Bombers

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News

US sending destroyers, B-52 bombers to the Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

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B-2 bombers strike Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen

By Nicholas Slayton

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The ejection seats in a B-1B saved a crew of four this week. They haven’t always worked.

By Patty Nieberg

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Air Force shows off its Rapid Dragon cruise missile system on China’s doorstep

By Max Hauptman

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The Air Force wants to load up the B-1B Lancer with more bombs than ever before

By Jared Keller

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Here’s why raunchy military call signs keep showing up on flight trackers

By Jeff Schogol

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Former POW recalls captivity in Vietnam on New Year’s Eve 1972, months before his release

By Jeff Schogol

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The US is officially sending Patriot missiles to Ukraine

By Jeff Schogol

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B-2 Spirit makes emergency landing, catches fire, following malfunction

By Nicholas Slayton

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Tech & Tactics

Here’s your first look at the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber

By David Roza

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Tech & Tactics

Why the Air Force sometimes uses explosives to get B-52 bomber engines running

By David Roza

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News

Watch an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress go toe-to-toe with a flock of birds

By David Roza

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History

That time the Air Force designed a tiny fighter jet to launch from strategic bombers

By Max Hauptman

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Opinion

Here’s how the US military can win a war against China

By David Geaney

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News

The Air Force is shuttering a pair of critical programs that trained foreign air forces in Afghanistan and beyond

By Ethan Brown

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History

The story behind the ‘pickle’ button that US military pilots use to drop bombs

By Jeff Schogol

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