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By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway May 18, 2019

F-15C Eagle's New Infrared Search And Track Pod Spotted At Huge Exercise In Alaska

The Air Force plans to begin widespread fielding of the pods, which will give the F-15Cs an important boost in capability, next year.
By Tyler Rogoway May 18, 2019

Bunker Talk: Let's Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn't Report On This Week

We can talk about tensions in the Persian Gulf, reanimated B-52s, geopolitics, huge bunker busters—you know, no big whoop.
By Tyler Rogoway May 18, 2019

Air Force F-16 Aggressor Jet Emerges In Highly Anticipated "Ghost" Paint Scheme

The elaborate paint job originates from an innovative Facebook contest ran by the commander of Nellis Air Force Base. 
By Joseph Trevithick May 17, 2019

The Air Force's New HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter Has Taken Flight For The First Time

These helicopters are set to start replacing the service's aging HH-60G Pave Hawks, which are becoming increasingly hard to maintain, next year.
By Joseph Trevithick May 17, 2019

Company Teases New F-16 Flight Sim After Developer Ends Up In Jail Over Buying USAF Manuals

The charges stem from an online purchase in 2011 that ultimately led to a U.S. government sting operation.
By Tyler Rogoway May 17, 2019

New Video Of B-2 Bomber Dropping Mother Of All Bunker Busters Sends Ominous Message

The high definition video shows a B-2 stealth bomber dropping a pair of GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators.
By Tyler Rogoway May 16, 2019

An F-16 Has Crashed Near March Air Reserve Base In Southern California (Updated)

The base is home to a forward alert site for fighter aircraft tasked with providing air defense over and around Southern California. 
By Joseph Trevithick May 16, 2019

Russia Now Claims It Will Buy 76 Su-57 Advanced Fighter Jets By 2028

The cost estimates raise immediate red flags and, whatever the final price tag, the first of these production jets will remain underpowered.
By Tyler Rogoway May 16, 2019

Watch This Ultra Rare Cockpit Video Of An F-22 Raptor Blasting Through The Skies

The USAF is suddenly loosening its restrictions on video shot from inside the cockpits of its stealth combat aircraft. 
By Joseph Trevithick May 15, 2019

Behold An MC-130J Spec Ops Transport With Its Badly Needed Terrain Following Radar Installed

Nearly all of the Air Force's MC-130Js do not have an adequate terrain-following/terrain avoidance capability to perform their low-level missions.
By Tyler Rogoway May 15, 2019

We Talk Everything S-97 Raider And SB>1 Defiant With Sikorsky's Top Program Officials

Sikorsky is betting huge on its X2 technology, but there's still much to understand about it and how they see it as the future of vertical lift. 
By Joseph Trevithick May 15, 2019

Allies Brush Off U.S. Warnings About Iran As Legislators Spar Over Threat Intel (Updated)

Close allies appear to be very skeptical of U.S. intel on pending Iranian aggression while public evidence remains totally elusive.
By Joseph Trevithick May 14, 2019

A B-52H Nicknamed "Wise Guy" Becomes The Second To Ever Come Back From The Bone Yard

The Air Force needed a replacement for another one of the bombers that crashed in Guam nearly three years ago.
By Tyler Rogoway May 14, 2019

An Oral Account Of The Birth Of A Sky Penis

A word-by-word aircrew account of how the sky dong sensation came to be high over Washington State is now available and it is an absolute must-read.
By Tyler Rogoway May 14, 2019

Air Force Tests Tiny Personnel Footprint For Operating Fighters In Austere Combat Zones

The concept gives airmen multiple responsibilities beyond their core specializations including defending their outpost from enemy attack.
By Joseph Trevithick May 14, 2019

Half Of Russia's Su-57 Fleet Escorted Putin To Military Test Facility Ahead Of Pompeo Meeting (Updated)

The Russian leader very publicly inspected some of the country's most advanced aircraft and air defense systems.
By Joseph Trevithick May 14, 2019

Shot Down? The USAF Now Wants To Air-Drop An Air Taxi To Fly You Out To Safety

The Air Force is looking at commercial work on urban air mobility concepts as starting places for an air-droppable autonomous rescue platform.
By Joseph Trevithick May 14, 2019

U.S. Government Claims Iran Is Behind Attacks On Oil Tankers, But Has Yet To Show Evidence

The news of comes amid a report that the Pentagon revised a contingency plan that includes sending 120,000 troops to respond to Iranian aggression.
By Tyler Rogoway May 13, 2019

F-35A Pictured On "Deterrence Mission" Over Middle East With Peculiar Single Missile Loadout

It's just another tiny piece of an increasingly puzzling set of circumstances regarding the sudden need for the U.S. to deter Iranian aggression.
By Joseph Trevithick May 13, 2019

Video Showing Damaged Norwegian Tanker Emerges After Reported Gulf "Sabotage" Attacks (Updated)

No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks so far amid growing speculation of Iranian involvement.
By Tyler Rogoway May 13, 2019

Oil Tankers Supposedly Attacked In Persian Gulf As U.S. Carrier Group Approaches (Updated)

No blame has been placed on a particular party and details remain very scarce, but the tension is definitely rising near the Strait of Hormuz. 
By Tyler Rogoway May 12, 2019

Will Someone Please Buy This Biggest And Baddest Of Gee Bee Air Racers?!

This incredible recreation of the largest and last of the Granville Brothers' Gee Bee racers can be had for a fraction of the cost of a P-51 Mustang.
By Tyler Rogoway May 11, 2019

Bunker Talk: Let's Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn't Report On This Week

We can talk about F-35 aggressors, Tomcat tales, geopolitics, ninja bombs—you know, no big whoop.
By Joseph Trevithick May 10, 2019

USAF Fighter Pilots Are Now Flying With These Converted M4 Rifles In Their Survival Kits

The rifles break in half and have other special features so they can fit inside the survival kit underneath a pilot's ejection seats.
By Joseph Trevithick May 10, 2019

Fully Armed F-15Cs Have Arrived In The Middle East Amid Accusations Of Iranian Threats (Updated)

The fighter jets join other F-15s, as well as B-52s and F-35s, already in the Middle East and the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group will soon arrive, too.