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Aircraft

News, explainers, and analysis about military aircraft.

Latest in Aircraft

Fighter Aircraft

Here’s why the US military needs a seaplane

Posted on Aug 21, 2026

US destroyed a lost Reaper drone after hard landing in Middle East

Posted on Aug 20, 2026

US bases ‘ill-equipped’ to stop drone attacks, NORAD deputy says

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 16, 2026

Army grounds Apache helicopter training flights after deadly Fort Hood crash

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 14, 2026

Army Apache helicopter crash in Texas kills 2 crew members aboard

By Jeff Schogol, Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 12, 2026

Marines can now hit targets 20 kilometers away with new FPV drones

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 9, 2026

Army expected to add counter-drone laser weapons to base defenses

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 4, 2026

B-52 modernization effort sees delays, rising costs, watchdog finds

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 1, 2026

Marine Corps F-35B crashes on runway of California base, pilot safe

By Jeff Schogol, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 31, 2026

Marines to get new anti-drone round for M4 and M27 rifles

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 31, 2026

Marine Corps takes delivery of final MV-22B Osprey

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 28, 2026

Fighter Aircraft

How ‘Wild Weasel’ missions became essential in the fight with Iran

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 28, 2026

Fighter Aircraft

Blue Angels commander calls beach flyover ‘unsafe’

Posted on Jul 17, 2026

The Pentagon says drones are not a ‘silver bullet’ in its new handbook on fighting them

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 13, 2026

Marines open units on East and West Coast to focus on drone warfare

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 9, 2026

Navy identifies sailor lost in helicopter crash as squadron commander

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 7, 2026