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The ‘Maverick Act’ could see an American F-14 Tomcat in the sky once more

By Blake Stilwell

White House Huey helicopter

When the Secret Service shot at an Army helicopter at the White House

By Stephen Ruiz

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4 Ghosts that still haunt the National Museum of the US Air Force

By Blake Stilwell

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The Anduril Fury is the Air Force’s new autonomous wingman

By Adam Gramegna

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Northrop Grumman teases first look at next-gen Navy fighter

By Miguel Ortiz

China’s Atlas System: the future of AI swarm warfare

By Adam Gramegna

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The Army’s latest helicopter has its official name: Cheyenne II

By Miguel Ortiz

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The F-35 made historic air-to-air kills against Iran

By Miguel Ortiz

This plane survived Pearl Harbor and struck back at Midway

By Miguel Ortiz

F-16 fighting falcon air force

4 things that made the F-16 Fighting Falcon years ahead of its time

By Ward Carroll

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How a Montana businessman built a Cobra attack helicopter from spare parts

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The tiny Cold War helicopter the Marines almost took into combat

By Daniel Tobias Flint

A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle, assigned to the 104th Fighter Wing, takes off June 3, 2022, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. The 104FW is trained to provide around-the-clock Aerospace Control Alert, providing armed F-15 fighters ready to scramble in a moment’s notice to protect the northeast United States from any airborne threat. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Hanna Smith)

The time an F-15 set off an earthquake panic

By Miguel Ortiz

The ‘Chopper Popper’ scored the A-10’s first air-to-air kill against an Iraqi helicopter

The ‘Chopper Popper’ scored the A-10’s first air-to-air kill against an Iraqi helicopter

By Blake Stilwell

An artist's rendering of Shield AI's X-BAT drone by Shield AI

This AI-powered fighter jet doesn’t need a pilot… or a runway

By Miguel Ortiz

A-10 Pilot's Coloring Book

The A-10 training guide from the 1970s was a hilarious coloring book

By Blake Stilwell

A prototype XC-142A making a vertical takeoff.

The powerful tilt-wing XC-142A was your granddaddy’s Osprey

By Friedrich Seiltgen

The u-hawk autonomous drone helicopter by lockheed.

Sikorsky’s new autonomous unmanned Black Hawk helicopter is here

By Miguel Ortiz

F-111s at Red Flag

Why Australia buried all of its old F-111 Aardvark tactical aircraft

By Blake Stilwell

black hawk drone mothership

New Army contract will turn Black Hawk helicopters into drone-launching motherships

By Miguel Ortiz