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Photos show a US Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber flying with Japanese F-35s for the first time
The operation focused on integrating the stealth bomber with US allies and partners over the Indo-P…
Chris Panella
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A US Air Force B-2 stealth bomber helped sink an old warship in the Pacific with new anti-ship QUICKSINK bombs
The B-2 aircraft released an experimental weapon called QUICKSINK to help take out the decommission…
Jake Epstein
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A new experimental US Air Force bomb can sink warships, but the question is if it's the right weapon for a war with China
The US military hails its experimental QUICKSINK weapon as a low-cost way to defeat surface vessels…
Jake Epstein
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New pictures of the US Air Force's newest stealth bomber — the B-21 Raider — just dropped as flight testing continues
Pentagon leadership says the B-21 penetrating strike aircraft will form the "backbone" of America's…
Jake Epstein
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Ukraine says it destroyed glide bombs at a Russian air base that aircraft fly out of to bomb the front lines
Ukraine has used homemade, long-range weapons to strike Russian airfields where fighter-bombers and…
Jake Epstein
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Here's what American air-to-air missiles can do for Ukraine's new F-16s against the Russians
The US reportedly plans to send Ukraine its AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile and AI…
Jake Epstein
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US Air Force special ops forces are turning big cargo planes into bombers with a new weapon
Recent photos show airmen with Special Operations Task Group Central and Air Forces Central on- and…
Lauren Frias
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Ukraine says it used its new long-range 'Palianytsia' rocket drone for the first time as it targets air bases deep inside Russia
A video shared on X by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggests the new rocket drone could …
Nathan Rennolds
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Take a look at the workhorse C-130 cargo plane that the US Air Force is reinventing to fight like a bomber
More than seven decades later, one of the plane's latest models, the MC-130J, is being fitted with …
Elias Chavez
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Russia says it scrambled fighter jets to intercept 2 US B-52H Stratofortress bombers approaching the Russian border
The B-52H Stratofortress is a long-range heavy bomber that can carry both conventional and nuclear …
Rebecca Rommen
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Defeating Russia's massive 6,600-pound glide bomb may mean risking Ukraine's Patriots if it can't take out the fighter-bombers on the ground
The US has restricted Ukraine from using its powerful long-range missiles to strike air bases insid…
Jake Epstein
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Ukraine may have just scored its longest-range drone strike yet in Russian territory a Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber around 1,100 miles away
The Tu-22M3 is a long-range supersonic bomber designed to take out sea- and ground-based targets us…
Cameron Manley
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Fighter pilots can black out in seconds during high-G flying. Here's how flight experts say they train to stay conscious.
Learn how Air Force pilots prepare their bodies and master techniques for handling high G-force lev…
Ella Sherman
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Russia's showing NATO its hand in the air war over Ukraine
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has taught NATO a lot about how Russia fights for control of the skies.
Sinéad Baker,Jake Epstein
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Covering aircraft with tires the way Russia has can confuse weapons looking for the plane, US military official says
Multiple Russian military aircraft were spotted last year with tires placed on top of them, but the…
Jake Epstein
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This new air-to-air missile appears to be the US Navy's answer to the growing reach of China's weapons
China has been developing air-to-air missiles with increasingly greater range. The US Navy seems to…
Chris Panella
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B-52 bomber crew picks up award for pulling their plane out of life-threatening 'catastrophic' failures at 1,200 feet
The Air Force crew's exceptional handling of a B-52 emergency earned them the AFGSC General Curtis …
Ella Sherman
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More than half of the US Air Force's B-2 stealth bombers just staged a mass fly-off
Photos show the mass fly-off of 12 B-2s at Whiteman Air Force Base earlier this week.
Chris Panella
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The death of an F-16 pilot running missile defense shows how dangerous even the lower-risk missions are in Ukraine
Ukraine used its new F-16s in combat for the first time last week to shoot down Russian missiles du…
Jake Epstein
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Ukraine says it took out one of Russia's supersonic strategic bombers for the first time
Ukraine reports shooting down a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber for the first time since the 2022 …