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By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Sep 1, 2021

This Marine's Must-Watch Video Shows What Really Happened During The Kabul Evacuation (Updated)

The video provides an intimate and at times harrowing look into what service members went through as America stumbled out of its longest war.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Mar 15, 2021

Mysterious High-Altitude Flight Corridor Was Opened Up Between Area 51 And The Pacific

The restricted strip of airspace bridged the Nevada Test and Training Range with the Pacific Ocean during a few-hour window last Saturday evening.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Feb 12, 2021

Obscure 23-Year Old Navy SAM Was So Ahead Of Its Time That It's Still In High Demand Today

The SM-2 Block IIIB's dual-mode guidance system is still unique among the missiles the Navy's fleet uses to defend against aerial threats.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Feb 9, 2021

A Trident Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Test Has Occurred Over The Atlantic (Updated)

The missile was seen rising into the evening sky off the Florida coast and likely reentered the atmosphere over the South Atlantic.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Feb 2, 2021

The B-21 Raider Bomber Combined Test Force Has A Ridiculously Sinister Shakespearean Motto

The team tasked with turning the world's most advanced and sinister aircraft into a reliable weapon of war has one ominous but relevant motto.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Jan 19, 2021

The Ultimate Guide To Surveillance Aircraft Available To Help Safeguard The Inauguration

Joe Biden's inauguration will be historic for a number of reasons, likely including the sheer number of surveillance aircraft orbiting above it.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Jan 4, 2021

Let's Talk About This Intriguing Object Seen In The Scoot-And-Hide Hangar At Area 51

A recent photo taken of Groom Lake by a private pilot shows what appears to be a dagger-shaped object in one of the facility's aircraft shelters.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Jan 3, 2021

USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Ordered Back To Middle East Due To Iran Threat (Updated)

An extremely tense situation with Iran prompted the Acting Secretary of Defense to order Nimitz to stay in the Middle East for the foreseeable future.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Dec 11, 2020

Here Is What Each Of The Navy's Ship-Launched Missiles Actually Costs

Arming America's fleet of fighting ships is an extremely expensive endeavor.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Oct 28, 2020

The State Department Is Now Warning Of Impending Drone Attacks And How To Survive Them

These kinds of ominous drone alerts belonged only in dystopian fiction just a short time ago.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Oct 14, 2020

A Guy In A Jetpack Was Spotted Again By Airliners Descending Into LAX. We Have The Audio.

For the second time in less than two months, pilots heading into Los Angeles have reported seeing what has been described as someone in a jetpack.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Sep 28, 2020

Here's The FAA Report, Full ATC Audio From The 'Guy In A Jetpack' Incident Near LAX

We now have official information on the bizarre encounter between airliners landing at LAX and what was described as a guy in a jetpack.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Sep 14, 2020

Mysterious Drone Incursions Have Occurred Over U.S. THAAD Anti-Ballistic Missile Battery In Guam

It's yet another reminder of just how vulnerable highly strategic assets, even air defense systems, are to low-end drones.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Aug 13, 2020

Is The Stargazer Air-Launch Mothership About To Test A Secretive Air Force Payload?

Typically used to launch rockets to put small satellites in orbit, Stargazer may be working on a classified hypersonic or space launch program.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Jul 29, 2020

The Night A Mysterious Drone Swarm Descended On Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant

The mysterious case of mass drone incursions over America's most powerful nuclear power plant that only resulted in more questions and no changes.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Jun 16, 2020

Canada Cleared To Upgrade Its Aging CF-18 Hornets With New Radars, AIM-9X Sidewinders

The Royal Canadian Air Force is looking at a Hornet Extension Program amid an ongoing saga over buying new fighter jets that it needed years ago.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick May 12, 2020

Here Are The Navy Pilot Reports From Encounters With Mysterious Aircraft Off The East Coast

The reports are the first official documentation of various recent incidents with unidentified aircraft in restricted airspace along the east coast.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Apr 4, 2020

Video Emerges Of Venezuelan Navy Ship Firing On And Colliding With Cruise Ship Before Sinking

The hardened ice-breaking bow of the cruise ship made quick work of the Venezuelan naval vessel.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Mar 1, 2020

General Atomics Wants To Give Aerial Tankers Their Own Missile-Laden Loyal Wingmen Drones

The "Defender" concept is a potentially promising way to address the increasing vulnerability of Air Force tankers and other lumbering support planes.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Feb 15, 2020

B-52 Bomber Spotted Flying Low Just Off Somali Coast (Updated)

B-52s have a reconnaissance capability and their presence can act as a deterrent, as well as a training opportunity for U.S. and local forces.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Jan 18, 2020

The Pentagon May Finally Get The Fighter-Sized Stealth Aerial Target Drone It Badly Needs

Well over a decade in the making, we finally got our first look at the 5th Generation Aerial Target, or 5GAT, that is slated to fly soon.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Jan 4, 2020

Trump Threatens Attacks On A Symbolic 52 Iranian Targets If Tehran Strikes Back (Updated)

The President's message was very strongly worded and was intended to deter Iran, but it will be near impossible to walk back if Iran retaliates.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Dec 23, 2019

Top Gun 2's Aerial Coordinator Describes The Cameraships That Captured The Flying Magic

Planes, helicopters, and drones grabbed the aerial footage for the film, including of "high-energy" dogfights, that so many of us are waiting to see.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Dec 10, 2019

Behold The First Image Of A Navy CMV-22 Osprey That Will Replace The C-2 Greyhound

The delivery of the first CMV-22B to the Navy for testing should occur soon, with the type slated to start its operational career in 2021.

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Oct 27, 2019

Everything We Know And Don't Know About The Raid That Killed ISIS Leader Al Baghdadi (Updated)

We know a surprisingly large amount about the deep raid into Syria to take out the depraved terrorist kingpin, but many questions still remain.