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U-2 spy plane completes first flight with updated avionics package
Lockheed Martin, through its Skunk Works division, performed the first flight of a U-2S DragonFly aircraft equipped with…
US Air Force accepts first Boeing T-7 Red Hawk supersonic trainer
Boeing delivered the first T-7A Red Hawk supersonic trainer jet to the US Air Force (USAF) on September…
B-21 Raider stealth bomber has first side angle image released
The US Air Force (USAF) released two more new images of the B-21 Raider, a 6th generation stealth…
US Air Force to invest in ‘Blended Wing Body’ transport aircraft
The US Air Force (USAF) has given a decisive push to make the BWB (Blended Wing Body) concept…
F-117 stealth jets take part in US military exercise despite being officially retired
Retired, but maybe not so much. Three F-117 Nighthawk stealth jets are participating in the Northern Lightning 2023…
Northrop Grumman has already powered up the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber
The next US Air Force (USAF) stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider had its engines turned on for the…
T-7A Red Hawk trainer jet completes first flight with US Air Force
Boeing and the United States Air Force (USAF) reached a major milestone on June 28, the first successful…
Boeing achieves military flight certification for T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer
The T-7A Red Hawk supersonic advanced trainer jet has achieved the Military Flight Release (MFR), a certification granted…
First B-52 arrives at Boeing for radar modernization
The first US Air Force (USAF) B-52 Stratofortress bomber has arrived at Boeing facilities in San Antonio, Texas,…
US secret “super fighter” has competition launched
The US Air Force (USAF) has revealed that it has sent a classified solicitation to the nation’s aircraft…
B-2 Spirit stealth bomber will fly again after six-month “pause”
The “safety pause” for B-2 Spirit strategic bombers is about to end. The stealth aircraft in the shape…
Severely damaged F-22 Raptor fighter returns to flight after five years
The United States Air Force (USAF) managed to recover a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fighter that had been…
Replacement of T-38 Talon, T-7A Red Hawk trainer jet suffers new delay
Boeing should only deliver the first supersonic T-7A Red Hawk training jet between the end of 2025 and…
US Air Force’s first A-10C Thunderbolt II retired
After several delays, the US Air Force (USAF) flew the first Farchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II to Davis…
US Air Force will redesignate upgraded bombers as B-52J
The US Air Force (USAF) will redesignate the Boeing Stratorfortress bombers as the B-52J following the upgrade that…
ARRW hypersonic missile fails, US Air Force abandons Lockheed Martin program
As Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles soar through the skies over battlefields in the Ukraine war, the United States…
US Air Force aims to retire 310 aircraft by March 2024
The US Air Force (USAF) intends to decommission 310 aircraft between April of this year and March of…
First flight of B-21 Raider bomber delayed, but still expected for 2023
The maiden flight of the US Air Force’s new stealth bomber has been delayed again. According to service…
US releases video showing Russian Su-27 fighter jet hitting MQ-9 drone
The US Air Force (USAF) on Thursday released a video taken by the MQ-9 Reaper drone that was…
Russian fighter jet collides with US MQ-9 drone over Black Sea
The United States European Command (USEUCOM) revealed that two Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets intercepted a US Air…