Angry Kitten could be especially valuable for HC-130Js as growing threats call into question the utility of traditional combat search and rescue assets.| The War Zone
The MC-12Ws were retired to make way for OA-1K light attack planes, but some worry this risks creating an aerial intelligence-gathering gap.| The War Zone
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The new Flamingo cruise missile could put targets deep in Russia in Ukraine's crosshairs like never before.| The War Zone
The unusual ship is purpose-built to support simulated hostile drone swarms and other unmanned threats during training and tests.| The War Zone
Hellfires equipped with the new warheads will give MQ-9s and AC-130s the flexibility to engage widely different targets with the same missile.| The War Zone
125 aircraft, including B-2s with huge bunker busters, and a submarine firing Tomahawk cruise missiles, took part in the historic mission.| The War Zone
The loss of nearly 20 MQ-9 Reapers, increasing use of standoff munitions, and the deployment of B-2 bombers point to the Houthis' air defenses being a real problem.| The War Zone
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The Air Force wants to retire a number of older KC-10A and KC-135R tankers in the next fiscal year, but its new KC-46As are not yet ready for combat.| The War Zone
The plan reflects the better part of a decade of debate about expanding the roles and missions of these maritime patrol aircraft.| The War Zone
New cockpits. plus a series of other upgrades, could see the jets approach their 90th birthdays while still flying combat missions.| The War Zone
USAF analyses show a need for aircraft that can persist in contested areas and that standoff capabilities alone can't win future fights.| The War Zone
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The type's first retirement comes 40 years nearly to the day after its first flight and as Congress works to delay such retirements.| The War Zone
The announcement comes weeks after the Air Force said it would not use the aircraft for aerial refueling missions except in a major emergency.| The War Zone
The unidentified drones were such an issue that assets were called in from around the government, including a NASA WB-57 high-altitude jet.| The War Zone