Watch: Video demonstrates the fine line between space tool and space weapon

Watch: Video demonstrates the fine line between space tool and space weapon

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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 comes from a wide variety of sources. It could include discarded rocket components, bits of trash accidentally released by orbiting astronauts, or pieces of broken […]

The Pic of the Day: Thunderbolt and Lightning

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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 Team headlined the Planes of Fame Air Show, which highlighted the history of airpower and vintage aircraft.   U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman […]

China claims they’re able to track America’s F-22 Raptor on radar: Could it be true?

China claims they’re able to track America’s F-22 Raptor on radar: Could it be true?

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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 that was apparently the site of unidentified aircraft reported by radar on February 10. Other fighters were equipped with missiles while China’s carrier-based helicopter brigade […]

How do you fight China? Stealth aircraft and submarines would dominate the first days of a Sino-American war

How do you fight China? Stealth aircraft and submarines would dominate the first days of a Sino-American war

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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 with identifying potential conflicts and developing strategies to mitigate, manage, or win those conflicts if they were to manifest. This is why the media occasionally […]

The Pic of the Day: F-16s refuel en route to New Zealand

The Pic of the Day: F-16s refuel en route to New Zealand

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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 en route to New Zealand for the Warbirds Over Wanaka (WOW) International Airshow 2018, March 28, 2018. U.S. forces are participating in WOW Airshow 2018 […]

The Pic of the Day: Fighters from the USS Abraham Lincoln

The Pic of the Day: Fighters from the USS Abraham Lincoln

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 30, 2018) Aircraft from the Freedom Fighters of Carrier Air Wing 7 fly in formation over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as photos are taken from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Dusty Dogs of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7.   U.S. Navy photo by Mass […]

Why the F-15X could be the F-35’s best friend in a near-peer air war

Why the F-15X could be the F-35’s best friend in a near-peer air war

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Ever since word first broke last summer that the U.S. Air Force was considering (at the Pentagon’s direction) the idea of adding a dozen or so new F-15s to their stable as part of their 2020 budget proposal, outlets have been clamoring to find ways to pit the new F-15X against America’s premier stealth fighter, […]