A Four-Ship formation of F-16 Fighting Falcons fly over Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., 21 July, 2017, as part of a commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of the 55th Fighter View More ›
Watch: Video demonstrates the fine line between space tool and space weapon
With a more quickly growing number of nations and private ventures reaching orbit than ever before, one issue of significant concern for all parties involved is space junk. Orbital debris View More ›
Early reports indicate the F-35 may have dominated the dog-fighting in this year’s first Red Flag exercises
Red Flag training exercises are held a number of times a year and pit some of the U.S. Air Force’s best pilots and equipment against one another in simulated combat View More ›
The Pic of the Day: Thunderbolt and Lightning
An A-10C Thunderbolt II and P-38 Lightning fly in a Heritage Flight formation during the Planes of Fame Air Show practice over Chino, Calif., May 4, 2018. The A-10 Demonstration View More ›
Watch: New footage shows the agility of America’s Apache helicopters
Hardly a week goes by without some sort of exciting footage hitting the web of a fighter jet swooping in on a low pass or executing a flat spin which View More ›
China claims they’re able to track America’s F-22 Raptor on radar: Could it be true?
According to reports on Chinese state-owned media, a group of intercept fighters were scrambled from China’s East China Sea fleet to patrol a portion of China’s Air Defense Identification Zone View More ›
How do you fight China? Stealth aircraft and submarines would dominate the first days of a Sino-American war
The role of military strategists in America’s defense apparatus isn’t to establish policy that leads to war, nor is it to inform the politics that surround one. Strategists are tasked View More ›
The Pic of the Day: F-16s refuel en route to New Zealand
Capt. Jacob Impellizzeri, 14th Fighter Squadron F-16 pilot (left), and Maj. Richard Smeeding, 13th Fighter Squadron F-16 pilot (right), fly in formation behind a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Pacific Ocean View More ›
Iron SEAL: How long will it be before we see Navy SEALs flying around in Iron Man suits?
Given the spectacular special effects on display in Marvel’s “Iron Man” movies and the Defense Department’s clever allusions to the popular hero throughout the development of programs like their TALOS View More ›
What kind of new tech will it take to move from ‘5th’ to ‘6th’ generation fighters?
The generational monikers bestowed on fighter jets aren’t quite as definitive as the people arguing in the comments below most articles tend to think. The corporations that design and build View More ›