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By Thomas Newdick Nov 27, 2020

First AH-64E Apaches Arrive In UK, Will Serve As New Carriers’ Other Strike Capability

Part of Britain’s new-look attack helicopter force, the AH-64E gunships will also be able to team with drones.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 27, 2020

Everything We Know So Far About The Assassination Of 'The Father Of Iran's Nuclear Bomb'

Assassins killed Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was involved in Iranian nuclear weapons work stretching back decades, in a city near Tehran.
By Tyler Rogoway Nov 26, 2020

Bunker Talk: Happy Turkey Day Edition!

Let's talk turkey.
By Tyler Rogoway Nov 25, 2020

How The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A Reality

One of Lockheed Martin's top directed energy minds explains how breakthroughs in communications and industrial tech made laser weapons possible. 
By Thomas Newdick Nov 25, 2020

This Soviet Twin-Rotor Helicopter Design Was A High-Speed Rival To The Mi-24 Hind

The futuristic-looking Kamov V-50 was planned to fly a range of missions at 250 miles per hour.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 25, 2020

Taiwan Is Finally Set To Build The New Diesel-Electric Submarines It Desperately Needs

Eight new domestically-built submarines will revamp the country’s antique underwater fleet as the Chinese threat grows.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 25, 2020

Oil Tanker In Red Sea Struck In Mine Attack With Similarities To Past Iranian Strikes

The ship was damaged above the waterline, which might indicate the use of a limpet mine, which Iran and its proxies have used in past tanker attacks.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 24, 2020

This Is Our First Look At A B-1 Bomber Carrying A Stealthy Cruise Missile Externally

The Air Force hopes its B-1s will eventually be able to carry up to a dozen of the missiles, and potentially hypersonic weapons, on external pylons.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 24, 2020

Russian-Supplied, Mercenary-Flown Su-24 Combat Jets Appear In Libyan National Army Video

The swing-wing Fencer attack jets are now wearing what appear to be Libyan national markings.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 24, 2020

U.S. Navy Denies Russian Warship Forced Its Destroyer Out Of Disputed Pacific Waters

Russia says that one of its destroyers threatened to ram the American warship to drive it out of an area in the Sea of Japan.
By Tyler Rogoway Nov 23, 2020

Here's Who Bought Paul Allen's Pristine MiG-29 Fulcrum Fighter

What happens when you sell your controlling stake in a private air force? You buy yourself a 4th generation fighter of your own!
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 23, 2020

All The Crazy Proposed Variants Of The B-70 Valkyrie Super Bomber

The different adaptations of the B-70 included recon planes, tankers, transports, and even motherships to launch hypersonic vehicles and spacecraft.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 23, 2020

Yemen's Houthi Rebels Say They Struck Saudi Oil Facility With New Type Of Cruise Missile

The Houthi strike on Jeddah on the Red Sea came amid reports of a secret meeting between Saudi and Israeli officials elsewhere in the country.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 23, 2020

The Amazing Tale Of Bravo November, The British Chinook Helicopter That Refused To Die

Different crews flying this battle-hardened Royal Air Force Chinook have won four Distinguished Flying Crosses between them.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 23, 2020

Watch An F-35 Drop A B61 Nuclear Bomb In This First-Ever Declassified Video

The supersonic drop test puts the F-35A a step closer to being able to employ the new nukes, which are literally worth more than their weight in gold.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 23, 2020

This Is Our First Look At The Navy's New CMV-22B Osprey Flying From An Aircraft Carrier

The aircraft's choice as a replacement for the venerable C-2 Greyhound has been controversial, but its development has been amazingly fast.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 23, 2020

The Navy Has Started Naming Its Submarines After Sea Creatures Again

After decades of naming attack submarines after cities and states, the Navy has announced it will name three boats after denizens of the deep.
By Tyler Rogoway Nov 23, 2020

The A-10 Warthog Demo Team Executed A Huge Flare Dump To End Its Air Show Season

With the Warthog demo team ending a very challenging season and its pilot wrapping up his tenure with the unit, some fireworks were in order!
By Thomas Newdick Nov 21, 2020

F-15E Strike Eagle’s New Electronic Warfare Suite Put To The Test In Major Exercise

The Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System will ensure the Strike Eagle can survive in a highly contested battlespace. 
By Tyler Rogoway Nov 21, 2020

Check Out These Stunning Images Of All Four Air Force Tactical Demo Team Jets In Formation

With a crazy air show season coming to an end, the solo demo teams joined up on a C-130 for a rare and spectacular photo session.
By Tyler Rogoway Nov 21, 2020

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

We can talk about long-range special ops raids, aggressor jet paint schemes, foreign policy, augmented reality dogfights—you know, no big whoop!
By Jamie Hunter Nov 20, 2020

America's Elite Flying Unit That Made The Recent Long-Range Hostage Rescue In Africa Possible

The Nigerian rescue mission shows how CV-22B Ospreys and MC-130J Commando IIs based in the UK are truly America's "9-1-1" force. 
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 20, 2020

Check Out These Navy Special Operators Deploying An Underwater Scout Drone

Naval special warfare personnel used a stealthy boat to help launch the unmanned underwater vehicle during a recent exercise in Sweden.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 20, 2020

So Long, Samurai: Japan Bids Farewell To Its Final Frontline Phantoms

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force will retire its last frontline F-4 Phantom fighter jets as more F-35s wait in the wings.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 19, 2020

New Report On U.S. Military Aircraft Reliability Is Downright Miserable

The report provides a damning depiction of the mission-capable rates and operating costs of the Pentagon's aircraft fleet.
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