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The US Air Force Retired the F-117 Nighthawk in 2008 and Never Stopped Flying It. The Service Now Says the Aircraft Will Stay in the Air Until 2034 — 26 Years After Its Own Retirement.
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (598+ words) The F-117 Nighthawk was retired in 2008. It is still flying, and the Air Force says it will keep flying until 2034 — longer in retirement than most aircraft serve....
Boeing Spent $67,000,000 of Its Own Money Building the YF-118G Bird of Prey Stealth Aircraft. It Flew 38 Times on Landing Gear From a Beech King Air and an Ejection Seat From a Harrier.
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (932+ words) The YF-118G “Bird of Prey” was arguably one of the most unique, best-looking aircraft ever built. If you think it resembled a sci-fi spacecraft from Hollywood, you would not be wrong. The aircraft was named after the Klingon Bird of Prey…...
The US Air Force’s F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Is Fighting In a World It Was Never Designed to Fly In
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (498+ words) Lockheed Martin holds a $10,900,000,000 contract to modernize the F-22 Raptor. Production ended in 2011, so the US Air Force can never build another one to replace a loss....
China Is Launching A New Aircraft Carrier Every 20 Months. The US Navy Cannot Deliver One On Time — And The Gap Is The Shipyards.
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (1392+ words) Why can’t the U.S. Navy build aircraft carriers and submarines fast enough to keep pace with China? The answer is neither money nor will. It is that the United States has only two shipyards capable of building nuclear-powered warships, both…...
'A Mistake We Can’t Ever Fix’: The US Navy’s Seawolf-Class Submarine Shortage Makes Russia and China Smile as There Is No Fix
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (537+ words) Virginia-class production has run at roughly 1.1 to 1.2 boats a year since 2022 against a goal of two, while about 24 Los Angeles-class submarines remain in commission and continue to age out. If only the Navy had more Seawolf-class subs....
The ‘Retired’ US Air Force F-117 Nighthawk ‘Stealth Fighter’ Will Now Fly Until 2034 Thanks To China's J-20 and Russia's Su-57
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (851+ words) Fifty-nine were built. Each carried two bombs. The Air Force retired the type in 2008 and still has 45 of them, and intends to keep flying them until at least 2034....
China’s J-20 And J-35A Stealth Fighters Don’t Have To Beat US Military F-22 Raptors And F-35s. Beijing Is Building Enough That They Don’t Need To
1+ week, 1+ day ago (434+ words) China's J-20 and J-35A stealth fighter numbers versus American F-22 and F-35 quality — the 1916 equation that settles it, the factory evidence, the magazine problem, and where the math breaks....
The US Air Force's New Boeing F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Has Two Problems and It Has Nothing to Do with China or Russia
1+ week, 2+ day ago (454+ words) A new F-15EX Eagle II Pentagon assessment says the enlarged program raises production costs, strains the supply chain and risks obsolescence before the later aircraft are even built....
US Navy Nuclear Attack Submarines Spent 41 Years Idle at the Pier in a Decade. The Navy Paid $230,000 a Day for It.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (662+ words) A GAO report finds US attack submarines spent 41 ship-years idle in a decade at $230,000 a day — the full story....
100,000-ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carriers Will Soon Have Flying Gas Station MQ-25A Drones to Fighter Jets Like the F-35 Get More Range
1+ week, 4+ day ago (476+ words) MQ-25A: This unmanned platform will soon deploy from America’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and will serve as what many call a “flying gas station.”...