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A retired SR-71 Blackbird Reconnaissance Systems Officer just revealed an explosive new theory about why the legendary spy plane was really retired in 1990....
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A retired SR-71 Blackbird Reconnaissance Systems Officer just revealed an explosive new theory about why the legendary spy plane was really retired in 1990....
The U.S. Air Force just sent F-22 Raptors to Basa Air Base in the Philippines—a deliberate move to remind China that, despite the war...
How Much Longer Can The F-22 Raptor Rule The Sky?: The F-47 NGAD is already in limited production and will eventually replace the iconic...
The satellite imagery doesn’t lie. China’s Chengdu facility is running five production lines. The J-20 fleet has crossed 300 aircraft. Annual output runs between...
The Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA (Multi-Axis No-Tail Aircraft) was a conceptual late-1990s US Air Force/NASA design for a tailless fighter, derived from the F-22...
In the early 2000s, the United States Air Force looked at their fifth-generation air superiority fighter, the F-22 Raptor, and thought that it could...
According to statements by officials from Russia’s state-controlled defense-industrial and arms export conglomerate Rosoboronexport (ROE), several nations have reportedly confirmed orders for the Sukhoi Su-57...
The J-35A is the newest fifth-generation stealth fighter in use by the PLAAF and the PLAN. This latest aircraft is optimized for both naval...
Key Points and Summary: The Trump administration’s proposed $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 Pentagon defense budget — controversial for its unprecedented size as a...
The Bottomline: The Shenyang Aircraft Corporation FC-31 stealth fighter — first flown in 2012 and marketed to international military customers under the export designation...