Israeli Air Force Completes In-Flight Refueling Exercise In Apparent “Show of Force” to Iran
Israel flexes its aviation muscles as tensions with Iran soar, with an exercise simulating “a long-range flight deep in enemy territory” supported by aerial refueling. On Aug. 15, 2024, the…
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers in Australia for Bomber Task Force Mission After Two Years
The latest B-2 BTF deployment to Australia comes following diplomatic decisions between the two countries to increase US military presence there. Two U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers landed…
Taiwan’s Chien Hsiang Loitering Munition Will Debut in Annual Live-Fire Exercise Later in August
The delta-wing, push-propeller kamikaze drone primarily comes in a radar-killing and decoy variant, giving Taiwan new capabilities against Chinese radars. Taiwan’s Chien Hsiang loitering munition (also referred to as “kamikaze…
First Look at the P-8A Poseidon’s New Multi-Mission Pod
The MMP, currently being tested on the P-8, was internally funded by Boeing and is intended to carry sensors that are not organic to the Poseidon. We might have got…
301st Fighter Wing Receives First Pair of F-35A Lightning II Jets
The unit becomes only the second Air Force Reserve F-35 unit, but it is also the first Reserve unit to operate the fifth-generation fighter without being associated to an active…
Turkey’s Akinci UCAV Test Fires TOLUN Glide Bomb, MAM Smart Munitions and TEBER Bomb
The TOLUN Glide Bomb, tested for the first time on the Akinci in 2022, adds to the two weapons already employed also by the Bayraktar TB2, the MAM-T and MAM-L…
