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

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

F-35 Aggressor Nellis
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First F-35 Aggressor Dedicated To Replicating Chinese Threats Unveiled

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

Chinese USV
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This Is Our Best Look Yet At China’s Knockoff Of The U.S. Navy’s Sea Hunter

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

Haibatullah Aliza
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The Afghan Army’s Last Commander On How His Country Really Fell

By Howard Altman

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.
Air

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

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

Mines Ukraine Black Sea
Sea

Sea Mines Could Prevent Ukraine Grain Shipments For Months

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 9, 2022

Ukraine And Russia In Back-And-Forth Battle On Donbas Frontlines
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Ukraine Situation Report: Attacked On Three Sides, Ukrainians Hold The Line In The East

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

An MV-22B Osprey takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 10, 2019.
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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
Air

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
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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
Air

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

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

M109ukraineRussia
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Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Claims Destruction Of Western-Supplied M109 Howitzers

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

TOR RUSSIAN CORVETTE BLACK SEA SHIP
Sea

Ground-Based Tor SAM System Seen Strapped To Russian Black Sea Warship

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

Mi-8 Mariupol Rescue
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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
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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.
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‘Crowdfunded’ Aid For Russian Jet Squadron Looks Like Someone Raided A Home Depot

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

Naval Mines Taiwan
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Taiwan Uses Naval Mines Designed Over A Century Ago

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

Embraer Carrier Top Gun Maverick
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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

A US Air Force RC-135U Combat Sent electronic intelligence aircraft photographed at Kadena Air Base on the Japanese Island of Okinawa in 2009.
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U.S. RC-135U Spy Plane Just Surveilled China’s Strategic Southern Coast

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 6, 2022

Ancient Russian T-62 Tanks Spotted Wearing Cage Armor In Ukraine
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Ancient Russian T-62 Tanks Spotted Wearing Cage Armor In Ukraine

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jun 6, 2022

J-16_FLARES
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Chinese Fighter’s Decoy Dump In Front Of A P-8 Sets Dangerous New Precedent (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 6, 2022

KC-46A aircraft assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing perform an elephant walk formation on the runway at Pease Air National Guard Base, Sept. 8, 2021.
Air

KC-46 Tanker’s Recent “97 Percent” Milestone Isn’t The Whole Story

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 5, 2022

Russian attacks continue on Ukraine
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Ukraine Situation Report: Reinforcements Stymie Russia’s Advance In Severodonetsk

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Jun 4, 2022

B1B Guam Andersen AFB
Air

Four B-1B Bombers Appear At Andersen AFB In Guam

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 4, 2022

Biden Airpsace Fighter Interept Maryland Beach
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President Evacuated After Plane Flew Too Close To Delaware Beach Home

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Jun 4, 2022

GDR postal ministry
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 4, 2022

Tank-Killing German Tripwire Mines Are In Use With Ukrainian Forces
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Tank-Killing German Tripwire Mines Are In Use With Ukrainian Forces

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

Ukrainian troops sit on an armoured vehicle as they move back from the front line near the city of Sloviansk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 1, 2022.
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Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Controls Fifth Of Country After 100 Days

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 3, 2022

A U.S. Marine Corps Hero-400 loitering munition drone is staged before flight on San Clemente Island, California, May 25, 2022. The Hero-400 is a loitering munition that the United States Marine Corps and other Department of Defense entities are beginning to incorporate into specific mission sets. This initial training flight develops the UAS pilots’ confidence and abilities to be able to operate the Hero-400 in any clime and place, and enabling 3rd MAW to remain a more lethal and ready force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Childs)
Sea

Marines Handoff Loitering Munition Control Between Air, Sea, Land Platforms

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

Holloman Rocket Sled
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Rocket Sled Track Sets Mach 5.8 Recoverable Test Speed Record

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

NT43 RAT55 Oklahoma Hangar
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The World’s Most Secretive 737 Just Migrated To Oklahoma

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

Swedish Robot 17 coastal defense Ukraine
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Sweden Is Sending ‘Robot 17’ Coastal Defense Missiles To Ukraine

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

Artwork depicting the Darkstar stealthy hypersonic aircraft, a fictious design that Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works created for the movie Top Gun: Maverick.
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Skunk Works On How They Brought Top Gun: Maverick’s Darkstar To Life

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 3, 2022

Afghan Mi-17 painted as Ukrainian
Air

Ex-Afghan Air Force Mi-17 Helicopters Are Now Flying For Ukraine

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jun 2, 2022

Pictures reportedly showing an array of drones on the deck of the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong.
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Chinese Aircraft Carrier Seen With A Fleet Of Drones On Its Deck

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 2, 2022

NGAD-concept-Lockheed
Air

Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance ‘Fighter’ Program Enters New Stage

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 2, 2022

MQ1C Gray Eagle Ukraine
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U.S. Plans To Sell Ukraine Armed MQ-1C Gray Eagle Drones: Report

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 1, 2022

Germany chooses CH-47 Chinook.
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Germany Picks Chinook Over King Stallion For New Heavy-Lift Helicopter

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Jun 1, 2022

IRIS-T-SLM-Ukraine-Germany
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Germany To Give IRIS-T Air Defense System To Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 1, 2022

Commercia Drone Estonia
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Estonian-Russian Citizen Tried To Smuggle Commercial Drones To The Russian Army

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jun 1, 2022

Soldiers seen moving on a tank and vehicles in the outskirts of the Lysychansk, close to Severodonetsk. Lysychansk is a city on the high right bank of the Donets River in the Luhansk region.
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Ukraine Situation Report: Battle Over Critical Eastern City Becomes Brutal Street Fight (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 31, 2022

HIMARS ukraine
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Ukraine To Get Guided Rockets, But Not Ones Able To Reach Far Into Russia (Updated)

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 31, 2022

KA52 low level ukraine near crash
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Russian Ka-52 Attack Helicopter’s Ludicrous Stunt Nearly Ends In Disaster

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 31, 2022

The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Fla., arrives at the Marathi NATO Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Greece, to undergo scheduled preventative maintenance in May 2022..
Sea

Navy Finally Sends Littoral Combat Ship To Middle East

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 31, 2022

Public Zaporozhye
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Ukrainian Fighters With WWI Guns Channel 16th-Century Ancestors

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 29, 2022

Ukraine Situation Report: Southern Counterattack Against Russian Forces Underway
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Ukraine Situation Report: Southern Counterattack Against Russian Forces Underway

By Stetson Payne

Posted on May 28, 2022

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 28, 2022

Ukrainian servicemen wave as they move with an armored vehicle toward the frontline at a checkpoint near the city of Lysychansk in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas, on May 23, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Advance In Key Eastern Cities

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 28, 2022

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Tests Its Ability To Turn Cutters Into Ship Killers
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Taiwan’s Coast Guard Tests Its Ability To Turn Cutters Into Ship Killers

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on May 28, 2022

Christening of the first Orca test asset at Huntington Beach, California, on April 28, 2022. The vehicle was christened by Dorothy Engelhardt, Director, Unmanned Systems, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Ships).
Sea

Navy’s 85-Foot Orca Unmanned Submarine Will Be A Minelayer First

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 27, 2022

microchips in Russian weapons captured in ukraine
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Captured Russian Weapons Are Packed With U.S. Microchips

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 27, 2022

Chinese drone ship, Zhu Hai Yun
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China Launches Drone Ship That Acts As A Mothership For More Drones

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 27, 2022

TOS-1A
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Terrifying TOS-1A Thermobaric Artillery Strike Recorded In Ukraine

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on May 27, 2022

U.S. Soldiers launch rockets from an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), at Daecheon, South Korea, Sept. 21, 2017.
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The Reality Of What HIMARS Rocket Artillery Systems Can And Can’t Do For Ukraine (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 27, 2022

Clips from a video that is said to show an apparent missile launch, possibly from a submarine, in the South China Sea, as seen from a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 airliner.
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Mysterious South China Sea Missile Launch Claimed To Be Caught By Airliner (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 26, 2022

T-62 Tank being shipped into Ukraine
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Russia Deploys 50-Year-Old T-62 Tanks To Ukraine

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on May 26, 2022

Inside Ukraine’s Daring Helicopter Missions Into Russian-Occupied Mariupol
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Inside Ukraine’s Daring Helicopter Missions Into Russian-Occupied Mariupol

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 25, 2022

New Wings For A-10s Arrive As Air Force Wants Warthogs Retired In Five Years
Air

New Wings For A-10s Arrive As Air Force Wants Warthogs Retired In Five Years

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 25, 2022

LANCER-C romania
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Romania Orders Its Grounded MiG-21 Lancers Back Into The Air

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 25, 2022

Switchblade Drone attack tank Ukraine
Air

Watch This Switchblade Suicide Drone Attack A Russian Tank In Ukraine

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on May 25, 2022

Ukrainian servicemen are seen in the trenches as fighting against Russian troops continues near to the Cherkaske City, on eastern Ukraine, May 3, 2022.
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Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Break Through In Parts Of Donbas

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 25, 2022

Drone edge 22
Air

28-Drone Swarm Just Led The Way For A Simulated Air Assault Mission

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 24, 2022

topshot
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63-Year-Old Retired Russian Fighter Pilot Shot Down In Su-25 Over Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 24, 2022