The US Air Force's next-gen stealth fighter faces an uncertain future amid modernization cost woes

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The F-22 Raptor.
The F-22 Raptor.

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The B-52 shot down Vietnamese fighter jets in historic dogfights. Here's how the US Air Force plans to keep its oldest bomber in the skies for over a century.

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A B-52D Stratofortress bomber aircraft drop ammunitions from the sky to support ground combat operations in Vietnam.
A B-52D Stratofortress bomber aircraft drop ammunitions from the sky to support ground combat operations in Vietnam.

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US Air Force's F-22 Raptors lost to German Eurofighters in mock dogfights, but the verdict on the superior jet isn't as simple

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An Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G, a US Air Force F-22 Raptor, and German Eurofighter Typhoon fly in a line
Royal Australian Air Force Air Marshal Rob Chipman, US Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, and German Air Force Air Chief Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz flew fighter aircraft over Australia.

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Air Force Secretary says it was 'roughly an even fight' between an AI-controlled F-16 and a highly trained human fighter pilot

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Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall flies in the X-62 VISTA
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall flies in the X-62 VISTA in the skies above Edwards Air Force Base in California.

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Russia's armored trains are a valuable tool with some big vulnerabilities

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An armored train at Patriot Park in the Russian city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsk in May 2023.

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The Russian air force's struggles in Ukraine reveal glaring problems in now Moscow trains its pilots

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A Russian pilot at Kubinka military training ground in Moscow in August.

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The story behind North Korea's wacky homegrown version of the AK-74 rifle

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North Korean troops march during a military parade in Pyongyang in January 2021.

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The US military has 6 new air-to-air missiles in the works

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US airmen remove a training missile from a F-15C in September 2018.

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The biggest problem with Russia's tanks in Ukraine is the way Moscow tried to use them

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Destroyed Russian tank in Kherson Ukraine
A man checks the turret of destroyed Russian tank near a village in Kherson in November 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.

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