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US Air Force wish list asks for spare parts, but no more fighters

The U.S. Air Force’s $3.5 billion budgetary wish list for fiscal 2025 includes more funds for spare parts to get grounded planes back in...

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DoD Releases Videos Of Chinese Fighters Performing ‘Unprofessional’ Intercepts Of US Spyplanes

The Department of Defense has made public a series of images and videos that would  show “unprofessional” and “reckless” maneuvers performed by the Chinese...

Russian Pilot Deliberately Shot At RAF RC-135 Last Year

Intercepted communications show that one of the Russian pilots shot two missiles at RAF RC-135 after he thought he was ordered to fire, while...

U.S. Air Force Uses Commercial Aerial Refueling For The First Time

Years after the Navy, the Air Force decided to supplement its tanker fleet with commercial aerial refueling services. The U.S. Air Force employed for the...

How North Korea’s Fighter Fleet Re-emerged From Obscurity

AdvertisementOn July 10, the North Korean Defense Ministry alleged that U.S. military drones and reconnaissance aircraft had conducted close-up surveillance of North Korea for...

Air Force revives air-to-air battle competition, with a Pacific twist

The Air Force is reviving its storied “William Tell” aerial shooting competition with an eye on the Pacific, as the service renews its focus...

US, Japanese, Philippine coast guard ships stage drills

ABOARD BRP CABRA, Philippines — U.S., Japanese and Philippine coast guard ships staged law enforcement drills in waters near the disputed South China Sea...

China’s defense minister defends country’s response to ‘provocation’

SINGAPORE — China’s newly appointed defense minister said Sunday Chinese fighter jets and naval vessels were responding to provocations close to China’s airspace and...

Japan, US Pledge to Take All Possible Measures Against North Korea’s Missiles

AdvertisementThe defense chiefs of Japan and the United States have confirmed that the two nations will take all possible measures against North Korea’s missiles.Japanese...

Pentagon Leaks: RQ-170 Flights, Ukrainian War Briefings And Other Interesting Details

As the arrested guardsman awaits trial, let’s talk about what happened, the info he leaked and how the Department of Defense is reacting to...

Pentagon Leaks: Russian Su-27 Nearly Shot Down British Rivet Joint Last Year

Leaked Pentagon documents provide a different account of the incident over the Black Sea. As we reported in detail last year, in a statement updating...

U.S. RC-135 Intelligence Gathering Jet Flying Unprecedented Mission Inside Finland’s Airspace

Operating from the Finnish airspace, the U.S. ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) aircraft can spy on the Russian forces near the border with Finland. Flying as...

Another Air Force fleet grounded over fears plane tails may fall off

The big search for a tiny component that could cause an airplane’s tail to fall off has uncovered the problem on at least two...

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