harassed Navy Ships Off California Demystified In New Documents

By Adam Kehoe and Marc Cecotti
Posted on Jun 10, 2022
NH-90 Norway

Norway Is Done With Its Unreliable NH90 Helicopters, Wants $500M Back

By Dan Parsons
Posted on Jun 10, 2022
MH-60S Imperial valley

Navy MH-60S Seahawk Helicopter Crashes In Southern California

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jun 10, 2022
A full-size mockup of the fictional Darkstar hypersonic aircraft that Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works helped create for the 2022 movie Top Gun: Maverick.

Darkstar Mockup From Top Gun: Maverick Looks Wicked In New Video

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 10, 2022
Kim Astronaut Pilot SEAL Doctor

SEAL-Doctor-Astronaut Jonny Kim Is Adding Pilot To His Crazy Resume

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 9, 2022
F-35 Aggressor Nellis

First F-35 Aggressor Dedicated To Replicating Chinese Threats Unveiled

By Jamie Hunter
Posted on Jun 9, 2022
F-35I_ADIR_ISRAEL

Israel Has Extended The Range Of Its F-35s: Report

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 9, 2022
A picture of a unique and highly-modified Boeing 727 that Raytheon uses as testbed, with an inset showing online flight tracking data regarding an unusual flight the aircraft performed around the islands of Saipan and Tinian in the western Pacific in June 2022.

Radar-Toting 727 Testbed “Voodoo 1” Appears Over Saipan

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jun 9, 2022
An MV-22B Osprey takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 10, 2019.

Marine MV-22 Osprey Crashed Near El Centro In Southern California (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 8, 2022
Tankers off southern california with USS Nimitz

Mysterious Exercise Off Baja Brought Nellis AFB, USS Nimitz Aircraft Together

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jun 8, 2022
MIG29 Ukraine high visibility

Ukraine Paints Refurbished Frontline MiG-29 In High-Visibility Scheme

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 8, 2022
F-16 Nose-Down Landing In Hawaii Is The Third In Just A Month

F-16 Nose-Down Landing In Hawaii Is The Third In Just A Month

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on Jun 8, 2022
Mi-8 Mariupol Rescue

Low, Fast And Dangerous: A Firsthand Account Of Ukraine’s Secret Helicopter Rescue Missions

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 7, 2022
ROKAF USAF show of force

Aerial ‘Show Of Force’ Missions Are Back Over South Korea

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 7, 2022
A picture showing an odd array of commercial hardware reportedly recently donated to a Russian combat aviation unit.

‘Crowdfunded’ Aid For Russian Jet Squadron Looks Like Someone Raided A Home Depot

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 7, 2022
Embraer Carrier Top Gun Maverick

I Bet You’ve Never Seen A Private Jet Fly An Approach To An Aircraft Carrier Before

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jun 7, 2022