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RQ-4 Global Hawk Drone Crashes Just Outside Of Grand Forks Air Force Base

RQ-4 Global Hawk Drone Crashes Just Outside Of Grand Forks Air Force Base

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 6, 2021
Curious Mission Flown Over The Baltic Sea By U.S. Air Force Nuke Sniffing Plane

Curious Mission Flown Over The Baltic Sea By U.S. Air Force Nuke Sniffing Plane

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Aug 6, 2021
Kratos Says Secret “Off-Board Sensing Station” Unmanned Aircraft Will Be Transformative

Kratos Says Secret “Off-Board Sensing Station” Unmanned Aircraft Will Be Transformative

By Brett Tingley and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Aug 5, 2021
Air Force Throws Millions At Startup Trying To Build Reusable Hypersonic Aircraft

Air Force Throws Millions At Startup Trying To Build Reusable Hypersonic Aircraft

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Aug 5, 2021
F-35s Have Flown Their First “Red Air” Missions As Dedicated Stealth Aggressors

F-35s Have Flown Their First “Red Air” Missions As Dedicated Stealth Aggressors

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 4, 2021
Retired Marine C-9B Jet Transport Is Getting Second Life As An Air Force Sensor Testbed

Retired Marine C-9B Jet Transport Is Getting Second Life As An Air Force Sensor Testbed

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Aug 4, 2021
The Truth About The Air Force’s Biggest Changes To Pilot Training Since The Dawn Of The Jet Age

The Truth About The Air Force’s Biggest Changes To Pilot Training Since The Dawn Of The Jet Age

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Aug 3, 2021
Lasers Destined For Fighter Jets Are Now Being Tested In The Air Force’s Wind Tunnels

Lasers Destined For Fighter Jets Are Now Being Tested In The Air Force’s Wind Tunnels

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Aug 3, 2021
Electronic Warfare System On Air Force F-16 Gets Capability Update In Flight

Electronic Warfare System On Air Force F-16 Gets Capability Update In Flight

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 2, 2021
Highly Modified Air Force Test Pilot School F-16 Is Now An X-Plane

Highly Modified Air Force Test Pilot School F-16 Is Now An X-Plane

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 31, 2021
Barksdale B-52 Brandishes Its Modern Arsenal In New Loadout Photos

Barksdale B-52 Brandishes Its Modern Arsenal In New Loadout Photos

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 30, 2021
Challenge Coin For The Secretive Unit That Still Flies The F-117 Nighthawk Emerges

Challenge Coin For The Secretive Unit That Still Flies The F-117 Nighthawk Emerges

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 30, 2021
Second Attempt To Test The Air Force’s First Hypersonic Weapon Fails

Second Attempt To Test The Air Force’s First Hypersonic Weapon Fails

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 30, 2021
A-10 Warthogs Are About To Operate From A U.S. Highway For The First Time

A-10 Warthogs Are About To Operate From A U.S. Highway For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 29, 2021
Lawmakers Are Skeptical About The Services’ Focus On Next Generation Fighters Over Existing Designs

Lawmakers Are Skeptical About The Services’ Focus On Next Generation Fighters Over Existing Designs

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 29, 2021
Watch This C-17 Make A Bonkers “Tactical Departure” From Portland International Airport (Updated)

Watch This C-17 Make A Bonkers “Tactical Departure” From Portland International Airport (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 29, 2021
Navy’s New Jamming Pods For EA-18G Growler Eyed For Air Force Fighters

Navy’s New Jamming Pods For EA-18G Growler Eyed For Air Force Fighters

By Brett Tingley and Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jul 28, 2021
The First XQ-58A Valkyrie Is Already Headed To A Museum (Updated)

The First XQ-58A Valkyrie Is Already Headed To A Museum (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 28, 2021
What It Takes For U.S. Jets To Keep Fighting In Afghanistan From “Over The Horizon”

What It Takes For U.S. Jets To Keep Fighting In Afghanistan From “Over The Horizon”

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 28, 2021
Joint Chiefs Seek A New Warfighting Paradigm After Devastating Losses In Classified Wargames

Joint Chiefs Seek A New Warfighting Paradigm After Devastating Losses In Classified Wargames

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Jul 27, 2021
Air Force Tweet Showing F-35As Protected By Lightning Rods Asks “Which Lightning Strikes Harder?”

Air Force Tweet Showing F-35As Protected By Lightning Rods Asks “Which Lightning Strikes Harder?”

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 27, 2021
AI That Bested Air Force Pilot In “Digital Dogfights” Headed For L-39 Jet Trainer

AI That Bested Air Force Pilot In “Digital Dogfights” Headed For L-39 Jet Trainer

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 26, 2021
E-4B “Doomsday Plane” Just Made A Highly Unusual Visit To Secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport (Updated)

E-4B “Doomsday Plane” Just Made A Highly Unusual Visit To Secretive Tonopah Test Range Airport (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 25, 2021
Aircraft Spotter Thanked By F-15E Pilot After Alerting Him To Malfunctioning Jet

Aircraft Spotter Thanked By F-15E Pilot After Alerting Him To Malfunctioning Jet

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 24, 2021
Another Attempt To Retire A-10 Warthogs Isn’t Going Well For The Air Force

Another Attempt To Retire A-10 Warthogs Isn’t Going Well For The Air Force

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jul 24, 2021
The Case For Stripping The P-8 Poseidon Down Into An RB-8 Multi-Role Arsenal Ship

The Case For Stripping The P-8 Poseidon Down Into An RB-8 Multi-Role Arsenal Ship

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 22, 2021
F-117 Aggressors Photographed Low Over The Nevada Desert During Red Flag War Games

F-117 Aggressors Photographed Low Over The Nevada Desert During Red Flag War Games

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jul 21, 2021
Air Force Directed Energy Report Argues Defensive Force Fields May Be “Just On The Horizon”

Air Force Directed Energy Report Argues Defensive Force Fields May Be “Just On The Horizon”

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jul 21, 2021
MQ-9 Reaper Tests Prove It Can Operate From Unprepared Locations On The Fly

MQ-9 Reaper Tests Prove It Can Operate From Unprepared Locations On The Fly

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Jul 19, 2021
A Fifth Of The Air Force’s Combat-Coded F-22 Stealth Fighters Are Headed For Guam

A Fifth Of The Air Force’s Combat-Coded F-22 Stealth Fighters Are Headed For Guam

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 16, 2021
The Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like Launcher

The Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like Launcher

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 14, 2021
Fifteen Percent Of U.S. Air Force F-35s Don’t Have Working Engines

Fifteen Percent Of U.S. Air Force F-35s Don’t Have Working Engines

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jul 14, 2021
Check Out This F-15E Strike Eagle Spewing Sparks After Takeoff

Check Out This F-15E Strike Eagle Spewing Sparks After Takeoff

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 14, 2021
War Games In California And Florida Linked To Test Massive “Kill Web”

War Games In California And Florida Linked To Test Massive “Kill Web”

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Jul 10, 2021
NASA’s Experimental X-56B Unmanned Aircraft Suffered An “Anomaly” After Takeoff

NASA’s Experimental X-56B Unmanned Aircraft Suffered An “Anomaly” After Takeoff

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 9, 2021
The B-17 Bomber’s Combat Debut 80 Years Ago Today Was A Fiasco

The B-17 Bomber’s Combat Debut 80 Years Ago Today Was A Fiasco

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jul 9, 2021
Warhead For Air Force’s First Hypersonic Missile Tested For The First Time

Warhead For Air Force’s First Hypersonic Missile Tested For The First Time

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 8, 2021
New B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Rendering Released By The Air Force (Updated)

New B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Rendering Released By The Air Force (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 7, 2021
Meet The MC-145B Wily Coyote Armed Special Ops Transport Plane

Meet The MC-145B Wily Coyote Armed Special Ops Transport Plane

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 1, 2021
Skyborg AI Computer “Brain” Successfully Flew A General Atomics Avenger Drone

Skyborg AI Computer “Brain” Successfully Flew A General Atomics Avenger Drone

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Jun 30, 2021
New Systems For Navigation In GPS Denied Combat Environments Tested In Air Force’s Agile Pod

New Systems For Navigation In GPS Denied Combat Environments Tested In Air Force’s Agile Pod

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Jun 29, 2021
The CIA’s Bird-Shaped Aquiline Drones Could Still Be Caged Up At Area 51

The CIA’s Bird-Shaped Aquiline Drones Could Still Be Caged Up At Area 51

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jun 28, 2021
U.S. Is Betting Big On Naval Mine Warfare With These New Sub-Launched and Air-Dropped Types

U.S. Is Betting Big On Naval Mine Warfare With These New Sub-Launched and Air-Dropped Types

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 28, 2021
Air Force Finds New Need For Low-Cost Engine Tech Used On Nazi Buzz Bombs

Air Force Finds New Need For Low-Cost Engine Tech Used On Nazi Buzz Bombs

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 24, 2021
Air Force Flightlines Are Under Threat From Drones And It Wants Your Ideas On How To Protect Them

Air Force Flightlines Are Under Threat From Drones And It Wants Your Ideas On How To Protect Them

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Jun 22, 2021
Giant Studio Model Of Broken Arrow’s B-3 Stealth Bomber Is On The Auction Block

Giant Studio Model Of Broken Arrow’s B-3 Stealth Bomber Is On The Auction Block

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 19, 2021
The Air Force Might Make Two Distinct Versions Of Its Next Multirole Stealth Fighter

The Air Force Might Make Two Distinct Versions Of Its Next Multirole Stealth Fighter

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jun 18, 2021
Air Force Says Hypersonic Missile Tests Could Kill Four Snails And 90 Clams

Air Force Says Hypersonic Missile Tests Could Kill Four Snails And 90 Clams

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jun 18, 2021
Questions Remain After Report That F-22s Scrambled Due To Major Russian Naval Exercise Near Hawaii (Updated)

Questions Remain After Report That F-22s Scrambled Due To Major Russian Naval Exercise Near Hawaii (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 17, 2021
Air Force Plans To Buy A New Tanker As Problems Persist With The One It’s Already Buying

Air Force Plans To Buy A New Tanker As Problems Persist With The One It’s Already Buying

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 17, 2021
The U.S. Military Doesn’t Even Track How Many Weapons It Loses, And It Has Lost Thousands

The U.S. Military Doesn’t Even Track How Many Weapons It Loses, And It Has Lost Thousands

By Brett Tingley
Posted on Jun 16, 2021
Texan F-16 Viper Appears In Vietnam-Era Green And Tan Camouflage

Texan F-16 Viper Appears In Vietnam-Era Green And Tan Camouflage

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 10, 2021
Drone Used High Power Microwaves To Knock Down Other Drones In DARPA Demo

Drone Used High Power Microwaves To Knock Down Other Drones In DARPA Demo

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jun 10, 2021
Air Force Corrects Top Official’s Statement On B-21 Bomber Progress (Updated)

Air Force Corrects Top Official’s Statement On B-21 Bomber Progress (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jun 10, 2021
Huge “Swarm” That Lit-Up Radar Was Almost Certainly Caused By The Military, Not Ladybugs

Huge “Swarm” That Lit-Up Radar Was Almost Certainly Caused By The Military, Not Ladybugs

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jun 8, 2021
These Are The Best Images Yet Of “RAT 55,” The World’s Most Secretive 737

These Are The Best Images Yet Of “RAT 55,” The World’s Most Secretive 737

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 8, 2021
MC-130J Commando II Simulated Launching A Pallet Of Cruise Missiles During A Mock Strike Mission

MC-130J Commando II Simulated Launching A Pallet Of Cruise Missiles During A Mock Strike Mission

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 7, 2021
FAA Data Shows Strange Pattern Of Military Encounters With Unidentified Aircraft

FAA Data Shows Strange Pattern Of Military Encounters With Unidentified Aircraft

By Adam Kehoe and Marc Cecotti
Updated on Jun 4, 2021
‘Air Force Two’ Replacement Dropped With Funds Redirected To Supersonic Transport Research

‘Air Force Two’ Replacement Dropped With Funds Redirected To Supersonic Transport Research

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jun 4, 2021
This Is What Pilots Actually See Inside Red 6’s Augmented Reality Dogfighting Goggles

This Is What Pilots Actually See Inside Red 6’s Augmented Reality Dogfighting Goggles

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 3, 2021
Rocket Delivery Of Cargo Anywhere In An Hour In New Air Force Budget Proposal

Rocket Delivery Of Cargo Anywhere In An Hour In New Air Force Budget Proposal

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 1, 2021
Here Are The Major Airpower Developments In The Pentagon’s Latest Budget Proposal

Here Are The Major Airpower Developments In The Pentagon’s Latest Budget Proposal

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 1, 2021
Navy Details Its Plans To Add Ex-Air Force F-16s To Its Fleet

Navy Details Its Plans To Add Ex-Air Force F-16s To Its Fleet

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 29, 2021
Mysterious Black Towed Target Was Built To Support Airborne Laser Tests

Mysterious Black Towed Target Was Built To Support Airborne Laser Tests

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on May 28, 2021