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That Mysterious Black Target From Kirtland AFB Was Related To A Program Called TDU-X

That Mysterious Black Target From Kirtland AFB Was Related To A Program Called TDU-X

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on May 28, 2021
The Story Behind The Thunderbirds’ Black-Tailed F-4 Phantom And “Captain Carbon”

The Story Behind The Thunderbirds’ Black-Tailed F-4 Phantom And “Captain Carbon”

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 28, 2021
Here Are The Pentagon’s “Tough Choice” Cuts To Airpower As Part Of Its 2021 Budget

Here Are The Pentagon’s “Tough Choice” Cuts To Airpower As Part Of Its 2021 Budget

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 28, 2021
KC-46A’s Long-Troubled Vision System Can’t Even Reliably Show The End Of The Refueling Boom

KC-46A’s Long-Troubled Vision System Can’t Even Reliably Show The End Of The Refueling Boom

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 27, 2021
Plan To Buy 145 B-21 Raider Bombers Gets Endorsement From Biden Air Force Nominee

Plan To Buy 145 B-21 Raider Bombers Gets Endorsement From Biden Air Force Nominee

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 26, 2021
Early F-35As May Get Axed Even Though Overall Readiness Has Improved Significantly

Early F-35As May Get Axed Even Though Overall Readiness Has Improved Significantly

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 25, 2021
Pilot Dies In Crash Of Contractor-Owned Mirage F1 Adversary Jet Near Nellis AFB (Updated)

Pilot Dies In Crash Of Contractor-Owned Mirage F1 Adversary Jet Near Nellis AFB (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 25, 2021
The New Air Force One’s Custom Hangar Facility Is Taking Shape

The New Air Force One’s Custom Hangar Facility Is Taking Shape

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 22, 2021
Special Operations Command Is Now Seeking A High-Speed VTOL Aircraft

Special Operations Command Is Now Seeking A High-Speed VTOL Aircraft

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 20, 2021
How The Air Force Fires Live Missiles To Make Sure Pilots And Weapons Function In Actual Combat

How The Air Force Fires Live Missiles To Make Sure Pilots And Weapons Function In Actual Combat

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on May 18, 2021
Secretive Army Suicide Drone Smashed Mock Air Defenses During Advanced War Games

Secretive Army Suicide Drone Smashed Mock Air Defenses During Advanced War Games

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 18, 2021
New Details Emerge About The Secretive Program That Aims To Replace The F-22

New Details Emerge About The Secretive Program That Aims To Replace The F-22

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 14, 2021
Yes, It’s True, The F-22 Isn’t In The Air Force Chief’s Future Fighter Plans

Yes, It’s True, The F-22 Isn’t In The Air Force Chief’s Future Fighter Plans

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 13, 2021
Five JASSM Stealth Missiles Have Been Loaded On An F-15E Strike Eagle For The First Time

Five JASSM Stealth Missiles Have Been Loaded On An F-15E Strike Eagle For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 11, 2021
Kratos Mako Loyal Wingman Drone Emerges With Major Modifications For Skyborg Trials

Kratos Mako Loyal Wingman Drone Emerges With Major Modifications For Skyborg Trials

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 10, 2021
Global Hawk Drones To Be Retired In Favor Of Secretive Penetrating Spy Aircraft

Global Hawk Drones To Be Retired In Favor Of Secretive Penetrating Spy Aircraft

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 7, 2021
B-1Bs Start To Get Back In The Air After Fleet-Wide Grounding

B-1Bs Start To Get Back In The Air After Fleet-Wide Grounding

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 6, 2021
Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Test Aborted Due To Undisclosed Issue

Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Test Aborted Due To Undisclosed Issue

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 5, 2021
First Test Flight Of Skyborg’s “Computer Brain” Flown On UTAP-22 Loyal Wingman Drone

First Test Flight Of Skyborg’s “Computer Brain” Flown On UTAP-22 Loyal Wingman Drone

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 5, 2021
F-16s Are Now Getting Washed By Robots

F-16s Are Now Getting Washed By Robots

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 3, 2021
Declassified Docs Offer New Details About A Growing RQ-170 “Wraith” Force

Declassified Docs Offer New Details About A Growing RQ-170 “Wraith” Force

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 3, 2021
Trucks Get Parked Over Air Force Nuclear Missile Silos During Tests… Just In Case

Trucks Get Parked Over Air Force Nuclear Missile Silos During Tests… Just In Case

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 1, 2021
F-15E Strike Eagle Smart-Bomb Transports Are Hauling Munitions Around The Middle East

F-15E Strike Eagle Smart-Bomb Transports Are Hauling Munitions Around The Middle East

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 28, 2021
France Carries Out Unusual Ballistic Missile Test As American Spy Plane Looks On

France Carries Out Unusual Ballistic Missile Test As American Spy Plane Looks On

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 28, 2021
Help Us Identify This Mysterious SR-71-Looking “Tow Target”

Help Us Identify This Mysterious SR-71-Looking “Tow Target”

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 26, 2021
All B-1B Bombers Have Been Grounded (Updated)

All B-1B Bombers Have Been Grounded (Updated)

By Stephen Walker
Updated on Apr 22, 2021
Watch This CV-22 Osprey’s Rotor Downwash Absolutely Demolish A Hospital’s Helipad

Watch This CV-22 Osprey’s Rotor Downwash Absolutely Demolish A Hospital’s Helipad

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 22, 2021
Put Bombers Back On Nuclear Alert If ICBM Force Gets Slashed: Strategic Command Boss

Put Bombers Back On Nuclear Alert If ICBM Force Gets Slashed: Strategic Command Boss

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 20, 2021
Japan-Based USAF F-16s Flew South China Sea Mission Fully Loaded With Live Air-To-Air Missiles

Japan-Based USAF F-16s Flew South China Sea Mission Fully Loaded With Live Air-To-Air Missiles

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Apr 20, 2021
We Talk F-15EX’s New Radar With The Woman Who Runs The Program Behind It

We Talk F-15EX’s New Radar With The Woman Who Runs The Program Behind It

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 19, 2021
Project FoX Brings Tablet-Based Apps To F-35 Stealth Fighter Cockpits

Project FoX Brings Tablet-Based Apps To F-35 Stealth Fighter Cockpits

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 17, 2021
A B-1B Bomber Suffered Significant Engine Damage While Deployed To Norway

A B-1B Bomber Suffered Significant Engine Damage While Deployed To Norway

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 17, 2021
Targeting Pods Are Being Tested On Air National Guard C-130 Hercules Transports (Updated)

Targeting Pods Are Being Tested On Air National Guard C-130 Hercules Transports (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Apr 16, 2021
Ex-Disney Employees Helped The Thunderbirds Create Their New Shortened Air Show Routine

Ex-Disney Employees Helped The Thunderbirds Create Their New Shortened Air Show Routine

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Apr 15, 2021
F-15 Eagle Scores “Longest Known” Air-To-Air Missile Shot During U.S. Air Force Test

F-15 Eagle Scores “Longest Known” Air-To-Air Missile Shot During U.S. Air Force Test

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 14, 2021
Today’s F-35As Not Worth Including In High-End War Games According To Air Force General

Today’s F-35As Not Worth Including In High-End War Games According To Air Force General

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 13, 2021
The F-15EX Is Now Officially Named The Eagle II

The F-15EX Is Now Officially Named The Eagle II

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Apr 7, 2021
New Telescopes Will Help Space Force Watch For Hostile Satellite Activity

New Telescopes Will Help Space Force Watch For Hostile Satellite Activity

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Apr 6, 2021
Broken ARRW: Air Force’s First Hypersonic Missile Fails During Inaugural Test

Broken ARRW: Air Force’s First Hypersonic Missile Fails During Inaugural Test

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 6, 2021
Stealthy Valkyrie Drone Uses Weapons Bay For First Time To Launch Smaller Drone

Stealthy Valkyrie Drone Uses Weapons Bay For First Time To Launch Smaller Drone

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Apr 6, 2021
U-2 Flight Along The Border Yesterday Wasn’t A Surveillance Mission

U-2 Flight Along The Border Yesterday Wasn’t A Surveillance Mission

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Apr 2, 2021
The World’s Most Secretive 737 Just Showed Its Bizarre Self Over The Mojave Desert

The World’s Most Secretive 737 Just Showed Its Bizarre Self Over The Mojave Desert

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 2, 2021
Air Force Shows Off Squadron Logo Highlighting Stockpile Of Nuclear Bombs In Belgium

Air Force Shows Off Squadron Logo Highlighting Stockpile Of Nuclear Bombs In Belgium

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 31, 2021
Three New F-35 Squadrons To Be Based At Florida’s Previously Storm-Ravaged Tyndall Air Force Base

Three New F-35 Squadrons To Be Based At Florida’s Previously Storm-Ravaged Tyndall Air Force Base

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Mar 30, 2021
The First Flight Test Of The Air Force’s New Hypersonic Missile Appears To Be Imminent

The First Flight Test Of The Air Force’s New Hypersonic Missile Appears To Be Imminent

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Mar 29, 2021
NORAD Fighters Are Using Arresting Gear For Year-Round Ops At Greenland’s Thule Air Base

NORAD Fighters Are Using Arresting Gear For Year-Round Ops At Greenland’s Thule Air Base

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Mar 29, 2021
The Air Force Spent $134M To Repair 39 Hail-Damaged T-1 Jet Trainers It’s About To Retire

The Air Force Spent $134M To Repair 39 Hail-Damaged T-1 Jet Trainers It’s About To Retire

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Mar 25, 2021
Did An RC-135 Spy Plane Really Make An Unprecedented Run At Chinese Airspace Near Taiwan?

Did An RC-135 Spy Plane Really Make An Unprecedented Run At Chinese Airspace Near Taiwan?

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Mar 22, 2021
Russia Is Jamming Royal Air Force Transport Aircraft Flying Out Of Cyprus: Reports

Russia Is Jamming Royal Air Force Transport Aircraft Flying Out Of Cyprus: Reports

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Mar 19, 2021
High-Performance Target Drone Washes Up On Florida Beach (Updated)

High-Performance Target Drone Washes Up On Florida Beach (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Mar 19, 2021
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers And B-1B Lancers Team Up For Arctic Show Of Force

B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers And B-1B Lancers Team Up For Arctic Show Of Force

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Mar 17, 2021
Pentagon Unveils Details On Effort To Equip Its Services With Massive Swarms Of Deadly Drones

Pentagon Unveils Details On Effort To Equip Its Services With Massive Swarms Of Deadly Drones

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Mar 17, 2021
Air Force Wants To Give Its F-15s Game-Changing Cognitive Electronic Warfare Capabilities

Air Force Wants To Give Its F-15s Game-Changing Cognitive Electronic Warfare Capabilities

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 16, 2021
F-22 Stealth Fighter Ends Up Nose Down On The Runway At Eglin Air Force Base In Florida

F-22 Stealth Fighter Ends Up Nose Down On The Runway At Eglin Air Force Base In Florida

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Mar 16, 2021
This Photo Of A Pair Of A-10 Warthogs Is Mesmerizing

This Photo Of A Pair Of A-10 Warthogs Is Mesmerizing

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Mar 15, 2021
Israel Could Be Waiting For Surplus U.S. Air Force F-15s Instead Of Buying New Advanced Eagles

Israel Could Be Waiting For Surplus U.S. Air Force F-15s Instead Of Buying New Advanced Eagles

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Mar 14, 2021
Behold The Air Force’s Updated F-15 Eagle Family Portrait Including The New F-15EX

Behold The Air Force’s Updated F-15 Eagle Family Portrait Including The New F-15EX

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Mar 12, 2021
F-15EX’s Future Role As A Hypersonic Missile Truck Touted Officially By The Air Force

F-15EX’s Future Role As A Hypersonic Missile Truck Touted Officially By The Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Mar 11, 2021
Air Force Combines Wargames To Make The Mother Of All Airpower Testing Events

Air Force Combines Wargames To Make The Mother Of All Airpower Testing Events

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Mar 11, 2021
Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper Drone Replacement Requirements Now Include Air-To-Air Combat Capability

Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper Drone Replacement Requirements Now Include Air-To-Air Combat Capability

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Mar 10, 2021
B-1B Bomber Makes Arctic Pit Stop For The First Time

B-1B Bomber Makes Arctic Pit Stop For The First Time

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Mar 9, 2021
Israeli F-15s Were Armed With Old Missiles During B-52 Escort

Israeli F-15s Were Armed With Old Missiles During B-52 Escort

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Mar 8, 2021
The Air Force Says Its First Hypersonic Missile Will Make Its Inaugural Flight Within 30 Days

The Air Force Says Its First Hypersonic Missile Will Make Its Inaugural Flight Within 30 Days

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Mar 6, 2021
Air Force Is Buying Eight Of These Missiles That Are Set To Become Its First Hypersonic Weapons

Air Force Is Buying Eight Of These Missiles That Are Set To Become Its First Hypersonic Weapons

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Mar 5, 2021