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F-35s Reportedly Delivered to USAF Without Radars-Not Useless, But With Degraded Combat Power and Survivability

The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) has declined to confirm or deny reports that the U.S. military is taking delivery of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters without installed radars, even as a growing body of publicly available information strongly suggests that...
YFQ-42 Fighter Drone

USMC Selects General Atomics’ YFQ-42 Fighter Drone for MUX TACAIR CCA Evaluation, Marking Major Step in Marine Manned-Unmanned Teaming Push

The U.S. Marine Corps has selected General Atomics’ YFQ-42 uncrewed fighter for evaluation under its Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, a move that signals a significant expansion of the service’s...
Eurofighter Typhoon

How Can Fighter Jets Evade Radar in Age of Look-Down Sensors, AESA Radars, and Networked Air Defenses?

For much of aviation history, the main way for military aircraft to avoid radar detection was brutally simple: stay out of the radar’s line of sight. In the early days of air defense, that usually meant flying low—hugging the terrain...

Valkyrie to Lancer: How B-1 Lancer Was Reborn; Bridge Between Cold War Bombers and Stealth Aircraft

The Rockwell B-1 Lancer occupies a strange and revealing place in the history of American airpower. Few combat aircraft better reflect the intellectual turbulence of Cold War strategy, where advances in radar, missiles, and nuclear doctrine repeatedly upended assumptions that...
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II: How Many F-4 Phantom IIs Were Built and Why No Other US Supersonic Fighter Has Ever Matched Its Scale

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II occupies a singular place in American and global aviation history. It was not only the most mass-produced supersonic fighter jet ever flown by the United States, but also one of the most influential combat...
B-2 Spirit stealth bomber

B-2 Spirit Bomber: How US Air Force Crews Manage Sleep, Fatigue, and Human Limits on Global Strike Missions

Few aircraft in military history demand as much from their crews as the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Designed to strike anywhere on the planet without forward basing, the flying wing has redefined the concept of global reach. But behind the...
F-47

US Begins Market Research for Massive F-47 Facility Build-Up at Nellis, Pointing to Nevada Base

The U.S. Department of Defense has taken a significant early step toward operationalizing the Boeing F-47 next-generation fighter by launching a market research effort for major infrastructure development at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. A notice issued on February 2,...
B-2 Spirit

B-2 Spirit Bomber: How the World’s Most Expensive Bomber Still Defeats Modern Air Defenses and Remains Virtually Untouchable

More than three decades after it first entered service, the B-2 Spirit remains the most formidable stealth strike aircraft ever fielded. While its successor, the B-21 Raider, is nearing operational debut with the US Air Force, the Spirit is far...
MH-139A Grey Wolf Helicopters

Boeing Secures New US Air Force Contract for Four Additional MH-139A Grey Wolf Helicopters as Fleet Modernization Accelerates

Boeing has secured another contract from the United States Air Force (USAF) to deliver four additional MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters, reinforcing the service’s push to modernize its rotary-wing fleet and replace legacy aircraft that have been in service for decades....
Fighter jets , Polish Air Force will integrate MS-110 Multispectral Reconnaissance Systems

Raytheon Secures $197 Million Deal to Deliver Next-Generation MS-110 Recon Pods for Polish Air Force

The US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has awarded defense major Raytheon a contract worth $197 million to supply advanced MS-110 multispectral airborne reconnaissance systems to the Polish Air Force, marking a significant step in Warsaw’s intelligence, surveillance and...
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