A Numbers Problem: Don’t Believe the Hype – Su-57 Won’t Reach Serial Production – There is an old joke about lawmakers in the United States: “how do you know when…
Month: August 2022
Navy to Arm Carriers With 1,000 Fifth and Sixth-Generation Stealth Fighters
A new plan released by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday calls for a “family” of manned and unmanned sixth-generation aircraft. The U.S. Navy plans to arm its carriers…
Faulty Iranian Drones Are Causing Headaches for Russia
U.S. officials said that the transfer was complicated by technical problems, with the drones reportedly experiencing “numerous failures” during tests conducted by Russian officials. The first shipment of Iranian military…
A Nuclear Upgrade Will Keep the B-2 Bomber Deadly for Decades
A recent upgrade to America’s stealth bomber keeps it in the nuclear game. Although the U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit strategic bomber will eventually be superseded by the upcoming B-21…
F-35 and B-2 Bomber Practice Missions Together
The U.S. Air Force is trying to see whether the F-35 Lightning II and the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber can successfully operate together in simulated contested skies during a multi-aircraft…
USAF Launches AIM 260 BVR Missile From F-22 Raptor
However, one thing that caught a lot of attention was an unidentified missile fired by one of the F-22s. The unidentified missile is most likely the highly classified AIM-260 Combined…
The air force finds new use for its global hawk dronest
The U.S. Air Force has found a new use for its giant RQ-4 Global Hawk drones, which will now be used for hypersonic missile testing. All 20 aircraft of the…
It’s Raining F-35s! Lockheed Martin Bags A Whopping $7.6 Billion Contract For 129 New Stealth Fighter Jets – US DOD
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has announced that Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has been awarded a modification contract of over $7.6 billion from the US Navy to build 129 new…
US Air Force B-52 bombers return to Fairchild
The U.S. Air Force has announced that its B-52 Stratofortress returned to Fairchild Air Force Base after 10+ years. According to a press release from the 92d Air Refueling Wing…
US Marıne Corps CH-53E Super Stallıon Helıcopter Conducts JLTV Sɦore-To-Sɦıp Heavƴ Lıft
Marınes from 31st Marıne Expedıtıonarƴ Unıt logıstıcs combat element, Combat Logıstıcs Battalıon (CLB) 31, worked alongside tɦe avıatıon combat element, Marıne Medıum Tıltrotor Squdron-262 (Reınforced), to successfullƴ execute a sɦore-to-sɦıp…