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25 Years Ago Today: An U.S. F-117 Stealth Jet Is Shot Down Over Serbia

OTD in 1999, “Vega 31” was shot down near Belgrade. Here’s how it went. On Mar. 27, 1999, during the fourth night of Operation Allied...

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U.S. AFSOC Demonstrates Simultaneous Control Of Three MQ-9A RPAs By A Single Crew

The test is part of the Adaptive Airborne Enterprise concept development, which also demonstrated the Reaper’s capability to release an Altius 600 sUAS from...

Gen. Jim Slife sworn in as Air Force vice chief of staff

Gen. Jim Slife stepped into the role of Air Force vice chief of staff at a Dec. 29 ceremony at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in...

Year in review: Top stories from 2023

Russia sends a symbolic message to Turkey, Britain orders new rifles and Hungary clashes with a U.S. senator over weaponry: Here are the top...

US special ops may be buying too many Armed Overwatch planes, says GAO

WASHINGTON — U.S. Special Operations Command should reconsider its plan to buy 75 Armed Overwatch aircraft, a government watchdog said Thursday.The Government Accountability Office...

Watch An AC-130J Ghostrider Firing Its Cannons Through IR Vision

One of the U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft involved in an exercise has been filmed as it fired at training targets through an...

Is the Osprey Safe?

The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is raising renewed concerns – and even protests – over its safety in Okinawa and elsewhere in Japan....

United States Army grounds Osprey V-22 helicopter fleet after fatal Yakushima crash

In the aftermath of the tragic crash off the coast of Yakushima, Japan, where eight members of the Air Force Special Operations Command lost...

All V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Grounded Following Fatal Crash In Japan

The worldwide standdown was ordered after preliminary investigation information indicates a potential materiel failure caused the CV-22 crash in Japan that killed 8 crew...

US grounds all its Ospreys after second fatal crash in 4 months

The US military has grounded its entire fleet of Osprey V-22 tilt-rotor helicopters after a fatal crash off the coast of Japan. Eight Air Force...

Update: US CV-22B Osprey crashes in Japanese waters

05 December 2023 ...

1 Dead, 7 Missing After US Military Osprey Aircraft Crashes off SW Japan

In a tragic accident, a Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) with eight people on board crashed into waters off...

US Air Force may remove 105mm cannon from AC-130 gunship

WASHINGTON — The days of the AC-130J Ghostrider’s hefty 105mm cannon may be numbered.U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command confirmed to Defense News it...

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