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F-117 Groom Lake
Military Aviation

Spotter Captures F-117’s Return to Area 51

Aviation spotter Michał Rokita captured two F-117s landing at Groom Lake, where the stealth fighters have relocated as Tonopah Test Range Airport undergoes maintenance. Over the last couple of years,…

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David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
April 27, 2025
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MQ-9 and F-16 Crews Work Together in ACE-Focused Project Iron Agility Exercise

Project Iron Agility is a dynamic exercise which sharpens deployment readiness skills through ACE operations with F-16s, MQ-9 Reapers, and integrated logistics support. The third iteration of the Project Iron…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
April 27, 2025
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F-22 Raptors Flying with B757 Test Bed Suggest New Upgrades and Sensors are Coming Up Fast

The Boeing 757 FTB is the F-22’s highly modified and instrumented aircraft that tests avionics and systems, saving costs and development timelines. Amid reports of the F-22 Raptor being slated…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
April 27, 2025
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U.S. Nuclear Weapons Will Cost Nearly $1 Trillion Over Next Decade

New Congressional Budget Office's projections show that operation and modernization of America’s nuclear weapons will add up to a cost of $946 billion between 2025 and 2034. According to newly…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
April 26, 2025
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Military Aviation

Swedish Gripens Intercept Russian Aircraft for the First Time in NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing

The Swedish Gripens conducted their first Alpha Scramble for the NATO Air Policing mission, intercepting a Russian Il-20 Coot over the Baltic Sea. Two Swedish Air Force’s (Flygvapnet) JAS39 Gripen…

Parth Satam Parth Satam
April 26, 2025
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In Detail: Prime Minister Keir Starmer Visits HMS Prince of Wales

Exclusively pieced together timeline of the visit by the UK Prime Minister and Defence Secretary to HMS Prince of Wales as the nation’s flagship begins its CSG 25 deployment. On…

Kai Greet Kai Greet
April 26, 2025
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