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DID AMERICA’S NEXT STEALTH FIGHTER JUST GET REVEALED ON INSTAGRAM?

One of the world’s leading stealth aircraft manufacturers released an enigmatic render on Instagram last week, prompting many to wonder if we just got our first glimpse at a competing design for America’s new Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter. On July 1, Lockheed Martin posted a series of images to its official Instagram account in celebration of […]

Why America’s new NGAD fighter could be a bargain, even at $300 million each

America’s next stealth fighter in active development is going to be very pricey, with some estimates now reaching as high as $300 million per airframe. But while that figure is sure to give plenty of folks a serious case of sticker shock, the truth is, even at that high a price, this fighter may still […]

Offsetting China’s stealth fighter advantage: An in-depth analysis

America’s F-22 Raptor is still widely considered the most capable and dominant air superiority fighter in the world, but as China’s J-20 production continues to ramp up, the F-22’s dominance now faces a significant threat. This threat isn’t necessarily in stealth or even aerobatic performance, but potentially in an even more important combat capability metric: volume. […]

With an eye to Russia, US sends 100 aircraft for NATO’s biggest air exercise ever

On Monday, more than 250 aircraft and 10,000 personnel from 25 countries kicked off NATO’s largest air exercise in the alliance’s history. The Air Defender exercise, which is hosted and headed by Germany, simulates NATO’s response following an attack on one of its members by a third country. “Air Defender sends a clear message that […]

America’s massive military advantage nobody talks about: 500+ Refueling Aircraft

There’s no debate that the United States has the largest Air Force in the world, but when people discuss America’s various military advantages, one of the most important ones often goes unnoticed: the country’s massive fleets of refueling aircraft. In fact, the United States operates so many refueling aircraft that it not only has far more than […]

HOW A FALSE STORY ABOUT THE AIR FORCE’S ‘ROGUE’ AI TOOK THE WORLD BY STORM

A few weeks ago, a story about a drone controlled by artificial intelligence going rogue during a simulation and killing its human operator spread across the internet like wildfire. But while that initial story saw a great deal of coverage, the correction that followed has gone largely ignored. And for good reason. For those who have long […]

Which will be the company that will build America’s next stealth fighter?

At least two firms have already been actively working with the Air Force on the design for America’s next stealth fighter, according to recent statements made by the branch’s secretary, Frank Kendall. With the recent revelation that the Air Force intends to soon choose a winning design for its new air superiority fighter, being developed within the […]

The B-52 Bomber is getting more advanced radar than Russia’s Su-35 fighter

Last week, the first B-52 Stratofortress arrived at the Boeing facility in San Antonio, Texas to begin the installation of a powerful new Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) onboard radar system, giving the venerable bomber a significant boost in targeting capabilities. The B-52’s new radar array, known as the APG-79, is very similar to the radar found […]

This is what it takes to join military aviation’s most exclusive club

On December 15, 2022, an F-35B Lightning’s vertical landing on a runway in Fort Worth, Texas took a disastrous turn when an aggressive bounce pitched the fighter jet forward onto its nose. The 5th-generation fighter became a protractor, its front landing gear shredding as it carved a circle around the nose point grinding into the […]

Was the Air Force’s hypersonic ARRW missile killed by a rush to save face?

After yet another testing failure announced last week, the Air Force no longer intends to push its first hypersonic missile, the AGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), into production. This marks a significant setback in America’s efforts to close the perceived capability gap between itself and Russia and China. The ARRW missile had seen seven […]

Navy taps Lockheed, Raytheon to develop new hypersonic HALO missile

The Navy is making moves to develop a new air-launched hypersonic anti-ship missile under the name Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface, or HALO, missile. This effort, sometimes also referred to as Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare (OASuW) Increment 2, is one of more than 70 hypersonic weapon programs currently drawing funds from Pentagon coffers. In February, Lockheed Martin also secured a contract […]

No, the Nazis did not invent stealth aircraft. Here’s the real story

Despite what you may have seen on the internet, the Nazis did not invent stealth aircraft. But let’s talk about why this myth has become so prevalent in recent years. A big part of it comes from the lackluster reporting of many mainstream news and history outlets eager to capitalize on clickbaity titles about Nazi superweapons over the years. […]

Putin’s Pilot Crisis: Russia is running out of well-trained aviators

On March 14, two Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jets were attempting to harass an unmanned American MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea, when one of them seemingly accidentally crashed right into the drone’s rear propeller. In the days that followed, memes and internet jokes about just how poorly trained Russian fighter pilots are flooded social media, […]

Why does the Navy’s new stealth fight have the ‘F/A’ prefix like a Super Hornet?

America’s Navy is kicking development of its next-generation stealth fighter into high gear with its 2024 budget proposal. But in this era of broadly capable multi-role fighters, the Navy’s new jet is curiously still rocking the unique Fighter/Attack, or F/A, prefix adorning the F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets that have served on America’s flat tops for decades. The […]

SILENT EAGLE: BOEING’S PLAN TO MAKE THE F-15 A ‘STEALTH’ FIGHTER

Back in 2009, Boeing’s Silent Eagle aimed to make the world’s most prolific air superiority fighter into something more by injecting stealth into the F-15’s legendary DNA. The result may have been the most broadly capable F-15 the world had ever seen, delivered just in time to compete with what would become a foreign sales powerhouse, the […]

RUSSIA DOESN’T SEEM SURE THE SU-75 CHECKMATE WILL BE STEALTH

Earlier this year, Russia unveiled their forthcoming “stealth fighter,” the single-engine Su-75 Checkmate, with bold claims about its expected performance and capabilities. Now, as the fighter is being displayed on foreign soil for the first time at this week’s Dubai Air Show, formal statements from its manufacturer have called its stealth credentials into question. As we discussed […]

Believe it or not, the A-10 can hold its own in a dogfight

Everybody knows the A-10 can bring the pain to ground targets like few aircraft in history, but the aircraft’s tight turn radius and powerful gun can actually make it a force to be reckoned with in a dogfight too. The A-10 Thunderbolt II, more commonly known as the Warthog, is a legendary air support platform […]