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At the 2019 Defense News Conference on September 4, acting United States Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan announced a number of “controversial changes” would be taking place within his military branch’s “future budgets.” “We need to shift funding and allegiance from legacy programs we can no longer afford …

In recent years Russia has gained extensive combat experience using small and tactical drones, particularly in Syria, on reconnaissance, target acquisition, and battle damage assessment. With a growing emphasis on reconnaissance and aerial operations, Russia has increased the role of UAS in the conflict in Crimea and Ukraine and the …

According to The Drive, U.S. Air Force is seeking responses for its requirement to acquire full-size Super Realistic mock-ups of the Russian S-300PMU air defense system – NATO codename SA-20 Gargoyle. The U.S. Air Force wants to buy two life-size mock transporter-erector-launchers, or TELs, that mimic the physical look, as …

The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was designed as a one-seat fighter plane able to take off and land on carriers in 1938. Unfortunately for Vought and the U.S. Navy, a nimble enough Corsair would only be shipped years later, in 1944. Until an improved model was made available, the fighter …

The U.S. Air Force’s new Next-Generation Stealth Bomber, the B-21 Raider, will likely have air-to-air defense capabilities, just like modern fighter jets. In Air Force Magazine, Pacific Air Forces Director of Air and Cyber Operations Maj. Gen Scott L. Pleus confirmed that next-generation bomber will have new capabilities for self-defense …

Edwards Air Force base Instagram page has shared Insane Video Of A Hypersonic Sled Track test Something you probably have never seen before is an object rocketing along a set of tracks at 6,599 miles per hour, or right around Mach 8.6. No, I did not screw those metrics up, …

The Russian Ministry of Defense has released an interesting video of Russian Il-76MD Performing Tactical Landing On Dirt Strip Escorted By Mi-24s. An Il-76MD cargo aircraft landed on an unpaved runway located near Sol-Iletsk, Orenburg Region, during a technical support exercise (MTO) of the Russian Federation Armed Forces in the …

You Might have seen that two Passenger plane crashed into each other on ground but i bet you have never seen two Fighter jets crashed into each other on ground on May 26, 1997 the shocking accident took place when Su-27UB ’68 Blue’ jumped chocks during engine starting due to …

A new generation of car requires a new generation of publicity stunt, and this one requires an aircraft carrier. The zero-emissions model from Stuttgart made the journey to the USS Hornet to show off its acceleration and braking capabilities in a rather unconventional way. The video shot at the massive …

Three U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers are in the United Kingdom to conduct various training exercises in the region and one of them recently made a very significant first-ever visit to Iceland. Now, in another notable first, a pair of the flying-wing bombers have taken to the skies …