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Iran calls shootdown of Ukrainian airliner a ‘disastrous mistake’

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Iran admits it shot down Ukrainian airliner

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US officials reportedly believe Iran shot down Ukrainian airliner by mistake

By David Roza

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China reportedly wants to slap laser cannons on its fighter jets

By Jared Keller

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Tech & Tactics

Behold the largest F-35 elephant walk we’ve ever seen

By Jared Keller

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Tech & Tactics

Inside the drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani

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Russia’s advanced Su-57 fighter jet suffers its first crash

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Tech & Tactics

The Pentagon is reportedly thinking about closing a $110 million drone base in Niger it just opened

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Culture

A drunk driver crashed into this Cobra attack helicopter

By James Clark

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Blue Angels fly missing man formation in honor of Pensacola shooting victims

By James Clark

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The Air Force’s new UH-1 Huey replacement has a name like something out of a Tom C​lancy novel

By Jared Keller

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Tech & Tactics

Trump: America’s F-35 pilots are ‘better-looking than Tom Cruise’

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Culture

Watch the actors of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ nearly puke in their helmets as they pull 7 to 8 Gs

By James Clark

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Culture

The new trailer for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ puts Tom Cruise back in the danger zone

By Jared Keller

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The US claims Russian air defenses shot down a drone over Libya’s capital

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3 soldiers killed in Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter crash in Minnesota

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The Navy wants lasers to shoot down drones and missiles, but its ships lack the power to fire them

By David Roza

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The Air Force photoshopped Shia LaBeouf’s face onto a B-52 for some reason

By Jared Keller

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History

Two A-10 pilots receive the Distinguished Flying Cross for rescuing troops under heavy fire in Afghanistan

By David Roza

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13 French troops killed in helicopter collision while pursuing militants in Mali

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Air Force identifies 2 airmen killed during T-38 training flight in Oklahoma

By David Roza

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Two airmen killed when training jets crash in Oklahoma

By Jeff Schogol

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Army identifies 2 soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan

By Haley Britzky

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2 US troops killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan

By Jeff Schogol

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Tech & Tactics

The F-35 breaks too easily and takes too long to fix, Pentagon says

By Jared Keller

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Tech & Tactics

SOCOM is working on a mechanical ‘third arm’ that may tout a drone-killing weapon system

By Jared Keller

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Special tactics airman who fell from a C-130 was dedicated to ‘God, our freedoms, peace, and his family’

By Jeff Schogol

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Coast Guard suspends search for special tactics airman who fell from C-130

By Jared Keller

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The Air Force’s upgraded AC-130 gunship is working overtime in Afghanistan

By Jared Keller

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Florida airman missing after falling from C-130 into Gulf of Mexico

By Jared Keller

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Tech & Tactics

The Netherlands accidentally welcomed its first operational F-35 with a foam bath

By Jared Keller

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C-130J Super Hercules damaged by nose gear collapse at Little Rock Air Force Base

By Jeff Schogol

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F-16 crashes during training flight near Holloman Air Force Base

By Jared Keller

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Military Life

Here’s what you need to do to receive a Remote Combat Effects Campaign Medal

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Tech & Tactics

Drone footage shows devastated compound where ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died

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Move over A-10: The Air Force is picking up some brand new light attack aircraft

By Jared Keller

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The A-10 Warthog will now BRRRT! in surround sound

By Jared Keller

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Tech & Tactics

A whistleblower lawsuit accusing Pratt & Whitney of doctoring F-22 engine inspection reports just got a major boost

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When booty calls: A Vermont Air Guard commander allegedly used an F-16 for a romantic getaway

By Jared Keller

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The Marine Corps’s dream of ‘Lightning Carrier’ laden with F-35s is slowly becoming a reality

By Jared Keller

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Tech & Tactics

Meet the Ripsaw M5, the unmanned battlewagon that can launch drones and sneak up on enemies

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Tech & Tactics

This cockpit video of a C-17 zipping by skyscrapers in Australia will make you sh*t your flight suit

By James Clark

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‘Exceptional leader, warrior, officer, and pilot’ identified as soldier killed in JRTC helicopter crash

By Haley Britzky

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Tech & Tactics

Pentagon official in charge of F-35 operating costs and privatized military housing resigns

By Jeff Schogol

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Soldier killed in Black Hawk accident at Fort Polk

By Haley Britzky

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This A-10 with a P-51 Mustang paint job makes us want to BRRRT like it’s 1945

By James Clark

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Here’s what it looks like on the receiving end of an A-10 Warthog’s scary-as-f*ck gun run

By Jared Keller

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Marine F/A-18 Hornet squadron’s top leaders fired for lapses leading up to deadly 2018 crash

By Jeff Schogol

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Tech & Tactics

US official claims ISIS fighters were hiding among Afghan civilians during deadly drone strike

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Marine grunts’ next battle buddy: a robot .50 cal that fires kamikaze drones

By Jared Keller

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Tech & Tactics

Built to win World War III, the F-35 is mostly being used to bomb caves and other stationary targets

By Jeff Schogol

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The Air Force is working on a ‘flying car’ to replace the V-22 Osprey — and it could take flight sooner than you think

By Jared Keller

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Tech & Tactics

These ‘kamikaze’ drones are believed to be the culprits of the attacks on 2 Saudi oil fields. Here’s what we know about them

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Tech & Tactics

US F-15s nearly took out a pair of parachutists over southern England

By Jared Keller

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The Air Force’s entire A-10 Warthog fleet is getting a raft of lethal new upgrades

By Jared Keller

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An A-10 accidentally fired a rocket near Tucson during training mission

By James Clark

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The Air Force’s latest challenge: getting 2 Dodge muscle cars across the Atlantic to help U-2 spy planes land

By Jared Keller

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Tech & Tactics

US military drone shot down over Yemen

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The US military now has to ask the Iraqis for permission before flying some missions in Iraqi airspace

By Jeff Schogol

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Tech & Tactics

A pair of Blue Angels jets got a little too close for comfort during training in Florida

By Jared Keller

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The A-10 Warthog will keep on BRRRTing in the free world for at least another decade

By Jared Keller

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Marine Corps’ first female F-35 pilot makes history

By Jeff Schogol

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History

The son of a fighter pilot killed in the Vietnam War flew his father’s remains home after more than 50 years

By James Clark

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The Air Force is pulling a quarter of its C-130s out of service for wing crack inspections

By Jeff Schogol

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