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By Joseph Trevithick Feb 27, 2021

Here's Everything We Know About Skunk Works' Secretive 'Speed Racer' Program

The design is primarily intended to validate new digital engineering tools and techniques, but that could be just the beginning.
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 27, 2021

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

From strange encounters thousands of feet over New Mexico to massive flags flown on a particular destroyer, it's been an interesting week!
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 26, 2021

A-10 Warthog Emerges Painted In Green And Tan Camouflage

The A-10 Warthog Demonstration Team has a new paint scheme that matches the kind that was flown on Air Force tactical jets during the Vietnam War.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 26, 2021

Did Russia Try To Refute Criticisms Of Its Missiles By Showing One Blowing Up A Syrian Hospital?

After claims that Russia's Iskander-E ballistic missiles failed to work as advertised, Russia set out to correct the record. It didn't go well.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 26, 2021

F/A-18 Legacy Hornets Have Left The Navy’s Carrier Decks For The Last Time

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornets returned home after the type’s final carrier deployment aboard USS Nimitz.
By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway Feb 26, 2021

Doomsday Plane Crews Made This Darkly Humorous Music Video Aptly Set To "Burning Down The House"

The Talking Heads' hit is set to clips of E-6B operations and houses being engulfed by nuclear firestorms.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 25, 2021

Biden Strikes Back: What We Know About The Bombing Raid On Iran's Militias (Updated)

The strike is the first major military operation ordered by President Biden and it sets up a new paradigm between his administration and Tehran.
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 25, 2021

Navy Destroyer Pulled Into San Diego Flying An Absolutely Gargantuan American Flag (Updated)

USS Michael Murphy strutted into San Diego Bay in style flying the biggest American Flag we have ever seen on a U.S. Navy surface combatant. 
By Thomas Newdick Feb 25, 2021

Mirage F1 Aggressor Jet Crash Lands At Tyndall Air Force Base (Updated)

Details are still emerging about an incident involving a contracted “red air” adversary jet at the sprawling Florida base.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 25, 2021

CH-53K King Stallion Beats CH-47 Chinook To Become Israel's Next Heavy Lift Helicopter

The Israel Defense Forces are now the first customer outside of the United States to purchase CH-53K helicopters.
By Thomas Newdick and Joseph Trevithick Feb 25, 2021

Top Air Force General In The Pacific Wants E-7 Wedgetails To Replace E-3 Radar Planes

The E-3 Sentries are becoming harder to operate and maintain amid growing demand for the capabilities they offer in the Indo-Pacific region.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 24, 2021

Check Out The Mystery Drone Model On The Desk Of This General Atomics Executive

This model, and another we could identify, provide a tantalizing glimpse into the company’s work on high-tech combat drones.
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 24, 2021

FAA Releases Statement On Airliner's Encounter With Unidentified Object Over New Mexico

The American Airlines Airbus A320 was buzzed by a mysterious "cylindrical object" at high speed as it traveled from Cincinnati to Phoenix. 
By James Deboer Feb 24, 2021

How The World's First Privately Owned Fleet Of F-16 Aggressor Jets Became A Reality

Top Aces has ambitions to disrupt the growing adversary air contractor market with 29 F-16s and a lot of experienced pilots in their cockpits. 
By Thomas Newdick Feb 24, 2021

Iran’s Latest Indigenous Drone Is A Predator Lookalike

The appearance of the new drone follows longstanding Iranian claims of having captured one of the U.S.-made Predators.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 24, 2021

Stinger SAM-Armed Marines Riding In Rubber Rafts Were Featured In Recent Pacific Exercise

The combination offers an immediate lower-end air defense option during distributed expeditionary operations on islands or along coastlines.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 23, 2021

Navy Tests Autonomous Aerial Supply Drone From Its Newest Supercarrier

The Navy hopes that small resupply drones could revolutionize its at-sea logistics chains for carriers and other warships.
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 23, 2021

American Airlines Confirms Encounter With Unidentified Cylindrical Object Over New Mexico

The radio transmission regarding a rogue cylindrical-shaped object traveling at high-speed near the Airbus A320 is authentic.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 23, 2021

Photo Emerges Of Shadowy Intelligence Gathering "Ghost Plane" In Somalia

The modified Beechcraft King Air has a unique configuration and doesn't officially exist or belong to any real operator.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 23, 2021

The First F-15EX Fighter Jet Has Now Flown In Its Air Force Colors

The aircraft is slated to be one of the first two F-15EXs to be handed over to the Air Force for test work in the coming months.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 23, 2021

Laser Defense Pod For The Air Force's Fighter Jets Is Finally Taking Shape

The much-delayed SHiELD program is finally coming together, with official plans to deliver the finished demonstrator pod later this year.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 22, 2021

Russia Provides A Glimpse Of Its Orion Drone Executing Combat Trials In Syria

The Orion drone, now said to be in production for Russia, is seen releasing both apparent guided munitions and dumb bombs. 
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 22, 2021

American Avenger Air Defense Systems Reportedly Spotted On A Highway Linking Iraq And Syria

The reported appearance of the Avengers in western Iraq comes not long after a top American general warned about the threat posed by small drones.
By Thomas Newdick Feb 22, 2021

It’s Official: KC-46 Tankers And More F-35s For Israel, But No Advanced F-15s For Now

Assisted by U.S. financing, the Israeli Air Force will boost its stealth fleet and overhaul its tanker and rotary-lift capabilities.   
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 21, 2021

Airliner Encountered Unidentified Fast-Moving Cylindrical Object Over New Mexico

The event, and the pilot's reaction to it, are remarkably similar to one that occurred in the same general area a few years ago.
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