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Worried about China’s air force? Here’s everything you need to know
Ukrainian drones are making life hell for Russian troops in Crimea
Air Force to start retiring A-10 Warthogs after a decade of legislative wrangling
B-2 Spirit makes emergency landing, catches fire, following malfunction
Old Air Force A-10 Warthog learns new trick: Covering fire for B-1B bombers
Everything we know about the Army’s new Black Hawk replacement, the Bell V-280 Valor
‘Land, load ’em, go’ — How Army helicopter crews risked their lives to save 10,000 during Afghanistan evacuation
The Army has selected the V-280 Valor to replace its Black Hawk fleet
Here’s your first look at the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber
Watch an F-35 faceplant after a landing gear failure in Japan
The Air Force wants to triple the firepower of its HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters
Air Force F-35 maintainer shares what it’s like keeping ‘a flying computer’ ready to fight
The king is dead: Why would America want to retire the F-22?
Air Force A-10 pilot recognized for saving ground troops’ lives in Afghanistan
All-mom flight of Air Force F-15 fighter pilots takes to the skies
Air Force stages show of force flyover after North Korea’s latest ICBM test
How Air Force maintainers fixed a rescue helicopter that was literally at the end of its rope
Are US military aircraft really as broken as a government watchdog says they are?
Why the Air Force sometimes uses explosives to get B-52 bomber engines running
Watch an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress go toe-to-toe with a flock of birds
How airmen perform the fine art of arming F-16 fighter jets with deadly weapons
Why the C-17 is the US military’s flying hospital of choice
Air Force claims ‘no intent by the pilots’ to draw sky penis near Russian base in Syria
Inside the Army school where helicopter pilots learn the dangerous art of mountain flying
North Korea’s ballistic missile barrage signals a potentially dangerous escalation
Dramatic video shows why Russian helicopters are sitting ducks in Ukraine
Navy jet considered ‘beyond repair’ returns to flight 5 years after mid-air collision
What it’s like to fire Raytheon’s powerful anti-drone laser
The Air Force plans to replace its F-15 force in Japan with more modern fighter jets
Why the Air Force uses a ‘chicken gun’ to launch bird carcasses at its own aircraft
This video of a drone airdropping an armed robot dog is the stuff of dystopian nightmares
That time the Air Force designed a tiny fighter jet to launch from strategic bombers
Why a US F-16 that deployed to Saudi Arabia has a hand of cards painted on its tail
We salute this F-15 fighter jet for rocking the most ‘Murica paint job ever
Russian warplane slams into a residential building in second crash in less than a week
The Air Force’s new combat rescue helicopter is officially ready to come save your ass
The Army is fielding a new ‘proximity’ round to take out incoming drones
Listen to Air Force fighter pilots intercept a ‘renegade’ plane intruding on Biden’s airspace
Watch the Army lose a perfectly good Humvee in the latest airdrop gone wrong
Russia’s kamikaze drone strikes against Ukraine aren’t the sign of strength Putin thinks
An Air Force F-22 Raptor unit just fired off a record number of air-to-air missiles
Air Force crew performs first-ever rescue in brand new search-and-rescue helicopter
Who gets to call themselves a ‘combat veteran’?
What it might be like for Air Force fighter pilots to command a team of drones in battle
How Air Force maintainers achieved a rare perfect inspection on a 49-year-old aircraft
Air Force pilot explains what it takes to be the top A-10 gun in the West
Video of US soldiers training against drone swarm offers glimpse at future of warfare
Lack of training, maintenance likely led to Taliban pilot crashing Black Hawk, military aviator explains
The Air Force’s ‘Hawgsmoke’ A-10 Warthog competition is like the Olympics of close air support
Video shows paratrooper pull their reserve parachute right before impact, narrowly avoiding disaster
The unexpected link between the A-10 Warthog and the hit Kanye West song ‘Jesus Walks’
Inside Norway’s complex plan to save a stranded Air Force Osprey
A-10 pilot explains why the snow speeder is the Warthog of the ‘Star Wars’ galaxy
The Air Force hopes this tiny box will help pilots fly through a chemical weapons attack
The Army grounds its fleet of CH-47 Chinooks, one of its oldest and most versatile aircraft
That time the Air Force delivered a heart transplant on a supersonic bomber
US calls in Apaches, AC-130s, and artillery to take on militants after Syria rocket attacks
How an Air Force Reaper drone helped save lives aboard a burning ship in the Pacific
After 64 days, the Army’s drone that wouldn’t die has died [Updated]
Here’s how the US military can win a war against China
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What the hell is ‘Angry Kitten’ and why is the Air Force putting it in planes?
The Air Force is shuttering a pair of critical programs that trained foreign air forces in Afghanistan and beyond
This Air Force drone just proved it can be a ‘Grunt Angel’ in a war with China
How the MiG-29 went from the ‘bad guy’ plane to the underdog against Russia