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Drum Magazine Drone

Now There’s A Drum Magazine For Dropping Multiple Bombs From Commercial Drones

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on May 17, 2022
Japan F-3 fighter

Did America Just Miss Its Chance To Help Build Japan’s Future Fighter?

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 17, 2022
B-52 ARRW Hypersonic Launch

B-52 Successfully Tests Hypersonic Missile After Three Failed Tries (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 17, 2022
S300 Israel F-16 Syria

S-300 Surface-To-Air Missile Fired At Israeli Jets Over Syria For First Time: Report

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 17, 2022
Ka-52 Ukraine Vibration

Russia’s Ka-52 Attack Helicopters Have A Serious Vibration Problem

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 16, 2022
A US Air Force KC-135R aerial refueling tanker comes in to land.

KC-135R Tanker Autopilots Still Suffering From Dangerous Anomalies

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 13, 2022
CHINA_PLAN_AGI_SPY_SHIP

Chinese Spy Ship Makes First Appearance Near Australian Submarine Communications Base

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 13, 2022
Brimstone launcher

Truck-Mounted Brimstone Missile Launcher Emerges In Ukraine

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 12, 2022
Russia claims Ukraine plotted to steal one of its Tu-22M3 Backfire bombers.

We May Have Our First Sight Of A Russian Bomber Launching Missiles At Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 11, 2022
MC55A Peregrine

Australia’s New MC-55 Peregrine Electronic Warfare Jet Breaks Cover (Updated)

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 11, 2022
New Kit Will Allow MQ-9 Reaper To Fly From Navy Flattops

New Kit Will Allow MQ-9 Reaper To Fly From Navy Flattops

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 11, 2022
Changhe_Z-10

Chinese Z-10 Attack Helicopter Flew Into Taiwan’s Air Defense Zone For First Time (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 10, 2022
Eight US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III airlifters at Bardufoss Air Station in Norway on May 10, 2022. The inset is a screen shot from an online flight tracking website showing the aircraft leaving Norway.

Conga Line Of C-17s Spotted Heading South Over Europe From Norway (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 10, 2022
Tank-Busting Switchblade 600 Drones Have Not Arrived In Ukraine

Tank-Busting Switchblade 600 Drones Have Not Arrived In Ukraine

By Dan Parsons
Posted on May 10, 2022
Qatari Typhoon fighter

This Is Our First Look At A Typhoon Fighter Jet In Qatari Colors

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 10, 2022
KC-46 longest flight

KC-46 Crew Flies Air Mobility Command’s Longest Flight Ever

By Oliver Parken
Posted on May 10, 2022
Navy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair II

Navy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair II

By Emma Helfrich
Posted on May 9, 2022
F-35 Readiness

Blistering Highlights From The Latest F-35 Sustainment Hearing

By Dan Parsons
Posted on May 9, 2022
Su-27 Strike on Snake Island

Ukraine Strikes Back: Su-27s Bomb Occupied Snake Island In Daring Raid

By Stetson Payne
Posted on May 7, 2022
Doc Schultz Su-27 Red Hats Area 51 Crash

Area 51 Test Pilot Died During Heroic Su-27 Flight: Report

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 7, 2022
A Serna-class LCU in a Bayraktar TB2's viewfinder.

Ukraine Situation Report: TB2s Strike Russian SAM-Carrying Landing Craft At Snake Island

By Stetson Payne
Posted on May 7, 2022
laser guided rocket

What Will Fire The Laser-Guided Rockets Donated To Ukraine Is Still A Mystery

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 7, 2022
F-14 Tomcat lost air show demonstration tapes

Behold The Lost F-14 Tomcat Demo Tapes

By Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka
Posted on May 6, 2022
A screen shot of a clip from the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick showing a fictional hypersonic aircraft that Lockheed Martin helped craft.

Skunk Works Helped Create The Darkstar Jet For Top Gun: Maverick

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 6, 2022
UH-60 ukraine Mi-17

Ukraine Invasion Opens Eastern European Door For U.S. Helicopters

By Dan Parsons
Posted on May 5, 2022
An-225 Mriya’s First Pilot On The Tragic Destruction Of The World’s Biggest Plane

An-225 Mriya’s First Pilot On The Tragic Destruction Of The World’s Biggest Plane

By Howard Altman
Posted on May 4, 2022
386 squadrons USAF

The Air Force Has Abandoned Its 386 Squadron Goal

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 4, 2022
A frame from a video the US Air Force released showing a modified JDAM precision-guided bomb striking a target ship in the Gulf of Mexico during a test in April 2022.

Watch The Air Force’s New Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Snap A Vessel In Two (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 2, 2022
VH-92 Closer To Being ‘Marine One’ But Comms System Could Still Cause Delays

VH-92 Closer To Being ‘Marine One’ But Comms System Could Still Cause Delays

By Dan Parsons
Posted on May 2, 2022
BAYRAKTAR_TB2_BOAT_STRIKE

Ukraine Claims TB2 Drones Sunk Russian Patrol Boats Off Snake Island (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 2, 2022
A rendering of a notional self-propelled large-caliber gun capable of firing hypervelocity projectiles at incoming missiles.

Railgun Ammo-Firing Cannon Being Eyed By Air Force For Cruise Missile Defense (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 1, 2022
Mariupol In Ruins

Mariupol Is An Urban Hellscape Now

By Stetson Payne
Posted on May 1, 2022
The Air Force’s New Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Has Sunk Its First Vessel

The Air Force’s New Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Has Sunk Its First Vessel

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 30, 2022
E-4B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Dwarfs A KC-46 In These Stunning Refueling Shots

E-4B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Dwarfs A KC-46 In These Stunning Refueling Shots

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 29, 2022
USAF Simulator Train B52 KC135 Fairchild2

The B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold War

By Emma Helfrich
Updated on Apr 29, 2022
BRIMSTONE Ukraine

Brimstone Precision-Guided Missiles Are Headed To Ukraine Within Weeks

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 28, 2022
T-7A Red Hawk Jet

Boeing Unveils First T-7A Red Hawk Training Jet For The Air Force

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 28, 2022
The Air Force two F-15EX test jets fly together.

Some F-15C Units May Not Get A Replacement Fighter At All

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 28, 2022
F22 upgrades NGAD Fuel Tanks pods

F-22 Raptor’s Future Upgrades Appear In Art Posted By Air Force General

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 28, 2022
Father Flew First F-15 Eagles Into Europe, Son Just Flew Them Out

Father Flew First F-15 Eagles Into Europe, Son Just Flew Them Out

By Jamie Hunter
Posted on Apr 27, 2022
Drones

Biden Is Getting Serious About Drone Threat To Homeland

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Apr 27, 2022
A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft.

Air Force To Buy E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jets To Replace Aging E-3s

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 27, 2022
CH-53K IOC

The U.S. Military’s Heaviest-Lifting Helicopter Is Now Operational

By Dan Parsons
Posted on Apr 27, 2022
V-22 Submarine

This Photo of a V-22 Osprey Hovering Over a Nuclear Submarine Is Nuts

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 27, 2022
F-15EX missile shot

The F-15EX Program Is In Trouble

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 26, 2022
EA-18 Expeditionary Squadron Retirement

Navy Wants to Send 25 EA-18G Growlers to the Boneyard

By James Deboer, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 26, 2022
F22 NGAD Budget

F-22 Being Used To Test Next Generation Air Dominance ‘Fighter’ Tech

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 26, 2022
An artist's conception of a very-high-speed air-launched cruise missile.

Hypersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Has To Be Ready By 2028 Navy Says

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 23, 2022
Uss Oklahoma City Vietnam

The One Time North Vietnam’s MiGs Attacked U.S. Navy Warships

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 22, 2022
ALE SWARM ARMY

Army To Test Its Biggest Interactive Drone Swarm Ever Over Utah

By Dan Parsons
Posted on Apr 22, 2022
A-12 Blackbird canards

SR-71 Blackbird’s Predecessor Looked Even Cooler With Canards

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 22, 2022
Mysterious ‘Phoenix Ghost’ Suicide Drones Headed To Ukraine

Mysterious ‘Phoenix Ghost’ Suicide Drones Headed To Ukraine

By Dan Parsons
Posted on Apr 21, 2022
B1 fire dyess

B-1 Bomber’s Engine Burst Into Flames At Dyess Air Force Base

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 21, 2022
RC-135S Satan Missile Formation

RC-135 Jets Flew Unprecedented Mission To Spy On Russia’s New ICBM

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 20, 2022
Navy F-16 adversary with Hornet from NAWDC

The Navy Just Received Its First Surplus F-16s From The Air Force (Updated)

By Jamie Hunter
Posted on Apr 20, 2022
MiG29 parts Ukraine

No, Additional Fighter Jets Haven’t Been Delivered To Ukraine

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 20, 2022
YJ-21 H6 anti-ship ballistic missile

This Is Our Best Look Yet At China’s Air-Launched ‘Carrier Killer’ Missile

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 20, 2022
V-247 Vigilant Navy Missile

V-247 Tiltrotor Drone Downsized For Strike Role Aboard Navy Ships

By Dan Parsons
Posted on Apr 19, 2022
This Is What It Takes For An MV-22 To Fly Halfway Across The Pacific

This Is What It Takes For An MV-22 To Fly Halfway Across The Pacific

By Dan Parsons
Posted on Apr 18, 2022
View of USAF B-52 Stratofortress Bomber in Flight

A Look Back At All The B-52 Variants As The Iconic Bomber Hits 70

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 16, 2022
Romanian MIG-21s grounded

Romania Should Give The MiG-21 Lancers It Just Grounded To Ukraine

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 15, 2022
Israel’s ‘Iron Beam’ Laser Successfully Downs Rockets, Drones, Mortars

Israel’s ‘Iron Beam’ Laser Successfully Downs Rockets, Drones, Mortars

By Howard Altman
Posted on Apr 15, 2022
Ukrainian Air Force Crowdfunding Effort Asks ‘Buy Me A Fighter Jet!’

Ukrainian Air Force Crowdfunding Effort Asks ‘Buy Me A Fighter Jet!’

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Apr 15, 2022
F-35A_LAKENHEATH

Nuclear Bombs May Be Headed Back To The United Kingdom

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 13, 2022