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EF18 Crash Spain Hornet
News & Features

Spanish EF-18 Hornet Crashes During Airshow Practice Flight

By Stetson Payne

Updated on May 20, 2023

Biden signs off on Ukrainian pilot training.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: F-16 Coalition Begins To Take Shape

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 19, 2023

F35 Sockwave
Air

Shockwaves Bend Light Around Transonic F-35C In Spectacular Images

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 19, 2023

Phantom F4 2020 turkey
Air

F-4 ‘Terminator’ Phantoms Still Going Strong At Turkey’s Anatolian Eagle Exercise

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

Posted on May 19, 2023

Leaked U.S. Report Says Basic F-16 Training For Ukrainian Pilots Could Take Just Four Months
Air

Leaked U.S. Report Says Basic F-16 Training For Ukrainian Pilots Could Take Just Four Months

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 19, 2023

Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Competition Has Begun
Air

Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Competition Has Begun

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 18, 2023

NGAD concept NG
Air

New Views Of Northrop Grumman’s Totally Notional Long-Range Stealth Fighter

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 17, 2023

BELGIUM F-16
Air

Belgium Ready To Train Ukrainian Pilots To Fly F-16s

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 17, 2023

New Air Force F-16 Aggressor Squadron Stands Up
Air

New Air Force F-16 Aggressor Squadron Stands Up

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 16, 2023

F-15 Seen Damaged In Drainage Canal After Landing Mishap (Updated)
Air

F-15 Seen Damaged In Drainage Canal After Landing Mishap (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 16, 2023

F-16 refuels
Air

F-16s Will Be Focus Of Ukrainian Pilot Training In U.K.

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 15, 2023

Russian aircraft shot down
Air

Four Russian Aircraft Shot Down Within Their Own Borders

By Stetson Payne, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 13, 2023

F-22 fixed belly
Air

F-22 Raptor Badly Damaged After Belly Landing Flies Again

By Oliver Parken

Posted on May 9, 2023

Valkyrie Marines F-35
Air

Marine XQ-58 Valkyries Will Be Electronic Warfare Platforms For F-35s

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 4, 2023

Iraq’s F-16 Fleet Surges In Importance Thanks In Part To War In Ukraine
Air

Iraq’s F-16 Fleet Surges In Importance Thanks In Part To War In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 3, 2023

F-22s Intercepted “Spherical Object” Off Hawaii In Latest Balloon Chase
Air

F-22s Intercepted “Spherical Object” Off Hawaii In Latest Balloon Chase

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 2, 2023

F-35 Patrols Near Russia Highlight Case For Cognitive Electronic Warfare
Air

F-35 Patrols Near Russia Highlight Case For Cognitive Electronic Warfare

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 28, 2023

JS Kaga pictured at at a dock in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 20
News & Features

Japan’s Converted F-35B Carrier Leaves Dock Sporting New Bow

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Apr 21, 2023

Russian fighter jet Su-34 Belgorod
Air

Russian Su-34 Strike Fighter Bombed One Of Its Own Cities

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 21, 2023

Su-30 Indonesia
News & Features

This Shot Is A Reminder Of Just How Huge The Flanker Is

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Apr 20, 2023

Australia F/A-18 Ukraine
News & Features

Australia’s Mothballed F/A-18 Hornets Should Be Given To Ukraine

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 19, 2023

Air Force Announces F-15EXs Are Headed To Two New Bases
Air

Air Force Announces F-15EXs Are Headed To Two New Bases

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 19, 2023

Sudan Egyptian MiGs destroyed
News & Features

Egyptian MiG-29s Destroyed In Sudan

By Tyler Rogoway, Sim Tack

Posted on Apr 17, 2023

MiG-29 Egypt Sudan TOP
News & Features

Egyptian MiG-29s Captured By Militia In Sudan

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 17, 2023

How The F-35’s Lack Of Spare Parts Became As Big A Threat As Enemy Missiles
Air

How The F-35’s Lack Of Spare Parts Became As Big A Threat As Enemy Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 13, 2023

Su-27 Flanker
Air

Malfunctioning Russian Missile May Have Saved RC-135 Spy Plane

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 13, 2023

F-22 Raptor pilots are testing the new Next-Generation Fixed Wing Helmet
Air

F-22 Raptor Pilots Give New Helmets A Spin

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Apr 12, 2023

MIG-29 Ukraine Poland
News & Features

The Ironic Saga Of Ukraine’s Newly Donated MiG-29 Fulcrums

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 12, 2023

Denmark F-16
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Denmark To Decide By Summer On F-16s For Kyiv

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 11, 2023

F-35A Fort Worth
News & Features

Romania Unveils Plan To Buy F-35s

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 11, 2023

Poland MIG-29 ukraine
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Polish MiG-29s Delivered

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 3, 2023

F-35 Engine Running Too Hot Due To ‘Under-Speccing,’ Upgrade Now Vital (Updated)
Air

F-35 Engine Running Too Hot Due To ‘Under-Speccing,’ Upgrade Now Vital (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 30, 2023

EA-18G CC-150 tanker
Air

EA-18G Growler Pilot Talks You Through His Aerial Refueling Frustrations

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 29, 2023

J-10C
News & Features

The J-10 Changed China’s Fighter Game 25 Years Ago

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 29, 2023

Eglin F-16 CCA autonomy
Air

Six F-16s Getting Autonomous Computer Brains For Combat Drone Trials

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 28, 2023

F/A-XX Future Navy Fighter’s Big Funding Points To Prototypes
Sea

F/A-XX Future Navy Fighter’s Big Funding Points To Prototypes

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 27, 2023

Big Emphasis On ‘Spectral Warfare’ In Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance Plans
Air

Big Emphasis On ‘Spectral Warfare’ In Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance Plans

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 27, 2023

F-35 Closer To Carrying Six AIM-120 Missiles Internally
Air

F-35 Closer To Carrying Six AIM-120 Missiles Internally

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 24, 2023

F-15E Syria Iran
Air

F-15Es Strike Back After Deadly Iranian-Made Drone Attack On U.S. Base In Syria (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 24, 2023

MIG-29 Ukraine
Air

Four Slovakian MiG-29s Flown Directly To Ukraine To Join Its Air Force

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 23, 2023

F-15EX Conformal Tank Funds Sought, Fleet Size Questions Reemerge (Updated)
Air

F-15EX Conformal Tank Funds Sought, Fleet Size Questions Reemerge (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 20, 2023

Our First Full Look At Turkey’s New TF-X Stealthy Fighter
News & Features

Our First Full Look At Turkey’s New TF-X Stealthy Fighter

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 17, 2023

Mig-29 Ukraine Slovakia
Air

Slovakia’s MiG-29s Are Officially Heading To Ukraine’s Air Force

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 17, 2023

MIG-29 Ukraine
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Delivery Of Polish MiG-29s Imminent

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 16, 2023

F-15E Strike Eagle Fleet To Be Slashed By Over Half: Report
Air

F-15E Strike Eagle Fleet To Be Slashed By Over Half: Report

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 16, 2023

Su-27 MQ-9 Black Sea
Air

MQ-9 Sensor Video Showing Collision With Russian Su-27 Released (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 16, 2023

MQ-9 Su-27 VIDEO
Air

Video Purports To Show Russian Su-27’s Close Encounter With An MQ-9 (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 15, 2023

Poland MiG-29
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Poland Could Give Ukraine MiG-29s “Within Four To Six Weeks”

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 14, 2023

Russian Su-27 Collided With U.S. MQ-9 Over Black Sea (Updated)
Air

Russian Su-27 Collided With U.S. MQ-9 Over Black Sea (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 14, 2023

F-15EX 104 inventory
Air

F-15EX Eagle II Total Buy Increases From 80 To 104 In New USAF Budget

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 13, 2023

Russian-Iranian Deal For Su-35s Finalized, State Media Reports
News & Features

Russian-Iranian Deal For Su-35s Finalized, State Media Reports

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Mar 12, 2023

Air Force boss says Block 4 electronic warfare capabilities critical to F-35 program
Air

New Electronic Warfare Suite Top Feature Of F-35 Block 4, Air Combat Boss Says

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 9, 2023

F-15EX
Air

Buying Just 80 F-15EXs Makes No Sense

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 9, 2023

Arming Ukrainian Fighters With AIM-120 Missiles Is A Complex Proposition
Air

Arming Ukrainian Fighters With AIM-120 Missiles Is A Complex Proposition

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 8, 2023

NGAD
Air

200 NGAD Fighters, 1,000 Advanced Drones In USAF’s Future Plans

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

Ukraine’s Defense Chief Pleas For Western Jets, Just Not A-10s
News & Features

Ukraine’s Defense Chief Pleas For Western Jets, Just Not A-10s

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 6, 2023

Su-34 Fullback shot down over Donetsk
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Su-34 Fullback Goes Down In Flames Over Donetsk

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 4, 2023

F-35B Singapore
News & Features

Singapore Commits To F-35B Stealth Jets With Follow-On Order

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

Boeing To End F/A-18 Super Hornet Production In Two Years
Air

Boeing To End F/A-18 Super Hornet Production In Two Years

By Joseph Trevithick, Oliver Parken

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

Vandy-1-main copy
Air

F/A-18 Super Hornet In Retro Gloss Black Paint Scheme Emerges

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Feb 22, 2023

ISRAEL MIG-29
News & Features

Israel’s Secretive MiG-29 Fulcrum Test Program

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 15, 2023

F-16 BALLOON INTERCEPT
Air

Listen To F-16 Pilots Intercept The Octagon Object Over Lake Huron

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 13, 2023

Octagonal Object shoot down Lake Huron
Air

F-16 Shoots Down “Octagonal Object” Over Lake Huron (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 12, 2023

F-22 shoot down
Air

F-22 Shoots Down Another Object, This Time Over Canada (Updated)

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Feb 11, 2023