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The interceptors have come in close contact with some very mysterious aircraft. Heres What You Need to Know: Rumors abound that the Air Force and CIA operate a stealthy new drone that has not been disclosed to the public. Iran is the only other country besides the United States to operate arguably history’s most powerful interceptor aircraft, the F-14 Tomcat. And the Islamic republic has worked the twin-engine, swing-wing fighters  hard. The F-14s played a major role in Iran’s war with Ir...

The American-made F-14 Tomcat dominated the sky during the Iran-Iraq war from 1980 to 1988. Heres What You Need to Know: The F-14 was not to be trifled with. Iran’s force of American-made F-14 Tomcat interceptors dominated the sky during the Iran-Iraq war from 1980 to 1988. F-14s reportedly downed more than 160 Iraqi planes. Journalist Kash Ryan in his book  Air Combat Memoirs of the Iranian Air Force Pilots compiled first-hand accounts of some of these aerial battles, including one by F-14...

But the Chinese drones seem to be going out of style. Heres What You Need to Remember: Everyone wants drones these days, but sometimes it is worth buying American. Thats what some countries are finding out the hard way. China’s CH-4 killer drone appears to be falling out of favor with some of its major operators. This first appeared in August 2019 and is being reposted due to reader interest. The Iraqi air force is down to just one operational CH-4 out of a fleet of around 10, according to a...

Having formally cleared the Su-57 for export, Russia is poised to pitch their fifth-generation fighter to China. Speaking at the LIMA-2019 Aerospace and Maritime exhibition, Rostec official  Viktor Kladov looked to the future of the Sino-Russian arms trade: "China has recently taken delivery of 24 Su-35 aircraft, and in the next two years [China] will make a decision to either procure additional Su-35s, build the Su-35 within China, or to buy a fifth-generation fighter aircraft. This could be...

U.S. B-1B Lancers arrived in Norway on Monday to take part in a “long-planned training mission” and marked the first time these bombers operated out of the European country, a statement from the U.S. Air Force said.

After Stealing an Air Force, ISIS Found Itself Quickly Grounded Between 2013 and 2017 a small number of L-39 light attack jets at a Syrian air force base east of Aleppo changed hands several times. Heres What You Need To Remember: In 2017 forces loyal to the Syrian regime recaptured Ksheesh air base from ISIS. It’s possible some L-39s were still at the base at the time. Between 2013 and 2017 a small number of L-39 light attack jets at a Syrian air force base east of Aleppo changed hands seve...

The new missile is years away from front-line service, but already is causing controversy.

An adversary could mistake them for a nuclear-armed missile. Heres What You Need to Remember: An adversary observing a missile launch from an American SSGN might mistake it for a nuclear first strike. “These missiles shouldn’t be launched from anything resembling an SSBN,” Robert Farley, a University of Kentucky political scientist, noted on his blog. Virginia-class attack submarines will be the first vessels in the fleet to carry a new hypersonic missile the service is developing. Arming...

The money crunch is here.

The Sejjil is a purely Iranian design.