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By Tyler Rogoway Nov 4, 2020

The Blue Angels Just Said Goodbye To The F/A-18 Legacy Hornet With A Final Sunset Flight

The team captured the goodbye in gorgeous images and video. Now they will complete their transition to the Super Hornet.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 4, 2020

Navy's Next Attack Submarine Will Be Wider And Based On The New Columbia Class Missile Boats

The SSN(X) design will be wider than the present Virginia class, offering improved capabilities and increased stealthiness underwater.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 4, 2020

Iran Now Has Mobile Ballistic Missile Launching "Magazines" For Its Underground Bases

New footage shows ready-to-launch ballistic missiles on a railway-type system within a cavernous subterranean complex.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 4, 2020

MIT Lincoln Lab's Storied 707 Military Testbed Jet Is Now At The Boneyard

For almost 30 years, the aircraft supported a wide variety of radar, communications, and other flight test programs in cooperation with the Air Force.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 4, 2020

World’s Most Powerful Combat Aircraft Jet Engine Is Back In Production For Russia’s New Bombers

A Tu-160 has flown with a new version of the NK-32 engine, which is critical to the bomber’s production restart.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 3, 2020

Navy Prepares For Integration Of MQ-25 Tanker Drones With E-2 Hawkeye Squadrons

The MQ-25s will be attached to E-2 squadrons during deployments and Hawkeye crews will cross-train to also fly the Stingrays.
By Tyler Rogoway Nov 3, 2020

Boeing Just Sold The Superyacht You Didn't Even Know They Owned

The 151-foot Daedalus was used by the embattled planemaker to entertain customers, executives, and other VIPs.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 3, 2020

The Nanchang J-12 Is The Lightweight Chinese Fighter You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

China’s first truly indigenous jet fighter was first flown almost 50 years ago.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 3, 2020

New Details About Controversial Army Helicopter Flights In DC Emerge Ahead Of Tense Election

Revelations about the potentially dangerous low-level flights this summer come amid new concerns about post-election disturbances.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 2, 2020

Japan Considers Building Two Super-Sized Destroyers As An Alternative To Aegis Ashore

The two new warships are planned to combine a development of the Maya class hull with the AN/SPY-7 Long Range Discrimination Radar.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 2, 2020

How Israel Got This MiG-21 That Sean Connery Posed Next To Was Like A Real-Life Bond Movie

The Israeli Air Force eventually got its hands on a prized MiG-21 fighter, which was then secretly tested in the United States.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 2, 2020

Deadly Taliban Attack On Governor's Volleyball-Playing Bodyguards Points To Armed Drone Use

The use of this low-cost and potentially high-reward tactic is growing around the world and its appearance in Afghanistan is hardly surprising.
By Tyler Rogoway Nov 2, 2020

Was The Secret RQ-180 Stealth Drone Really Photographed Over The Mojave Desert?

A very interesting image may provide our first glimpse of the shadowy RQ-180 or of a ghost from the past.
By Jamie Hunter Oct 31, 2020

Pilots Provide Fascinating Commentary On Video Of America's Secret Red Eagles MiG Squadron

The presentation provides firsthand insights into the Red Eagles' activities during the twilight of the Cold War.
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 31, 2020

SEAL Team Six Executes Long Distance Rescue Operation Of Kidnapped American In Nigeria (Updated)

Armed gunmen had abducted Philip Walton from his home in neighboring Niger earlier in the week and there were fears he could be sold to terrorists.
By Tyler Rogoway Oct 31, 2020

Bunker Talk: Spooky Election—And Halloween—Edition

We can talk about Cold War mysteries, integrated air defense systems, foreign policy, urban combat vehicle disguises—you know, no big whoop!
By Tyler Rogoway Oct 30, 2020

F-117s Photographed Flying Out Of Nellis AFB For The First Time In Over A Decade

The small flying force of F-117s continues to come out of its secretive bubble and is now operating out of Nellis AFB in Las Vegas.
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 30, 2020

American Kidnapped In Niger, A Major Hub For Counter-Terrorism Ops in Northwest Africa

No group has claimed responsibility for the abduction, which occurred in a village close to the border with Nigeria.
By Thomas Newdick Oct 30, 2020

It's Official: A Foreign Company Will Help Mitsubishi Build Japan’s Next Fighter

Aerospace firms in the United States and the United Kingdom are likely to compete for work in co-developing Japan’s next-generation combat aircraft.
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 30, 2020

Space Force Has A Unit Dedicated To Orbital Warfare That Now Operates The X-37B Spaceplane

Space Delta 9 is charged with not only keeping watch for potential threats in space, but being ready to defeat them, if necessary.
By Jamie Hunter Oct 30, 2020

New Aggressor Squadron At Nellis Air Force Base Will Have Both F-16s And F-35s

65th Aggressor Squadron will be re-established in 2021 and it will feature newer F-16s to complement its F-35s.
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 29, 2020

Navy Boss Talks 'Joint Strike Frigate' Concept After Calls To Build Four Frigates A Year

The Navy's new frigate could be among the most realistic ways of getting anywhere close to realizing the service's huge fleet ambitions.
By Thomas Newdick Oct 29, 2020

Taiwan Disguises Armored Vehicles As Cranes And Scrapheaps During Urban Warfare Maneuvers

The Combat Readiness Week wargames saw some unconventional approaches to hiding fighting vehicles in dense urban terrain.
By Tyler Rogoway Oct 29, 2020

Here's What The Army's Long-Awaited Super Air Defense Network Can Actually Do

We go in-depth with Northrop Grumman's Kenn Todorov on what the Integrated Battle Command System is capable of now and what it could do in the future.
By Thomas Newdick Oct 29, 2020

Trump Administration Wants To Sell UAE A Fleet Of 50 F-35s

The plan to transfer the stealth fighters to a second Middle East operator could still face plenty of obstacles.
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