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Blackwater Founder’s Private Afghan Air Arm Pitch Included An-26 Gunships And AH-1 Cobras
News & Features

Blackwater Founder’s Private Afghan Air Arm Pitch Included An-26 Gunships And AH-1 Cobras

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

The USAF Is Rebuilding World War II-Era 40mm Shells for its AC-130U Gunships
Air

The USAF Is Rebuilding World War II-Era 40mm Shells for its AC-130U Gunships

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

The Presidential Motorcade Is on Full Display as Trump Tours Asia
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The Presidential Motorcade Is on Full Display as Trump Tours Asia

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

This Is All The Stuff You Can Hang Out of a C-130’s Rear Paratrooper Doors
Air

This Is All The Stuff You Can Hang Out of a C-130’s Rear Paratrooper Doors

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

The USAF’s AC-130W Gunships Are in Desperate Need of Special Ammunition
Air

The USAF’s AC-130W Gunships Are in Desperate Need of Special Ammunition

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

The Next Air Force One Aircraft Will Not Be Able to Refuel in Midair
Air

The Next Air Force One Aircraft Will Not Be Able to Refuel in Midair

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

F-22s Team Up With Combat Rescue Personnel to Practice for Quick Deployments
Air

F-22s Team Up With Combat Rescue Personnel to Practice for Quick Deployments

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Next Air Force One Will Be Orphaned Jumbo Jet Ordered By Defunct Russian Airline
Air

Next Air Force One Will Be Orphaned Jumbo Jet Ordered By Defunct Russian Airline

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

USMC KC-130 Hercules Crashes and Burns in Mississippi Killing 16 (Updated)
News & Features

USMC KC-130 Hercules Crashes and Burns in Mississippi Killing 16 (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

We May Finally Know What JADE HELM Has Stood For All Along
Air

We May Finally Know What JADE HELM Has Stood For All Along

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Air Force Now Wants to Get Sidelined C-5 Galaxy Transports Back In the Air
Air

Air Force Now Wants to Get Sidelined C-5 Galaxy Transports Back In the Air

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Protests Mount Against USAF Plan to Replace Aging Jamming Planes
Air

Protests Mount Against USAF Plan to Replace Aging Jamming Planes

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

A Simple Screw Up Caused $4 Million in Damage to Air Force One
Air

A Simple Screw Up Caused $4 Million in Damage to Air Force One

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

The USAF Finally Gives Its AC-130W Gunship The Big Gun It Desperately Needs
Air

The USAF Finally Gives Its AC-130W Gunship The Big Gun It Desperately Needs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Russia Reportedly Developing Its Own AC-130-Like Gunship From Converted An-12 Cargo Planes
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Russia Reportedly Developing Its Own AC-130-Like Gunship From Converted An-12 Cargo Planes

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 27, 2019

U.S. Navy Buys Blue Angels A Surplus Royal Air Force C-130J To Replace Fat Albert
Sea

U.S. Navy Buys Blue Angels A Surplus Royal Air Force C-130J To Replace Fat Albert

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 25, 2019

President Trump Just Unveiled His New Air Force One Paint Job
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President Trump Just Unveiled His New Air Force One Paint Job

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 13, 2019

New Air Force One Jets To Have 1,200 Nautical Miles Less Range Than Originally Required
Air

New Air Force One Jets To Have 1,200 Nautical Miles Less Range Than Originally Required

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 10, 2019

USAF Wants More Airlift Capacity But With C-17 Out Of Production What Could Provide It?
Air

USAF Wants More Airlift Capacity But With C-17 Out Of Production What Could Provide It?

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 5, 2019

Wild Days In The Services: Rough Seas Damage Navy Ship And C-17 Dumps A Humvee Into A Neighborhood
Sea

Wild Days In The Services: Rough Seas Damage Navy Ship And C-17 Dumps A Humvee Into A Neighborhood

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 5, 2019

Enjoy Your Moment Of Zen With A.G. Bill Barr As He Stares Out The Back Of A C-130
Air

Enjoy Your Moment Of Zen With A.G. Bill Barr As He Stares Out The Back Of A C-130

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 2, 2019

Locomotive “4141” Painted Like Air Force One Will Carry George Bush To His Final Resting Place
News & Features

Locomotive “4141” Painted Like Air Force One Will Carry George Bush To His Final Resting Place

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 27, 2019

The Blue Angels Have Retired Their Beloved Fat Albert C-130 Without A Replacement
Sea

The Blue Angels Have Retired Their Beloved Fat Albert C-130 Without A Replacement

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 24, 2019

Watch Four U.S. Special Operations C-130s Roar Through A Valley Together In The U.K.
Air

Watch Four U.S. Special Operations C-130s Roar Through A Valley Together In The U.K.

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 22, 2019

The U.S. Military Wants Tiny Road Mobile Nuclear Reactors That Can Fit In A C-17
Nuclear

The U.S. Military Wants Tiny Road Mobile Nuclear Reactors That Can Fit In A C-17

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 20, 2019

Huge Chaff Cloud That Lit Up Radars As It Drifted Across The Midwest Remains A Mystery
News & Features

Huge Chaff Cloud That Lit Up Radars As It Drifted Across The Midwest Remains A Mystery

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 17, 2019

Comey’s Final Flight And The DOJ’s Controversial Gulfstream Private Jets
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Comey’s Final Flight And The DOJ’s Controversial Gulfstream Private Jets

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 17, 2019

Behold An MC-130J Spec Ops Transport With Its Badly Needed Terrain Following Radar Installed
Air

Behold An MC-130J Spec Ops Transport With Its Badly Needed Terrain Following Radar Installed

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 16, 2019

USAF Wants To Turn HC-130J’s Self Defense Suite Into “Sauron’s Eye” Vision System
Air

USAF Wants To Turn HC-130J’s Self Defense Suite Into “Sauron’s Eye” Vision System

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 2, 2019

Puerto Rico Air Guard’s C-130 Airlifters And Flying Role Are Being Taken Away
News & Features

Puerto Rico Air Guard’s C-130 Airlifters And Flying Role Are Being Taken Away

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 12, 2019

Those Lights In The Sky Seen Across The U.S. Were Big Formations Of Military Airlifters
News & Features

Those Lights In The Sky Seen Across The U.S. Were Big Formations Of Military Airlifters

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 8, 2019

Check Out The Future Air Force One 747 As It Leaves California To Begin Modification In Texas
Air

Check Out The Future Air Force One 747 As It Leaves California To Begin Modification In Texas

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 28, 2019

Russian Transport Aircraft Deliver Men And Materiel To Venezuela Direct From Syria
News & Features

Russian Transport Aircraft Deliver Men And Materiel To Venezuela Direct From Syria

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 25, 2019

The Two Sort Of New Air Force One Jets Now To Cost Nearly The Price Of A Nimitz Class Carrier
Air

The Two Sort Of New Air Force One Jets Now To Cost Nearly The Price Of A Nimitz Class Carrier

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 25, 2019

Marines To Finally Add 30mm Cannon To Bolt-On “Harvest Hawk” Armament Kits For KC-130Js
Sea

Marines To Finally Add 30mm Cannon To Bolt-On “Harvest Hawk” Armament Kits For KC-130Js

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 21, 2019

Check Out This Crazy Shot Of A C-17 Ingesting A Big Bird On Takeoff At The Avalon Air Show
Air

Check Out This Crazy Shot Of A C-17 Ingesting A Big Bird On Takeoff At The Avalon Air Show

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 4, 2019

Watch This C-130J Make An Incredible Flare-Popping Musical Flyover Of Sydney For Australia Day (Updated)
News & Features

Watch This C-130J Make An Incredible Flare-Popping Musical Flyover Of Sydney For Australia Day (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 28, 2019

Ukrainian Il-76 Airlifter That Was Tracked Across U.S. Delivered Radar Asset To Utah Air Base
News & Features

Ukrainian Il-76 Airlifter That Was Tracked Across U.S. Delivered Radar Asset To Utah Air Base

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 4, 2019

Russia Wants To Replace Its Giant An-124 Airlifters With Updated Decades-Old Design
News & Features

Russia Wants To Replace Its Giant An-124 Airlifters With Updated Decades-Old Design

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 30, 2018

Trump Is Finally Winging His Way To The Middle East To Visit The Troops (Updated)
News & Features

Trump Is Finally Winging His Way To The Middle East To Visit The Troops (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 26, 2018

This USAF Gulfstream Went Jetting Off To St. Martin Ahead Of The Impending Government Shutdown
Air

This USAF Gulfstream Went Jetting Off To St. Martin Ahead Of The Impending Government Shutdown

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 22, 2018

A USAF C-17 Flew A Secretive Mission Into Yemen To Rescue Wounded Emirati Troops In 2017
Air

A USAF C-17 Flew A Secretive Mission Into Yemen To Rescue Wounded Emirati Troops In 2017

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 14, 2018

A West Virginia Air Guard C-130H Was Responsible For Massive Chaff Cloud Over Midwest
News & Features

A West Virginia Air Guard C-130H Was Responsible For Massive Chaff Cloud Over Midwest

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 12, 2018

Conga Lines Of USAF Airlifters Filled The Night Sky Across U.S. For Joint Forcible Entry Drill
Air

Conga Lines Of USAF Airlifters Filled The Night Sky Across U.S. For Joint Forcible Entry Drill

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 9, 2018

Marine F/A-18 And KC-130 Collide During Refueling Sending Both Into Waters Off Japan (Updated)
Sea

Marine F/A-18 And KC-130 Collide During Refueling Sending Both Into Waters Off Japan (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 6, 2018

Did This A400M Just Upstage The Marines By Tracing A Giant ‘Dick In A Box’ In The Sky?
Sea

Did This A400M Just Upstage The Marines By Tracing A Giant ‘Dick In A Box’ In The Sky?

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Nov 17, 2018

Boeing Is Selling Off Its Historic C-17 Production Line Facility In Long Beach
Air

Boeing Is Selling Off Its Historic C-17 Production Line Facility In Long Beach

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 8, 2018

Here’s The Justification For FEMA Chartering The World’s Largest Jet To Rush Supplies To Guam
News & Features

Here’s The Justification For FEMA Chartering The World’s Largest Jet To Rush Supplies To Guam

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 2, 2018

Cinema Aero: These Are The Aviation Videos You Absolutely Must Watch From The Last Week
Air

Cinema Aero: These Are The Aviation Videos You Absolutely Must Watch From The Last Week

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 4, 2018

Behold The First Official Photo Of The Navy’s New NC-37B Missile Tracking Jet
Sea

Behold The First Official Photo Of The Navy’s New NC-37B Missile Tracking Jet

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 7, 2018

USAF Upgrading Another C-32 ‘Air Force 2’ Interior For $16M, Here’s What The First Looks Like
Air

USAF Upgrading Another C-32 ‘Air Force 2’ Interior For $16M, Here’s What The First Looks Like

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 23, 2018

Navy Details Plans For Carrier Onboard Delivery CMV-22 Osprey Squadrons As Tests Continue
Sea

Navy Details Plans For Carrier Onboard Delivery CMV-22 Osprey Squadrons As Tests Continue

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 16, 2018

Lockheed’s Wayne Roberts On Looping The Hercules, Test Flying, And All Things C-130
Air

Lockheed’s Wayne Roberts On Looping The Hercules, Test Flying, And All Things C-130

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 10, 2018

Harrowing Account Of How USAF C-130 Crews Snuck Into South Sudan To Evacuate Diplomats Under Fire
Air

Harrowing Account Of How USAF C-130 Crews Snuck Into South Sudan To Evacuate Diplomats Under Fire

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 9, 2018

Video Emerges Of C-5 Galaxy Making A Nose Gear Up Landing At Lackland Air Force Base
Air

Video Emerges Of C-5 Galaxy Making A Nose Gear Up Landing At Lackland Air Force Base

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 8, 2018

AC-130W Gunship Pilots Help Target The Enemy With An Off The Shelf Rifle Sight
Air

AC-130W Gunship Pilots Help Target The Enemy With An Off The Shelf Rifle Sight

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 5, 2018

USAF C-17 Brings Remains Of American Troops To Osan Air Base From North Korea
News & Features

USAF C-17 Brings Remains Of American Troops To Osan Air Base From North Korea

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 27, 2018

USAF Offers New Details About New Air Force Ones, But Doesn’t Back Up Trump’s Cost-Cutting Claims
Air

USAF Offers New Details About New Air Force Ones, But Doesn’t Back Up Trump’s Cost-Cutting Claims

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 24, 2018

Two Vintage Warbirds Crashed In Separate Incidents On Eve Of Oshkosh Air Show (Updated)
News & Features

Two Vintage Warbirds Crashed In Separate Incidents On Eve Of Oshkosh Air Show (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 21, 2018

Forget The Fighters, Lockheed’s LM-100J Super Hercules Demo Slayed At Farnborough
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Forget The Fighters, Lockheed’s LM-100J Super Hercules Demo Slayed At Farnborough

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 18, 2018

Take An Amazing Flight On The Tail Of The An-225 Mriya, The World’s Largest Plane
Air

Take An Amazing Flight On The Tail Of The An-225 Mriya, The World’s Largest Plane

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 13, 2018

Please, U.S. Air Force, Don’t Let Trump Schlock Up Air Force One’s Iconic Appearance
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Please, U.S. Air Force, Don’t Let Trump Schlock Up Air Force One’s Iconic Appearance

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 12, 2018

Check Out These Sweet Aerial Photos From The Royal Air Force’s Centenary Flypast Rehearsal
News & Features

Check Out These Sweet Aerial Photos From The Royal Air Force’s Centenary Flypast Rehearsal

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 3, 2018

‘Harvester’ Could Transform Any US Air Force C-130 Into A Nuke Sniffing Plane
Air

‘Harvester’ Could Transform Any US Air Force C-130 Into A Nuke Sniffing Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 12, 2018