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A new video apparently taken on November 28, 2018 shows an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter engaging five separate ground targets at once, including one that was allegedly traveling at over 40 miles per hour. While details associated with the footage are sparse, the aircraft is clearly an F-35, and based on the live ordnance being […]
In terms of military technology, the United States stands head and shoulders above the rest of the world in a number of categories, and stealth aircraft is certainly one of them. America’s stealth-expertise dates back decades, when classified programs that produced radar-defeating bombers like the F-117 Nighthawk and the B-2 Spirit were still in their […]
A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle configured as a quick reaction aircraft remains ready to execute Baltic Air Policing operations at Siauliai Air Base, Lithuania, Sept. 4, 2017. The Eagle is a combat proven, tactical fighter that can penetrate rival defenses and outperform and outfight any current opposing aircraft, giving NATO the strategic access critical […]
RAF Lakenheath, Great Britain, May 1969. Pretending to be an officer, United States Air Force (USAF) Sergeant Paul Meyer calls his squadron operations center and requests a C-130E transporter to be outfitted for immediate departure. Although he is drunk, he aims to fly the plane back to Virginia to meet his wife. He steals an […]
Back in December, the U.S. Air Force announced plans to form a new F-35A demonstration team, and now footage of the team practice has made its way onto the internet. If anyone was wondering what this new demonstration team would bring to the table, it seems clear now — with some acrobatic stunts the public […]
A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle aircraft assigned to the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron responds to an alert scramble notification at Siauliai Air Base, Lithuania, Sept. 4, 2017. The Eagle is a combat proven, tactical fighter that can penetrate rival defenses and outperform and outfight any current opposing aircraft, giving NATO the strategic access critical […]
When Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor first took to the skies in 1997, it represented such a fundamental shift in military aviation that it was clear the U.S. was dealing with an entirely new generation of fighter. Slower than its air superiority predecessors, but boasting the sort of advanced technology that no nation on the planet […]
U.S. Sailors move an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Stingers of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 113 onto an aircraft elevator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Pacific Ocean Oct. 11, 2017. The Theodore Roosevelt departed San Diego for a scheduled deployment, Oct. 6, 2017 to the U.S. 7th […]
Back in 2017, the United States’ ongoing efforts to dissuade North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un from continued pursuit of nuclear arms and advanced ballistic missile platforms expanded to include a massive show of force in the Pacific Ocean. Three Nimitz class aircraft carriers and their accompanying strike groups met off the coast of […]
We’re all familiar with F-16s. We’re all familiar with drones. But we’re not all quite so familiar with F-16s flying like drones. Little do most people realize, the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin actually started flying robo-F-16s in complex training exercises back in 2017. Attempts at “dronifying” the F-16 were validated by two weeks […]
Lightning strikes near the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) as it transits the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 16, 2017. The Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation […]
Editor’s note: This piece was written by NEWSREP Editor-in-Chief and Special Operations veteran, Jack Murphy. Murphy served as a Sniper and Team Leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion and as a Senior Weapons Sergeant on a Military Free Fall team in 5th Special Forces Group. While going through some old photographs the other day I came […]
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