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Russia’s Okhotnik Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Tests Air-To-Air Missiles: Report

Russia’s Okhotnik Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Tests Air-To-Air Missiles: Report

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 2, 2020
Pilot In A Real Aircraft Just Fought An AI-Driven Virtual Enemy Jet For The First Time

Pilot In A Real Aircraft Just Fought An AI-Driven Virtual Enemy Jet For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Dec 2, 2020
Yes, Serbian Air Defenses Did Hit Another F-117 During Operation Allied Force In 1999

Yes, Serbian Air Defenses Did Hit Another F-117 During Operation Allied Force In 1999

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Dec 2, 2020
Air Force To Build Alternate Airbase On Tinian Island In Case Guam Gets Knocked Out

Air Force To Build Alternate Airbase On Tinian Island In Case Guam Gets Knocked Out

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 2, 2020
What It Is Like Flying The Most Advanced F-15 Eagle Ever Built

What It Is Like Flying The Most Advanced F-15 Eagle Ever Built

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Nov 30, 2020
Australia Teams Up With U.S. To Get Hypersonic Missiles For Its Super Hornets In Five Years

Australia Teams Up With U.S. To Get Hypersonic Missiles For Its Super Hornets In Five Years

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 30, 2020
The Army Wants To Launch Drone Swarms Behind Enemy Lines From High-Altitude Balloons

The Army Wants To Launch Drone Swarms Behind Enemy Lines From High-Altitude Balloons

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Nov 30, 2020
Check Out This AC-130 Gunship Pilot Wearing A Scorpion Helmet Mounted Display

Check Out This AC-130 Gunship Pilot Wearing A Scorpion Helmet Mounted Display

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
F-15 Eagle Pilot Explains Exactly How He Downed Three Migs During Two Wars

F-15 Eagle Pilot Explains Exactly How He Downed Three Migs During Two Wars

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
This Shot Of An A-10, F-35, And F-22 Billowing Vapor In Formation Is Absolutely Insane

This Shot Of An A-10, F-35, And F-22 Billowing Vapor In Formation Is Absolutely Insane

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
F-117 Nighthawks Now Appear To Be Flying As Adversaries In Red Flag Aerial War Games

F-117 Nighthawks Now Appear To Be Flying As Adversaries In Red Flag Aerial War Games

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Test Pilot Explains The YF-23 Black Widow’s Awesomely Innovative Flight Control System

Test Pilot Explains The YF-23 Black Widow’s Awesomely Innovative Flight Control System

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
How A Canadian Pilot Became The First Westerner To Fly The Feared MiG-29 Fulcrum

How A Canadian Pilot Became The First Westerner To Fly The Feared MiG-29 Fulcrum

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
How F-16 Testers Are Evolving The Jet’s New Radar Beyond The Homeland Defense Mission

How F-16 Testers Are Evolving The Jet’s New Radar Beyond The Homeland Defense Mission

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Air Combat Tales From Australia’s Storied Pitch Black Aerial War Games

Air Combat Tales From Australia’s Storied Pitch Black Aerial War Games

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Why Russia’s MiG-35 Is Starting To Look Like A Dead Duck

Why Russia’s MiG-35 Is Starting To Look Like A Dead Duck

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Check Out This Incredibly Rare Image Of An F-22 Pilot Wearing A Helmet Mounted Display

Check Out This Incredibly Rare Image Of An F-22 Pilot Wearing A Helmet Mounted Display

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
This Is The First Photo Ever Of A Stealthy Black Hawk Helicopter

This Is The First Photo Ever Of A Stealthy Black Hawk Helicopter

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Here’s How An EC-135 Crew Pulled Off One Of The Most Jaw-Dropping Air Show Takeoffs Ever

Here’s How An EC-135 Crew Pulled Off One Of The Most Jaw-Dropping Air Show Takeoffs Ever

By Robert Hopkins
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Navy F/A-18 Squadron Commander’s Take On AI Repeatedly Beating Real Pilot In Dogfight

Navy F/A-18 Squadron Commander’s Take On AI Repeatedly Beating Real Pilot In Dogfight

By Commander Colin ‘Farva’ Price
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The Potentially Revolutionary Celera 500L Aircraft Officially Breaks Cover

The Potentially Revolutionary Celera 500L Aircraft Officially Breaks Cover

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The Mysterious Cold War Case Of Unidentified Aircraft Descending On Loring Air Force Base

The Mysterious Cold War Case Of Unidentified Aircraft Descending On Loring Air Force Base

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
F-102 Delta Dagger’s Weapons Bays Combined Rockets And Missiles In A Feat Of Cold War Ingenuity

F-102 Delta Dagger’s Weapons Bays Combined Rockets And Missiles In A Feat Of Cold War Ingenuity

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Drug Cartel Now Assassinates Its Enemies With Bomb-Toting Drones

Drug Cartel Now Assassinates Its Enemies With Bomb-Toting Drones

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Strike Eagle Pilot Gives A Detailed Walk Around Tour Of An F-15E

Strike Eagle Pilot Gives A Detailed Walk Around Tour Of An F-15E

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The Forgotten Fireball Made The First Jet-Powered Carrier Landing By Accident

The Forgotten Fireball Made The First Jet-Powered Carrier Landing By Accident

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Area 51 Has A Huge New Hangar Facility That Points To A Drone Swarm Future

Area 51 Has A Huge New Hangar Facility That Points To A Drone Swarm Future

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The Full Story On That Oregon F-15 That Fired Its Missiles Into The Sea Before Landing

The Full Story On That Oregon F-15 That Fired Its Missiles Into The Sea Before Landing

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Blasting The Air In Front Of Hypersonic Vehicles With Lasers Could Unlock Unprecedented Speeds

Blasting The Air In Front Of Hypersonic Vehicles With Lasers Could Unlock Unprecedented Speeds

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The Air Force’s Secret Next Gen Air Dominance Demonstrator Isn’t What You Think It Is

The Air Force’s Secret Next Gen Air Dominance Demonstrator Isn’t What You Think It Is

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Fighter Pilots Could Soon Train To Dogfight Against Virtual Projections Of Adversary Jets

Fighter Pilots Could Soon Train To Dogfight Against Virtual Projections Of Adversary Jets

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Notoriously Shy RQ-170 Spy Drone Lands At Its Skunk Works Birthplace

Notoriously Shy RQ-170 Spy Drone Lands At Its Skunk Works Birthplace

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The Plan For Making Aging USMC F/A-18 Hornets Deadlier Than Ever For A Final Decade Of Service

The Plan For Making Aging USMC F/A-18 Hornets Deadlier Than Ever For A Final Decade Of Service

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Mysterious Drone Incursions Have Occurred Over U.S. THAAD Anti-Ballistic Missile Battery In Guam

Mysterious Drone Incursions Have Occurred Over U.S. THAAD Anti-Ballistic Missile Battery In Guam

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The Little Model Shop That Played A Big Role In Killing Osama Bin Laden

The Little Model Shop That Played A Big Role In Killing Osama Bin Laden

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
How This F-117 Ended Up Nesting With An F-15 Alert Jet At Portland Air Guard Base

How This F-117 Ended Up Nesting With An F-15 Alert Jet At Portland Air Guard Base

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Check Out These Rare Infrared Images Of A Minuteman III ICBM Blasting Off

Check Out These Rare Infrared Images Of A Minuteman III ICBM Blasting Off

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
You Can Buy The World’s Only Flyable P-82 Twin Mustang For $12,000,000

You Can Buy The World’s Only Flyable P-82 Twin Mustang For $12,000,000

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The Day The Royal Air Force Lost Six Jet Fighters In Just 45 Minutes

The Day The Royal Air Force Lost Six Jet Fighters In Just 45 Minutes

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
How Israel Got This MiG-21 That Sean Connery Posed Next To Was Like A Real-Life Bond Movie

How Israel Got This MiG-21 That Sean Connery Posed Next To Was Like A Real-Life Bond Movie

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Pilots Provide Fascinating Commentary On Video Of America’s Secret Red Eagles MiG Squadron

Pilots Provide Fascinating Commentary On Video Of America’s Secret Red Eagles MiG Squadron

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
New Aggressor Squadron At Nellis Air Force Base Will Have Both F-16s And F-35s

New Aggressor Squadron At Nellis Air Force Base Will Have Both F-16s And F-35s

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The State Department Is Now Warning Of Impending Drone Attacks And How To Survive Them

The State Department Is Now Warning Of Impending Drone Attacks And How To Survive Them

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
A Dozen Of The Most Unusual Variants Of The Ubiquitous KC-135 Family Of Aircraft

A Dozen Of The Most Unusual Variants Of The Ubiquitous KC-135 Family Of Aircraft

By Robert Hopkins
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Her Majesty’s Death Ray: How The AIM-9L Sidewinder Vanquished The Argentine Air Force

Her Majesty’s Death Ray: How The AIM-9L Sidewinder Vanquished The Argentine Air Force

By Rowland White
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport Had A Mysteriously Busy Week In September

Secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport Had A Mysteriously Busy Week In September

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The EA-18G Growler Has Its Own Topgun School For Electronic Attack Instead Of Dogfighting

The EA-18G Growler Has Its Own Topgun School For Electronic Attack Instead Of Dogfighting

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The AH-1W Super Cobra Has Been Retired From The Marine Corps After 34 Years Of Service

The AH-1W Super Cobra Has Been Retired From The Marine Corps After 34 Years Of Service

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
This F-22 Raptor Wing Tank Storage Facility Looks Like A Science Fiction Movie Set

This F-22 Raptor Wing Tank Storage Facility Looks Like A Science Fiction Movie Set

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The A-10 Warthog Is Preparing For Its Biggest Upgrade In Over A Decade

The A-10 Warthog Is Preparing For Its Biggest Upgrade In Over A Decade

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Northrop Grumman’s Plan To Replace The MQ-9 Reaper With Stealthy Autonomous Drones

Northrop Grumman’s Plan To Replace The MQ-9 Reaper With Stealthy Autonomous Drones

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Russia’s Strategic Bomber Trio Poses With Nearly All Its Weapons

Russia’s Strategic Bomber Trio Poses With Nearly All Its Weapons

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The Amazing Story Of How This Nazi Recon Plane Ended Up Being Tested In The U.S. During WWII

The Amazing Story Of How This Nazi Recon Plane Ended Up Being Tested In The U.S. During WWII

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
So Long, Samurai: Japan Bids Farewell To Its Final Frontline Phantoms

So Long, Samurai: Japan Bids Farewell To Its Final Frontline Phantoms

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
America’s Elite Flying Unit That Made The Recent Long-Range Hostage Rescue In Africa Possible

America’s Elite Flying Unit That Made The Recent Long-Range Hostage Rescue In Africa Possible

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
The Amazing Tale Of Bravo November, The British Chinook Helicopter That Refused To Die

The Amazing Tale Of Bravo November, The British Chinook Helicopter That Refused To Die

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
New Insights Into Mysterious Soviet ‘Dome Of Light’ Phenomenon In Declassified Documents

New Insights Into Mysterious Soviet ‘Dome Of Light’ Phenomenon In Declassified Documents

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
MIT Lincoln Lab’s Storied 707 Military Testbed Jet Is Now At The Boneyard

MIT Lincoln Lab’s Storied 707 Military Testbed Jet Is Now At The Boneyard

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
All The Crazy Proposed Variants Of The B-70 Valkyrie Super Bomber

All The Crazy Proposed Variants Of The B-70 Valkyrie Super Bomber

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
First AH-64E Apaches Arrive In UK, Will Serve As New Carriers’ Other Strike Capability

First AH-64E Apaches Arrive In UK, Will Serve As New Carriers’ Other Strike Capability

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
This Soviet Twin-Rotor Helicopter Design Was A High-Speed Rival To The Mi-24 Hind

This Soviet Twin-Rotor Helicopter Design Was A High-Speed Rival To The Mi-24 Hind

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 25, 2020
This Is Our First Look At A B-1 Bomber Carrying A Stealthy Cruise Missile Externally

This Is Our First Look At A B-1 Bomber Carrying A Stealthy Cruise Missile Externally

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Nov 25, 2020
Russian-Supplied, Mercenary-Flown Su-24 Combat Jets Appear In Libyan National Army Video

Russian-Supplied, Mercenary-Flown Su-24 Combat Jets Appear In Libyan National Army Video

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 24, 2020
U.S. Navy Denies Russian Warship Forced Its Destroyer Out Of Disputed Pacific Waters

U.S. Navy Denies Russian Warship Forced Its Destroyer Out Of Disputed Pacific Waters

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Nov 24, 2020