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The New Mach 2.5 F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Has a Message for the Air Force

The F-15EX Eagle II arrived with baggage: critics say it’s not stealthy and therefore not future-proof. -Yet the jet solves real Air Force problems right now. -It hauls an unmatched weapons load, ...
Anduril's jet-powered drone flew for the first time on Friday, the company and the U.S. Air Force said, marking a significant step for the defense tech company's drone ambitions.
US air force secretary Troy Meink heralded the start of competitive flight-testing as a key breakthrough in the effort to field a new class of uncrewed tactical jets known as Collaborative Combat ...
Neel Kearby became a hardcore “believer” in the P-47 and devoted himself to developing a doctrine for making the most of the ...
Key Points and Summary – An unclassified Air Force plan says the service needs 1,558 combat-coded fighters by 2035—about a 22 ...
The Air Force warns that having a smaller fleet may increase the risk it won't be able to carry out all its missions.
According to the Heritage Foundation's Index of U.S. Military Strength in 2024, at the close of FY 2023, the Air Force’s ...
An unclassified U.S. Air Force report, mandated by the 2025 NDAA, included figures of the required combat fleet, calling for an increase of nearly 300 ...
India's Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) is flight-testing its new Swayam Raksha Kavach (SRK) airborne ...
Russia has developed longer-range bombs that offer the Russian Air Force inexpensive, survivable tools for long-range strikes ...
The company hosted an industry day event in Warsaw in an effort to include local companies in a prospective aircraft sale.
The jet, built by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, took off from US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Flown by Nils ...