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U.S. Considering Deployment of 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East
82nd Airborne Division deploymentSenior officials are reportedly considering the deployment of the Immediate Response Force, which includes a Battalion Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division, according to U.S. media. After increasing rumors regarding a deployment of U.S. Army troops being in progress, new reports now mention that senior U.S. officials are indeed considering it. According to the […]
YFQ-44A Fury CCA is Now in Production
YFQ-44A ProductionAnduril announced the start of the YFQ-44A’s production at its Arsenal-1 factory, with new manufacturing processes allowing to supply a large number of drones to the U.S. Air Force. Anduril’s YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) has entered serial production at the firm’s much touted Arsenal-1 factory in Ohio, the company and its founder Palmer […]
Remembering the Green Ramp Disaster
Green Ramp DisasterTragedy struck on March 23, 1994, at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, on an aircraft parking ramp known as ‘Green Ramp.’ A number of paratroopers were lost and several injured after flames and debris rained down on their training and assembly area after a mid-air collision between a fighter jet and a cargo plane, […]
Epic Fury is Now in the Fourth Week, with More U.S. Assets Deploying
Epic Fury Fourth WeekFour weeks after the launch of Epic Fury, additional F-16Cs, EA-18Gs and E-2Ds are flying to the Middle East, the USS Boxer ARG is enroute and rumors say the 82nd Airborne Division might be on alert. We are now in the fourth week since the launch of Operation Epic Fury and the Israeli counterpart Operation […]
B-52s are now Launching from RAF Fairford Loaded with JDAM Bombs
B-52s Fairford JDAMAfter initially employing only AGM-158 JASSM stand-off weapons, B-52s are now launching from RAF Fairford with the external pylons fully loaded with GBU-31 JDAM bombs. After weeks flying only with AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) under their wings, the U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers deployed to RAF Fairford, UK, have now switched […]
SNC’s AEGIR-W Sea Drone Washes Ashore on Turkey’s Black Sea Coast
AEGIR-W TurkeyThe AEGIR-W Unmanned Surface Vessel mysteriously ran aground on the Black Sea Coast in northeastern Turkey and was later blown up by Turkish authorities. An Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) was found washed ashore on northeastern Turkey’s Black Sea coast in the Ordu region early in the afternoon of Mar. 21, 2026. Images emerged online showed […]
The Tomcat’s Six Pack: The F-14 Six on Six Phoenix Test
F-14 Six on Six Phoenix TestDesigned for fleet air defense, the F-14 was armed with a potent long-range missile and, with a powerful new radar, could engage multiple airborne targets at once. The United States Navy’s F-14 Tomcat was the most potent fleet defense aircraft of its time. Its AIM-54 Phoenix missile had a long range, the new AWG-9 radar […]
U.S. Army Receives DARPA’s Optionally Piloted H-60Mx Black Hawk
The U.S. Army will put the H-60Mx and Sikorsky’s MATRIX flight autonomy software through a rigorous operational testing campaign with real world logistics in contested scenarios.  The U.S. Army received on Mar. 19, 2026, the H-60Mx Black Hawk Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) at Fort Eustis, Virginia, the service announced. This comes a little more than […]
Video Shows Saab 340 Airborne Radar Flying in Ukraine
Saab 340 AEW UkraineThe Saab 340 AEW, also called the S 100D Argus, will enhance Ukraine’s situational awareness when facing Russian cruise missile and kamikaze drone barrages. Ukraine appears to have received its first Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft, after the Swedish Saab 340 airborne radar was spotted flying in an unofficial video that emerged on […]
B-52 Spotted Yet Again Testing the AGM-181 Next-Gen Stealth Nuclear Cruise Missile
B-52 spotted AGM-181The B-52H Stratofortress is continuing the integration tests with the AGM-181 Long Range Stand Off (LRSO) missile, the Air Force’s next-gen stealth nuclear cruise missile.  The U.S. Air Force is progressing with the integrations tests of the AGM-181 Long Range Stand Off (LRSO) missile, the service’s next-gen stealth nuclear cruise missile, on the B-52H Stratofortress […]