How a teenager with a Cessna helped topple the Soviet Union
“I was thinking I could use the aircraft to build an imaginary bridge between West and East.”
Virtual reality has a place in the future of military training
Training soldiers through virtual reality may be lot closer than you think.
America’s 70-year-old B-52 bomber now has a radar better than most of Russia’s fighters
This new active electronically scanned array radar will dramatically improve the bomber’s targeting and intelligence-gathering capabilities.
America operates a mixed fleet of fighters, but could Canada do the same?
Should Canada just operate a mixed fleet of Gripens and F-35s to get the best of both worlds?
Does it make sense for Canada to get Gripens instead of F-35s?
In 2017, Canada kicked off the Future Fighter Capability Project with the goal of replacing its aging fleet of CF-18 Hornets.
Airlift could be the Achilles’ heel in the US Air Force plan for surviving a fight with China
The U.S. airlift fleet for moving troops, weapons, and critical supplies around the world is shrinking and growing older.
Air Force wants to transform the MQ-9 Reaper into a drone mothership for its special operators
The Reaper itself would presumably be directed remotely from some forward operating base in theater.
Being taken into secondary airport security interrogation while in a spec ops unit
Secondary is a thing to dread and should be taken seriously or it can be a source of pure hardship for you.
SOCOM selects small American company for its CAR rifle
The Mk 1 rifle is the culmination of numerous small advancements on the AR platform that drive the weapon forward.
Project Pluto: The most insane missile America ever built
Ultimately, Project Pluto and its SLAM missile were canceled before ever leaving the ground.
This elite US special operations unit required an oath of secrecy to join
During the eight years the unit was operational, MACV-SOG commandos received 12 Congressional Medals of Honor.
Why F-35s can never really rust – and why it doesn’t matter if they do
The F-35 takes a very different approach to its RAM coatings than previous stealth jets like the F-22 Raptor or B-2 Spirit.
What happens when military technology outpaces infantry tactics?
When military technology outpaces infantry tactics, you pay for it in blood.
F-35 pilot explains how an F-117 was shot down in 1999
In 1999, an American F-117 stealth aircraft was shot down over Yugoslavia. Here’s how it happened, according to an Air Force F-35 pilot.
B-21 may be the first bomber in history with an AI copilot
This revelation points to a groundbreaking change to combat flight operations.
How B-2 crews relieve themselves during globe-spanning missions
If you had to guess, how much urine would you think has to be unloaded from a B-2 bomber after one of its famous globe-spanning missions?
America’s crazy flying aircraft carriers could have actually worked
A seemingly improbable concept that the U.S. has experimented with several times in the past is creating flying aircraft carriers.
How America almost got hypersonic aircraft decades ago
Throughout a period of the Cold War, the United States seemed well on its way to fielding hypersonic aircraft .
NASA’s had plans to use an F-15 to launch hypersonic Phoenix missiles
In the early 2000s, NASA came up with a plan to use the Air Force’s F-15 Eagle and the Navy’s famed AIM-54 Phoenix missile.
Sidewinder: The game-changing missile the Navy didn’t actually want
Developed at a turning point in air-to-air combat, the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile was the world’s first infrared-guided missile.
F-22 Raptor will become the first American jet to fly alongside drone wingmen
The F-22 Raptor will be the first American fighter to be equipped with the necessary hardware to fly and fight alongside AI-enabled drone wingmen.
How Charles Lindbergh helped American pilots fight the Japanese in WWII
Charles Lindbergh was invited to embed with America’s 475th Fighter Group to help the pilots solve a particular problem.
Ukraine plans to place largest order in history for a jet specifically designed to take on Russia
Last week, Ukraine signed a Letter of Intent with Sweden to procure between 100 and 150 SAAB Gripen E aircraft.
Which service did best in the military recruiting boom? The numbers are in
Ever since November 2024, military recruiting has enjoyed a remarkable tailwind.
Viral video shows Korean company’s lifelike inflatable F-35 decoy
Inflatable decoys have come a long way since the blow-up tanks of World War II.