B-1B Lancers Return to Ellsworth AFB After Major Runway Overhaul - Clearing Path for B-21 Raider Era

B-1B Lancers Return to Ellsworth AFB After Major Runway Overhaul, Clearing Path for B-21 Raider Era

Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota marked a milestone in its transformation into the Air Force’s first B-21 Raider hub, as B-1B Lancer bombers from the 37th Bomb Squadron returned home on December 3, 2025, after a ten-month relocation...
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

U.S. Navy Recovers F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk Lost in October Mishaps Near USS Nimitz

The U.S. Navy has successfully recovered an F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Seahawk from the seafloor following two separate mishaps that occurred within minutes of each other on October 26, 2025, while both aircraft were operating from the USS...
Boeing QF-16 Aerial Target, U.S. Air Force

Boeing Delivers Final QF-16 Aerial Target, Marking End of a 15-Year Conversion Program

The U.S. Air Force has received its 127th—and currently final—QF-16 full-scale aerial target (FSAT), closing a major chapter in one of the service’s most unusual but essential test and evaluation programs. Boeing Defense marked the milestone with a commemorative video...
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

US Opens Door for Turkey’s Return to F-35 Lightning II Program as S-400 Impasse Nears Breakthrough

NATO’s long-fractured air-power architecture appears to be entering a decisive period of realignment, as new indications suggest Washington and Ankara are inching toward resolving one of the most consequential defence disputes of the past decade. Fresh signals from senior US...
U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper crews from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 (HMLA-267)

U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper Crews Sharpen Crisis-Response Edge During Steel Knight 25 as Caribbean Tensions Rise

On 2 December 2025, AH-1Z Viper crews from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 (HMLA-267) lifted off from Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton for a close air support (CAS) training mission during the annual Steel Knight 25 exercise. Images...
U.S. LUCAS Drone

U.S. LUCAS Drone: A Low-Cost Attack Drone Designed to Flip Iran’s Own Playbook Against It

The United States has formally unveiled and operationally deployed its newest unmanned precision-strike weapon: the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, a reverse-engineered derivative of Iran’s infamous Shahed-136 loitering munition. The deployment marks one of the most dramatic shifts...
Quantum Leap: China Photon Detector- Pushing Quantum Radar

Quantum Leap: China Unveils Breakthrough Photon Detector, Pushing Quantum Radar to Target F-22 and F-35 Stealth Jets

China’s rapid induction of a mass-produced, ultra-low-noise, four-channel single-photon detector marks a transformative moment in the escalating technological contest between next-generation quantum radar systems and the traditional stealth fighters that have defined U.S. and allied airpower dominance for decades. Beijing’s...
USS Gerald R. Ford

USS Gerald R. Ford Arrives in U.S. Virgin Islands as U.S. Recalibrates Caribbean Security Posture Amid Venezuela Tensions

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the U.S. Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier and the lead ship of its class, arrived in St. Thomas on Monday in a deployment that underscores shifting U.S. security priorities close to home. The port...
A newly released photo of 11th Airborne Division paratroopers jumping from a C-17 over Hawaii offers a rare look at how the United States is refining rapid deployment skills for Pacific missions and crisis planning tied to rising tensions with Venezuela.

U.S. C-17 Airdrop Over Hawaii Highlights Expanding Role of Rapid Deployment in Pacific–Caribbean Readiness—and Beyond

A recently released image of a C-17 Globemaster III dropping paratroopers over Hawaii quietly illustrated far more than a routine training serial, as announced by DVIDS on 1 December 2025. The photograph shows U.S. Army soldiers from the 11th Airborne...
GBU-39 is a lightweight air-launched munition converted into a precision-guided bomb using GPS-aided inertial navigation, enabling accurate strikes from long distances with minimal collateral damage.

U.S. Pushes for Urgent Retrieval of Intact GBU-39 Bomb Recovered After Israeli Strike in Beirut

The United States is pressing for the rapid recovery of an unexploded American-made precision bomb that remained intact after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, amid escalating fears that sensitive technology could fall into the hands of Iran-aligned groups or be...
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