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Shedding Some Light On The Pentagon’s Most Shadowy Aviation Units
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
The Pentagon Thought it Could Retire the U-2 in 1969
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
This ’80s Promo Video Will Make You Want A F-20 Tigershark So Freaking Bad
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Here’s the USMC’s Plan for ‘Lightning Carriers’ Brimming With F-35Bs
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
The U.S. Navy Tried to Turn Whale Songs Into Secret Code
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
The State Department’s Armored Vehicle Program Is a Mess
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
This Small, Obscure U.S. Navy Unit Hunts Terrorists and Smugglers
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Watch These Old World War II Bombers Launch Target Drones
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
F-22 Now Has AIM-9X But Still No Helmet Mounted Display To Use With It
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army Turned Hueys Into “Mad Bombers”
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Letters Of Last Resort Are Post-Apocalyptic Orders for UK Vanguard Sub Crews
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Japan Goes Back To The Future With Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Submarines
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
The Pentagon Has Slowly Fallen In Love With H&K’s Take On The AR-15
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Have Submarine-Launched Anti-Aircraft Missiles Finally Come Of Age?
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
This Primer On Midcourse Intercept Ballistic Missile Defense Is Marvelous
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
This Is A Rare Shot Of POTUS Inside A Sensitive Compartmented Info Facility
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
A Helicopter Crash Almost Kept Gene Cernan From Going To The Moon
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
The Air Force Desperately Needs A Stealth Tanker
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Why the B-2 Stealth Bomber Was Used to Strike ISIS Camps in Libya
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Aircraft Carrier “Bow Prongs” and Why They Are Disappearing
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
ISIS Drone Dropping Bomblet On Abrams Tank Is A Sign Of What’s To Come
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Reagan Invited Thatcher To Join The Top Secret F-117 Program
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
John Glenn’s Combat Nickname Was “Old Magnet Ass” For All The Right Reasons
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Behold the Pioneering A-6C Intruder With its Massive Ventral Sensor Pod
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
What Oddities Can You Spot In This Tour Of Russia’s Aging Aircraft Carrier?
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Meet The Biggest And Baddest Ships In the US Army
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
SAAB’s Viggen Could Stick a Landing and Takeoff Again Like No Other Fighter
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
This Bird Strike Reminds Us it Doesn’t Take a Missile to Down a Fighter
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
This Shot Is an Example of Veterans’ Unique Dedication to Dedication
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
The “Toxic Death” Paint Scheme Was The F-117 Nighthawk’s Most Outrageous
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
Now the Head Of the USAF Is Jumping On the F-22 Production Re-Start Bandwagon
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
The Fascinating Anatomy of the Presidential Motorcade
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
The Revolutionary War Gave Birth To The Age Of Naval Mine Warfare
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
F-15 Strike Eagles Over Saudi Arabia: Then And Now
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
All Aboard! The Amazing History Of Presidential Trains
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
Yes, Navy SEALs Actually Have “Jet Boots”
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
Is the European Meteor Air-To-Air Missile Really the Best in the World?
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ Dealt With the Complexities of War in an Uncanny Fashion
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
M80 Stiletto Is The Pentagon’s Stealthy Little Experimental Ship That Could
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
Leaving Nuclear Weapons In Turkey Is Just Poor Strategy
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
The Navy’s New Stealth Destroyer Has Watered Down Capabilities, Questionable Future
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
The 10 Best Military Arcade Games of the 80s
By Chris Cantle / Updated Jul 2, 2020
This Nuclear-Capable 1950s Missile Once Delivered the U.S. Mail
By Chris Cantle / Updated Jul 2, 2020
The Pentagon Envisions a Horrible and Dystopian Metropolis of the Future
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
Pour Out an Iced Tea for Bob Hoover
By Chris Cantle / Updated Jul 2, 2020
Russia’s Carrier Was Designed To Be Heavily Armed Even Without Its Air Wing
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
The Alarming Case of the USAF’s Mysteriously Missing Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
How a Small-Town Girl Ended Up in the Cockpit of an A-10 Warthog
By Frank Crebas / Updated Jul 2, 2020
Look At These Stunning Photos From Axalp, Switzerland’s Mountaintop Military Air Show
By René Vink / Updated Jul 2, 2020
Major Taj “Cabbie” Sareen Is A Hero To Remember On This Memorial Day
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
King Tut’s Mysterious Black Dagger Was Truly out of This World
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
How To Land A Fighter On An Aircraft Carrier On A Stormy Night
By LCDR Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka / Updated Jul 2, 2020
Those Old OV-10 Broncos Sent To Fight ISIS Were Laser Rocket-Slinging Manhunters
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
U.S. Navy Looking To Arm Its Subs With Tiny Torpedoes That Intercept Incoming Torpedoes
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 21, 2020
The Time When A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe “Worse than Chernobyl”
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 19, 2020
The USAF Uses Huge Swords Fit For He-Man And The Thundercats To Honor Officers
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 13, 2020
Vital Logistics Ships Will Be Without Critical U.S. Navy Escorts In A Major Conflict
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
