300 Combat Missions in the F-4 Over Vietnam | Ron Cooper
Today we discuss 300 combat missions in the F-4 Phantom with Ron Cooper, who flew with the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Udorn in 1971 and 1972, including the flight that launched as a four-sh...
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Russia Just Sent 69 Jet-Powered Drones at Ukraine
Watch on Afterburn Defense: https://youtu.be/o-iTT80CTJYToday we discuss the Geran-4, Russia's turbojet version of the Iranian Shahed one-way attack drone, after an overnight raid of 280 drones on Ukr...
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America's Answer to China's Best Missile, the PL-15
Watch on Afterburn Defense: https://youtu.be/VGoBPpVbPNoToday we discuss the AIM-424 Malice, the US Navy's new long range air-to-air missile revealed in August 2026, credited with reaching targets bey...
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Romania takes down two Russian drones with F-16s
Watch on Afterburn Defense Youtube: https://youtu.be/GGiXPeV1iJEThe incident occurred while aircraft from the 86th Air Base in Borsia were conducting routine patrols. We break down the details behind ...
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Did Houthi's use Drones as a Decoy
Watch on Afterburn Defense: https://youtu.be/TT-9woSmEu8Saudi Arabia fields Patriot batteries and one of the most capable air forces in the Middle East, and a Houthi barrage still reached King Khalid ...
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The Navy's Secret Fighter Is Back and Boeing Has It
Watch on Afterburn Defense YouTube: https://youtu.be/XNjurMWMPlgLowdown Defense Newsletter: https://www.lowdownnews.us/Boeing won the Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation carrier fighter on September 29, wh...
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Taiwan’s First New F-16s Land After a Month Stuck in Hawaii
Watch on Afterburn Defense: https://youtu.be/sJdOot0ti2ETaiwan’s first two F-16 Block 70 fighters have landed at their new home, plus the US Air Force is weighing new-build F-16s for the first time si...
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The Air Force Fixed a Shot-Up KC-135 While the Base Was Still Being Attacked
Watch on Afterburn Defense: https://youtu.be/4Er8ciSvT84KC-135 battle damage repair: Air Mobility Command commander Lt Gen DanielTulley revealed how maintainers saved a Stratotanker loaded with 200,00...
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