North Korea's antique fighter jets are still keeping the US and South Korea on their toes

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North Korea air force fighter jet Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Un in a Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force aircraft in a photo released by state media in October 2014.

REUTERS/KCNA

Iran unveils underground base meant to protect its aging US-made fighter jets

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Iran F-4 fighter jet underground base
Iranian military officials at Iran's underground air force base, called "Eagle 44," on February 7.

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After bloody failures in Ukraine, Russians are reconsidering the role of their military's 'elite' paratroopers

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Russian paratroopers at Hostomel Airport in Ukraine
Russian paratroopers at the Hostomel Airport on March 12, 2022.

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B-52 crews are getting special brain training to help them fly the US Air Force's oldest bomber

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B-52 bomber lands in UK
A US Air Force B-52 bomber lands at RAF Fairford in February 2022.

Royal Air Force

Decades after winning the world's first jet-powered dogfights, US fighter pilots are still flexing their muscles over Korea

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Air Force F-80C Shooting Star fighter jets
US Air Force F-80C Shooting Stars during the Korean War in 1950 or 1951.

US Air Force/B. Butcher

As US planes bombed Japan in World War II, the Japanese sent balloons across the ocean to try to set the US on fire

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Japanese balloon bomb
A Japanese Fu-Go balloon with bombs attached near Bigelow, Kansas, on February 23, 1945.

US Army Air Corps

Losses in Ukraine are 'out of proportion' to what NATO has been planning for, the alliance's top general says

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U.S. troops on a NATO mission in Orzysz, Poland in April 2017.

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A Swedish-made fighter jet could tip the scales against Russia in Ukraine, but it might not get there any time soon

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Swedish JAS 39 Gripen E over Gotland in the Baltic
A Swedish JAS 39 Gripen E over the Baltic Sea in May 2022.

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The US Navy is offering its most experienced special-operations sailors up to $100,000 to stay in uniform

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Crewman qualification training students at the Silver Strand beach in Coronado, California in September 2008.

US Navy PO2 Christopher Menzie

3 spy aircraft that were also 'weather balloons'

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A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, on February 1, 2022.
A balloon over Billings, Montana, on February 1.

Chase Doak/via REUTERS

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