Air Force Chief of Staff breaks down why the branch wants new F-15s: ‘I need an asset’

Air Force Chief of Staff breaks down why the branch wants new F-15s: ‘I need an asset’

Ever since the story broke that the U.S. Air Force was considering the purchase of new F-15 airframes, dubbed the F-15X, pundits and analysts alike have debated why the branch would be willing to devote billions of dollars to procure a fourth-generation aircraft in the era of stealth-capable fifth-generation platforms. Put simply, the question has […]

Watch a Ukrainian fighter pilot make the craziest low-altitude pass you may ever see

The thing about fighter jets is that just about every developed nation in the world has some, and while the capabilities of these aircraft vary greatly from platform to platform, it’s hard to withhold the awe you experience seeing any one of these purpose-built aviation marvels do their thing. And for the most part, those […]

Watch: F-117 executes low pass over Death Valley in new footage from this week

Watch: F-117 executes low pass over Death Valley in new footage from this week

Earlier this week, we showed you pictures a number of people uploaded onto social media of an F-117 Nighthawk (colloquially know to some as the “Stealth Fighter,” despite it being a horribly inaccurate nickname) flying some unusual maneuvers over Nevada, not far from the Nellis Test Range and the infamous Area 51. The same day, […]

Russia issues strange warning specifically to General David L. Goldfein and F-35s on Twitter

Russia issues strange warning specifically to General David L. Goldfein and F-35s on Twitter

On Monday, Russia issued an unusually cryptic threat, specifically to U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein on Twitter. The message cited the F-35, America’s most advanced stealth fighter, and included footage of Soviet-era surface-to-air missiles shooting down aircraft. ‘If a Russia… ever was to see an F-35 inside its airspace’, we would […]

Air Force Chief of Staff breaks down why the branch wants new F-15s: ‘I need an asset’

Air Force Chief of Staff breaks down why the branch wants new F-15s: ‘I need an asset’

Ever since the story broke that the U.S. Air Force was considering the purchase of new F-15 airframes, dubbed the F-15X, pundits and analysts alike have debated why the branch would be willing to devote billions of dollars to procure a fourth-generation aircraft in the era of stealth-capable fifth-generation platforms. Put simply, the question has […]

Boeing unveils ‘Loyal Wingman’ drone and it may be the future of air combat

Boeing unveils ‘Loyal Wingman’ drone and it may be the future of air combat

On Wednesday, Boeing unveiled its Airpower Teaming System, also referred to as “Loyal Wingman,” at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon. The announcement included a display mock-up of the aircraft that is currently in development, as well as some pertinent details about what the Loyal Wingman program offers not only Australia, but allied nations on […]

Flying retirement? F-117 Nighthawk spotted in the skies near ‘Area 51’

Flying retirement? F-117 Nighthawk spotted in the skies near ‘Area 51’

A number of photos surfaced on social media late Tuesday that appear to show an F-117 Nighthawk conducting low-flying maneuvers in Nevada, not far from the Nellis Test Range and the air strips in the dry lake bed that was once Groom Lake, more commonly known as “Area 51.” The pictures, which were first uploaded […]

Republicans and Democrats came to fight, but Cohen hearing yields no clear winners

Republicans and Democrats came to fight, but Cohen hearing yields no clear winners

President Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Wednesday, in what proved to be an unusual combination of politics and theater. While President Trump may have been the hearing’s intended target, Cohen himself proved to be the focal point. For those who question my motives for […]

Russia issues strange warning specifically to General David L. Goldfein and F-35s on Twitter

Russia issues strange warning specifically to General David L. Goldfein and F-35s on Twitter

On Monday, Russia issued an unusually cryptic threat, specifically to U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein on Twitter. The message cited the F-35, America’s most advanced stealth fighter, and included footage of Soviet-era surface-to-air missiles shooting down aircraft. ‘If a Russia… ever was to see an F-35 inside its airspace’, we would […]

Outdated intel? Russia includes closed US military bases in their hypersonic nuke target list

Outdated intel? Russia includes closed US military bases in their hypersonic nuke target list

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a nuclear warning to the United States, saying Russia’s nuclear arsenal would target the U.S. if America decided to deploy any nuclear weapons to the European continent following its formal withdrawal from the INF treaty. Putin’s remarks were reminiscent of a national address the Russian president delivered two […]

Project Dilithium: The Army’s plan to bring nuclear reactors into combat zones

Project Dilithium: The Army’s plan to bring nuclear reactors into combat zones

Laser weapons, advanced radar arrays, electronic warfare systems and a constantly-evolving web of data feeds pouring into field command operation centers may be changing the ways we fight wars, but the methodology we use to power all the tech hasn’t changed much since the early days of digitizing warfare. Diesel generators, often dependent on convoy-heavy […]