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Red Flag Is Back In Business As Two Of The Big Air Combat Exercises Kick Off Simultaneously

Red Flag Is Back In Business As Two Of The Big Air Combat Exercises Kick Off Simultaneously

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Aug 4, 2020
Test Of Minuteman III ICBM With Three Reentry Vehicles Sure Seems Like A Warning To Russia (Updated)

Test Of Minuteman III ICBM With Three Reentry Vehicles Sure Seems Like A Warning To Russia (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Aug 4, 2020
Let’s Talk About The Air Force Potentially Replacing The F-15E With The F-15EX

Let’s Talk About The Air Force Potentially Replacing The F-15E With The F-15EX

By tyler rogoway and jamie hunter
Updated on Aug 3, 2020
We Talk To The Scientist Whose Revolutionary Power Beaming Experiment Is Flying On The X-37B

We Talk To The Scientist Whose Revolutionary Power Beaming Experiment Is Flying On The X-37B

By Brett Tingley
Updated on Jul 30, 2020
Full Scope Of Air Force’s Big Contract Awards To Private Aggressor Firms Revealed

Full Scope Of Air Force’s Big Contract Awards To Private Aggressor Firms Revealed

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Jul 28, 2020
Aggressor Mirage F1 Fighters Headed To Holloman And Luke Air Force Bases

Aggressor Mirage F1 Fighters Headed To Holloman And Luke Air Force Bases

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Jul 28, 2020
No, The Air Force’s Shadowy Surveillance Test Plane Wasn’t Spying On Portland Protesters

No, The Air Force’s Shadowy Surveillance Test Plane Wasn’t Spying On Portland Protesters

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 25, 2020
Huge Pacific Exercise Centered On Guam Brings Allies Together Amid Growing China Threat

Huge Pacific Exercise Centered On Guam Brings Allies Together Amid Growing China Threat

By Jamie Hunter
Posted on Jul 24, 2020
New Details Emerge About F-15 Intercept Of Iranian Airbus Over Syria

New Details Emerge About F-15 Intercept Of Iranian Airbus Over Syria

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 24, 2020
U.S. Says Its F-15s Intercepted Iranian Airliner That Made Erratic Maneuvers (Updated)

U.S. Says Its F-15s Intercepted Iranian Airliner That Made Erratic Maneuvers (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 24, 2020
F-35s Nest In Big New Alaskan Facility Marking Strategic Shift For Critical Region

F-35s Nest In Big New Alaskan Facility Marking Strategic Shift For Critical Region

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Jul 23, 2020
Fighter Pilots Warn Of Newly Trained Pilots’ Lack Of Actual Flying Experience

Fighter Pilots Warn Of Newly Trained Pilots’ Lack Of Actual Flying Experience

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Jul 22, 2020
Tiny Missile Interceptor To Defend Aircraft Against Enemy Missile Attacks Moves Forward

Tiny Missile Interceptor To Defend Aircraft Against Enemy Missile Attacks Moves Forward

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 22, 2020
F-15 Eagle Seen Loaded With Loyal Wingman Drone For Previously Unknown Tests

F-15 Eagle Seen Loaded With Loyal Wingman Drone For Previously Unknown Tests

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick and Jamie Hunter
Updated on Jul 22, 2020
Fully Armed Kadena F-15 Eagles Soar Over Saudi Arabia Wearing Some Awesome Nose Art

Fully Armed Kadena F-15 Eagles Soar Over Saudi Arabia Wearing Some Awesome Nose Art

By Jamie Hunter
Updated on Jul 21, 2020
The Time When The USAF Got Caught Trying To Sneak F-117s Through Austrian Airspace

The Time When The USAF Got Caught Trying To Sneak F-117s Through Austrian Airspace

By Jamie Hunter
Posted on Jul 21, 2020
F-15 Uses New Infrared Search And Track Pod To Shoot Down Target With AIM-9X Sidewinder

F-15 Uses New Infrared Search And Track Pod To Shoot Down Target With AIM-9X Sidewinder

By Jamie Hunter and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 16, 2020
The Pentagon Moves To Launch Its Own Experimental Mini Space Station

The Pentagon Moves To Launch Its Own Experimental Mini Space Station

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 16, 2020
Air Force Close To Test Firing Low-Cost Cruise Missile As Work On Swarming Munitions Progresses

Air Force Close To Test Firing Low-Cost Cruise Missile As Work On Swarming Munitions Progresses

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 15, 2020
Pilot Ejects From F-16 During Landing At Holloman Air Force Base In New Mexico

Pilot Ejects From F-16 During Landing At Holloman Air Force Base In New Mexico

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 14, 2020
Here Is Our First Look At One Of Boeing’s New F-15EX Eagle Fighter Jets For The Air Force

Here Is Our First Look At One Of Boeing’s New F-15EX Eagle Fighter Jets For The Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick and Jamie Hunter
Updated on Jul 14, 2020
First KC-10 Extender Tanker Jet Heads To The Boneyard For Retirement (Updated)

First KC-10 Extender Tanker Jet Heads To The Boneyard For Retirement (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 14, 2020
This Lecture By An F-22 Test Pilot On The Raptor’s Flight Control System Is Bonkers

This Lecture By An F-22 Test Pilot On The Raptor’s Flight Control System Is Bonkers

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 11, 2020
Veteran Flight Tester On How The YA-7F Strikefighter Was Really A Jet Recycling Program

Veteran Flight Tester On How The YA-7F Strikefighter Was Really A Jet Recycling Program

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 11, 2020
American Surveillance Aircraft Have Been Flooding Into The Airspace South Of Taiwan (Updated)

American Surveillance Aircraft Have Been Flooding Into The Airspace South Of Taiwan (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 10, 2020
This Mysterious Military Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days

This Mysterious Military Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 5, 2020
Is The United States Firing Off “Electricity Bombs” in Syria?

Is The United States Firing Off “Electricity Bombs” in Syria?

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 5, 2020
The U.S. Air Force Almost Rented a Squadron of A-10 Warthogs to Colombia

The U.S. Air Force Almost Rented a Squadron of A-10 Warthogs to Colombia

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 5, 2020
Major Airfield Expansion On Wake Island Seen By Satellite As U.S. Preps For Pacific Fight

Major Airfield Expansion On Wake Island Seen By Satellite As U.S. Preps For Pacific Fight

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 3, 2020
The U.S. Air Force’s Last Tail Gunner Has Retired

The U.S. Air Force’s Last Tail Gunner Has Retired

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 3, 2020
Ryan Aeronautical Had Big Plans for the Vertifan Jump Jet

Ryan Aeronautical Had Big Plans for the Vertifan Jump Jet

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 3, 2020
These Unassuming Planes Have Been Key Players in America’s War on Terror

These Unassuming Planes Have Been Key Players in America’s War on Terror

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 3, 2020
A Tomcat Pilot’s Early Struggles to Tame the Mighty F-14

A Tomcat Pilot’s Early Struggles to Tame the Mighty F-14

By Paul Nickell And Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 3, 2020
USAF’s Deadliest F-16 Pilot Talks F-15 Retirement, Syria, and Pilot Shortage

USAF’s Deadliest F-16 Pilot Talks F-15 Retirement, Syria, and Pilot Shortage

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 3, 2020
Lockheed Once Pitched the Massive C-5 as a Flying Command Center

Lockheed Once Pitched the Massive C-5 as a Flying Command Center

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 3, 2020
F-22 Now Has AIM-9X But Still No Helmet Mounted Display To Use With It

F-22 Now Has AIM-9X But Still No Helmet Mounted Display To Use With It

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 3, 2020
The Air Force Desperately Needs A Stealth Tanker

The Air Force Desperately Needs A Stealth Tanker

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 3, 2020
John Glenn’s Combat Nickname Was “Old Magnet Ass” For All The Right Reasons

John Glenn’s Combat Nickname Was “Old Magnet Ass” For All The Right Reasons

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 3, 2020
This Bird Strike Reminds Us it Doesn’t Take a Missile to Down a Fighter

This Bird Strike Reminds Us it Doesn’t Take a Missile to Down a Fighter

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 3, 2020
The “Toxic Death” Paint Scheme Was The F-117 Nighthawk’s Most Outrageous

The “Toxic Death” Paint Scheme Was The F-117 Nighthawk’s Most Outrageous

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 2, 2020
Now the Head Of the USAF Is Jumping On the F-22 Production Re-Start Bandwagon

Now the Head Of the USAF Is Jumping On the F-22 Production Re-Start Bandwagon

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 2, 2020
The 10 Best Military Arcade Games of the 80s

The 10 Best Military Arcade Games of the 80s

By Chris Cantle
Updated on Jul 2, 2020
The Alarming Case of the USAF’s Mysteriously Missing Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles

The Alarming Case of the USAF’s Mysteriously Missing Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 2, 2020
How a Small-Town Girl Ended Up in the Cockpit of an A-10 Warthog

How a Small-Town Girl Ended Up in the Cockpit of an A-10 Warthog

By Frank Crebas, Rich Cooper and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 2, 2020
F-15EX Fighters To Get General Electric Engines Under Urgent Purchase By Air Force

F-15EX Fighters To Get General Electric Engines Under Urgent Purchase By Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 2, 2020
The Air Force Almost Got A Near Hypersonic Radar Plane Killing Cruise Missile Decades Ago

The Air Force Almost Got A Near Hypersonic Radar Plane Killing Cruise Missile Decades Ago

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 1, 2020
F-16 Viper Fighter Jet Has Crashed At Shaw Air Force Base In South Carolina (Updated)

F-16 Viper Fighter Jet Has Crashed At Shaw Air Force Base In South Carolina (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 1, 2020
Airlifters Packed With Paratroopers Just Practiced A Sudden Long-Range Invasion Of Guam

Airlifters Packed With Paratroopers Just Practiced A Sudden Long-Range Invasion Of Guam

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 1, 2020
Air Force Hits Major Snags With Fighter And Missile Defense Airborne Laser Initiatives

Air Force Hits Major Snags With Fighter And Missile Defense Airborne Laser Initiatives

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jul 1, 2020
Here Are The Air Force’s Reports On Aircrew Encounters With Unidentified Flying Craft

Here Are The Air Force’s Reports On Aircrew Encounters With Unidentified Flying Craft

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 26, 2020
Glitzy Air Force Video Lays Out “Skyborg” Artificial Intelligence Combat Drone Program

Glitzy Air Force Video Lays Out “Skyborg” Artificial Intelligence Combat Drone Program

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 25, 2020
F-22 Raptors Could Become Aggressors Under Air Force’s Radical New Training Plan

F-22 Raptors Could Become Aggressors Under Air Force’s Radical New Training Plan

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 24, 2020
The USAF Is Finally Ditching The Last Of Its Cold War Revolvers For New Semi-Auto Pistols

The USAF Is Finally Ditching The Last Of Its Cold War Revolvers For New Semi-Auto Pistols

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 23, 2020
Private Pilot Flew Over America’s Premier Spy Plane Base And Snapped These Images

Private Pilot Flew Over America’s Premier Spy Plane Base And Snapped These Images

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jun 23, 2020
Instructor Fighter Pilot Screams “Kill Him! Kill Him!” At Student In Hilarious Dogfight Video

Instructor Fighter Pilot Screams “Kill Him! Kill Him!” At Student In Hilarious Dogfight Video

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 23, 2020
No, The F-117 Never Had Air-To-Air Capability, But One Did Get A Radar

No, The F-117 Never Had Air-To-Air Capability, But One Did Get A Radar

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jun 19, 2020
Russia Sent Three Types Of Fighters To Intercept B-52s Flying Rare Mission Into Sea Of Okhotsk (Updated)

Russia Sent Three Types Of Fighters To Intercept B-52s Flying Rare Mission Into Sea Of Okhotsk (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 19, 2020
This Is Our Best Look Yet At The Shadowy Hellfire Missile With Pop-Out Sword Blades

This Is Our Best Look Yet At The Shadowy Hellfire Missile With Pop-Out Sword Blades

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 17, 2020
Air Force Says These Are Its Options For Hiring Private Aerial Refueling Companies

Air Force Says These Are Its Options For Hiring Private Aerial Refueling Companies

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 16, 2020
Wreckage Of The F-15C Eagle That Crashed Off The United Kingdom Has Been Found (Updated)

Wreckage Of The F-15C Eagle That Crashed Off The United Kingdom Has Been Found (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 16, 2020
The Mysterious Case Of The Air Force’s New Strangely Modified 737 With A Puzzling Past

The Mysterious Case Of The Air Force’s New Strangely Modified 737 With A Puzzling Past

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 15, 2020
Senate Looks To Block Many Of The Pentagon’s “Tough Choices” Airpower Cuts In Next Budget

Senate Looks To Block Many Of The Pentagon’s “Tough Choices” Airpower Cuts In Next Budget

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 11, 2020
Air Force Reveals B-1Bs Were Practicing Decapitating Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Last Week

Air Force Reveals B-1Bs Were Practicing Decapitating Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Last Week

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 9, 2020
Air Force Is Looking Beyond Traditional Orbits To Get An Upper Hand In Space

Air Force Is Looking Beyond Traditional Orbits To Get An Upper Hand In Space

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 9, 2020