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How Hitler’s fear-inducing ‘flying bomb’ ushered in drone warfare

The V-1 "flying bomb" could accurately be described in today’s nomenclature as an unmanned aerial vehicle — moreover, as the first suicide drone.

By Zita Ballinger Fletcher

5 days ago

Second B-21 flies for first time as Air Force eyes testing expansion

The service hopes having two B-21s at Edwards Air Force Base will allow it to begin testing the bomber's weapons integration and critical mission systems.

By Stephen Losey

3 weeks ago

B-1 bombers, NATO fighters fly over Latvia to show unified force

The B-1s were joined by Gripen fighters from NATO allies Hungary and Sweden during their flyover of Latvia, which lies to the west of Russia.

By Stephen Losey

6 weeks ago

Close call between B-52 and passenger jet puts focus on small airports

The incident has focused attention on the way small airport towers are often run by private companies without their own radars.

2 months ago

US strikes set back Iran’s nuclear program up to 2 years, DOD says

“We’re thinking probably closer to two years — like degraded their program by two years,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said Wednesday.

By Noah Robertson

3 months ago

How the US bombarded Iranian nuclear sites while avoiding detection

Taking off from the U.S. heartland, B-2 stealth bombers, aided by refueling tankers and fighter jets, delivered a total of 420,000 pounds of explosives.

3 months ago