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The drone the US Air Force just flew with its F-15EX over the Pacific isn’t American — Australia built it, and it’s the most combat-ready loyal wingman in the allied world

On July 1, U.S. Pacific Air Forces released its first-ever image of a combat drone flying beside a crewed fighter, an F-15EX over the Philippine Sea. The drone wasn't American. It's the MQ-28 Ghost ...

Kremlin suspected of flying drones over Europe using Russian shadow fleet

Mysterious drone flights that disrupted major European airports and flew over NATO member military bases hosting US nuclear weapons may be the work of a coordinated Kremlin campaign launched from ...
AFCEA

Task Force Examines Possibilities for Compact Laser Weapons on Drones at Whiteman

The Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF 401) announced on June 30 that task force leaders had visited Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, as part of the directed-energy counter-unmanned aircraft ...
Yahoo

Drones over bases 'likely from Russia shadow fleet'

Swarms of drones that flew over three air bases in Norfolk and Suffolk were likely launched from Russia's shadow fleet of cargo ships, according to experts. Unmanned aerial vehicles were spotted over ...
StrategyPage

Air Weapons: Two New American Combat Drones

June 29, 2026: The American Air Force has agreed to put two Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones into service. The FQ-42 and FQ-44 will cost a billion dollars to get them into production by the end of ...