B-2 stealth bombers are in Iceland on their first deployment since a fiery mishap grounded the whole fleet

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B-2 stealth bomber Keflavik Iceland
A B-2 lands in Keflavik, Iceland for a Bomber Task Force Europe operation on August 13.

US Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Heather Salazar

Japan's military is thinking about how to drop long-range cruise missiles from its biggest panes

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Japan Air Self-Defense Force Kawasaki C-2 airdrop Palau
A Japan Air Self-Defense Force Kawasaki C-2 drops a package on Angaur in Palau in February 2021.

US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Ryan Brooks

Ukrainian pilots are now using US-made rockets on Soviet-designed helicopter gunships

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Ukraine Mi-24 attack helicopter
A Ukrainian Air Force Mi-24 helicopter during an exercise near the city of Mykolayiv in September 2006.

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F-22 pilots are testing out the US Air Force's next-generation helmet

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Air Force F-22 pilot helmet
An F-22A Raptor pilot in the Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida on March 24.

US Air Force/Samuel King Jr.

Ukraine's military intelligence service got an unannounced delivery of a US-made Black Hawk helicopter

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Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter
A US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Ansbach, Germany on April 26, 2017.

US Army/Training Resource Specialist Charles Rosemond

Japan says 3 balloons that floated into its airspace years ago are 'strongly presumed' to have been Chinese spy balloons

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

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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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