USAF Seeks Rapid Acquisition of SiAW-Equivalent Missile
The U.S. Air Force is seeking companies that can offer a weapon with similar or improved capabilities compared to the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW). The U.S. Air Force is now…
B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Spotted During Aerial Refueling Test For The First Time
Photographers captured some incredible images of the B-21 Raider refueling from a KC-135 during a test over the Mojave Desert. A Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider was spotted performing aerial refueling…
The B-29 Goes Atomic: A Look at Operation Silverplate
Departing in the predawn darkness of Aug. 6, 1945, a modified B-29, designated with radio call sign ‘Dimples 82’, was carrying a single bomb. Enola Gay was about to change…
UAE’s AH-64 Apaches Swat Down Iranian Shahed Drones with M230 Chain Gun
The UAE showed that its AH-64 Apaches and F-16s are actively flying in the counter-drone role, tackling Iranian drones before they can reach their targets. The United Arab Emirates (UAE)…
DARPA’s High-Speed VTOL SPRINT Aircraft Receives X-76 X-Plane Designation
DARPA has assigned the designation X-76 to the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project, a Bell proof-of-concept technology demonstrator for a high-speed tiltrotor. DARPA (Defense Advance Research Project Agency)…
B-52H Bombers Join B-1Bs Deployed to RAF Fairford
Three B-52H Stratofortress bombers deployed to RAF Fairford, joining B-1B Lancers deployed in the previous days and bringing to 11 the number of bombers now in Europe. After two flights…
