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Robert O'Brien: Air Force Needs 300-400 B-21 Raiders
In comments given to the National Interest, former Trump National Security Advisor Ambassador Robert C. O'Brien explained that the U.S. Air Force...
10/02/23Read it on The National InterestAir Force Should Buy 250 Blended-Wing Tankers, as 2027 Demo Looms
A new think tank analysis finds a hypothetical blended-wing body tanker could offer twice as much refueling performance as the KC-46A Pegasus...
3d agoRead it on Air & Space Forces MagazineConfessions Of An SR-71 Blackbird Pilot
What it was like to sit at the controls of the Skunk Works' legendary Blackbird while hurtling over hostile territory at Mach 3.3....
4d agoRead it on The WarZoneAir Force Exploring Creative Ways to Produce More Pilots
The Air Force has been battling a chronic pilot shortage for the better part of a decade, and its leaders have said it will take at least that long...
4d agoRead it on National Defense MagazineGA-ASI and Saab Test AEW Payload on MQ-9B
According to GA-ASI, the flight test demonstrated “simultaneous tracking of several airborne and maritime targets at long ranges”...
4d agoRead it on The Aviationist"Super F-22' Propels Rator to Fly With F-47 Into 2060s
Despite new fighters, the F-22's advanced upgrades will keep it dominant in air combat through the 2060s, countering evolving threats....
4d agoRead it on Warrior MavenHow Fighter Jets Can (and Will) ‘Headbutt’ Enemy Planes
When you need to intercept a plane without shooting it down......
6d agoRead it on We Are the MightyAir Force Breaks New Gorund in 'Stealth' With B-21
Unseen technologies power the B-21's stealth, computing, and sensing, promising a revolution in high-altitude bomber capabilities and survivability...
6d agoRead it on Warrior MavenU.S. Air Force F-16 To Get Hypersonic Missile
Castelion received a contract modification from the Air Force Research Laboratory to begin integrating its Blackbeard hypersonic missile onto the...
6d agoRead it on Defence BlogAir Force Launches ARRW, Its First Hypersonic Weapon, into Production
The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $694 million contract to produce its first-ever hypersonic missile...
6d agoRead it on Air & Space Forces MagazinePentagon Opens New Sprint to Field Air Defense Drone Boats
The Pentagon has launched the second phase of a competition to field USVs capable of detecting, identifying, and neutralizing airborne threats....
6d agoRead it on The Defense Post
Beyond Hormuz: What Washington Should Expect from a Frontline Ally
By Daewon Cho • RealClearDefense
Putin, Plague, and the America’s Biodefense Gap
By Ryan Kane • RealClearDefense
Patriot Delays Force a New Air Defense Doctrine on NATO’s Eastern Flank
By Jan K. Varga • RealClearDefense
How the Army Can Turn Plans into Combat Power
By Matt Russell • RealClearDefense
Is It Déjà vu All Over Again: The 2012 Report on Global Zero
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
U.S. Marine Corps Attack Helicopters Set for Major Upgrade
By C. Jones, Defence Blog
How the Iran War Compounded the U.S. Navy’s Maintenance Crisis
By Hartung, NatInt
Fielding Forces for Full Mobilization
By Jon Hoffman, Proceedings
BAE’s New Launcher Lets Warships Deploy and Replenish Missiles at Sea
By NextGenD
Why Is the Navy Spending $19 Billion on ‘Flying Gas Stations’?
By Mark Thompson, RS