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MV-75 named Cheyenne II after AH-56 Cheyenne high-speed attack helicopter
3+ day, 5+ min ago (642+ words) Bell Textron announced on Apr. 16, 2026 that the US Army officially designated the MV-75 as the Cheyenne II. Consistent with the US Army tradition of honoring Native American tribes, the MV-75 honors the heritage of the Cheyenne Tribes, two federally recognized nations: the Northern…...
Final A-10 student pilots Graduate at Davis-Monthan AFB
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (651+ words) The final class of A-10 C Thunderbolt II student pilots from the 357th Training Squadron celebrate their graduation at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB) on Apr. 3, 2026. Marking the end of an era, the ceremony closes a historic chapter as the base concludes…...
DARPA's optionally piloted UH-60 MX Black Hawk delivered to US Army
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (235+ words) Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, announced the successful flight testing and delivery of the US Army's experimental UH-60 MX Black Hawk helicopter fully integrated with the company's MATRIX autonomy suite. The delivery of the UH-60 MX aircraft, owned and operated…...
The only two seat A-10 Warthog ever produced
1+ week, 2+ day ago (683+ words) Barry Goldwater flying the two seat A-10 The silent 1970s color film in this post depicts the prototype, two seat Fairchild Republic A-10 Warthog trainer jet aircraft (technically known as the YA-10 B) developed for the US Air Force (USAF), during test flight takeoffs…...
What Happened to the Boeing 747 YAL-1 Airborne Laser Airplane?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (208+ words) The directed-energy equipped, airborne laser proof-of-concept 747 turned science fiction into science fact on the evening of Feb. 2, 2010, when a solid-fuel rocket was destroyed and again on Feb. 11, 2010, when a sea-launched, liquid-fueled ballistic missile was tracked and destroyed by the high-flying…...
Iranian Shahed-136 Drone with USAF E-3 Sentry kill mark
2+ week, 5+ day ago (317+ words) Dario Leone is an aviation, defense and military writer. He is the Founder and Editor of "The Aviation Geek Club" one of the world's most read military aviation blogs. His writing has appeared in The National Interest and other news…...
EA-18 G barrage jamming Vs Kamikaze drones: Growler pilot tells why the EA-18 G is a cost-effective solution against one-way-attack UAVs
3+ week, 3+ day ago (245+ words) As previously reported, in December 2025, the US military announced it had developed the LUCAS drone, a clone of the Shahed 136 developed from the reverse engineering of the Shahed 136, and deployed a squadron in the Middle East. LUCAS's first officially confirmed…...
A-10 King Dedede: the Warthog named after Nintendo's long-running Kirby video game series that it's taking part in Operation Epic Fury
3+ week, 3+ day ago (409+ words) Posted by the US Central Command on its Facebook Page, the curious images in this article feature a US Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II ready to take part in an Operation Epic Fury mission named King Dedede, after Nintendo's long-running…...
US Navy returns historic VH-3 A "Marine One" to the skies for Egyptian Air Force
3+ week, 4+ day ago (351+ words) In a powerful demonstration of its commitment to international partners, the Adversary and Specialized Aircraft Program Office (PMA-226) has successfully returned a historically significant VH-3 A Sea King to the skies for the Egyptian Air Force. The project, completed in…...
USAF F-35 A pilot wounded by shrapnel after Lightning II hit over Iran
3+ week, 6+ day ago (324+ words) After a USAF F-35 A Lightning II was hit over Iran on Mar. 19, his pilot was wounded by shrapnel, Air & Space Forces Magazine reports. Because of the altitude it usually flies, the Lightning II was probably damaged by a surface-to-air missile…...